Feeling Guilty....

mooncusp22 · April 2014

My LO is 2 weeks old today and I am FTM. I love her to pieces and just want to protect her from everything. I own my own small business and work from home, so I have not be able to take any maternity leave and actually was working from the hospital the day after I had her (I am in busy season now and she came a few weeks early!).

I sit on my laptop and have her in her rock n play next to me. Most of the time she is sleeping, but I feel so guilty that I am not holding her. If she cries or when I feed her, I hold her for awhile, but when she starts to doze off I have to put her down as that is a good time I can get work done. My parents were here for 2 weeks since her birth so every day someone was holding her and talking to her. My parents had to leave yesterday (we live 1400 miles apart) and it was VERY hard to say goodbye and I can't stop crying. And now I feel guilty that I am not giving my daughter the attention she deserves that she was getting. My emotions are all over the place right now

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spotco2 · April 2014

You're doing fine. I ran my business from a laptop and cell phone in NICU 500 miles from home for the first 2 weeks.

Being grown up sucks. You have to set your priorities and I think you have yours in line. Work when you can and spoil that baby as much as possible because they are only little once and grow very quickly.

I've changed my recliner into my main office chair and have worked many hours in the past 3 months with my son on my chest and my laptop in my lap typing around him.