Leaving her for 3 hours?

Sorry if this sounds silly and I sound really clingy but how the hell am I going to do it? I've only ever left her for an hour and I called every 10 minutes to see if she was alright. Me and Rich are going to pick my sister up from Gatwick. She's been in Turkey for 3 weeks. I don't want to take madam to the airport so I've asked my mum to watch her. I'm so afraid of leaving her. She is so clingy with me and I will be out when it's bedtime. It's not that I don't trust my mum with her, I do, just the thought of her wanting me and me not being there upsets me to the point I'm actually crying. It's horrible. I know 3 hours is nothing and people leave their babies for a night, sometimes even a weekend, and they're just fine, but my baby needs me. I am her world and she is mine. It's going to be very hard.

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I felt the same in the beginning but am now getting used to leaving for a few hours at a time. What I'm dreading is Monday, I go back to work full time so I have to leave him for 9 hours!!!!

I think that your baby will be absolutely fine with your mom. Its only when they get older that they have seperation anxiety. Us moms on the other hand get it as soon as they are born. I struggled to go out for 1/2 hour the first few weeks.

What I find is that when I've had a break for a few hours, I'm so happy to see him when I get back that things like changing him aren't a chore, I actually enjoy doing it because I've missed him. I'm also more relaxed which makes him happier.

Caitlyn will be fine!! Its going to benefit her in the end if your not with her all the time, that way she gets used to other people. I remember you said you were going to have to go out to work? Well if she gets used not being with you constant just now, it wont be such a blow to her when you gotta go work xx

Its not nice but it gets easier when you've done it once (I couldn't stop hugging them the first time). But two weeks ago I had to leave them for a week or I'd never have got my degee. Somehow I survived.

Caitlyn will be fine!! Its going to benefit her in the end if your not with her all the time, that way she gets used to other people. I remember you said you were going to have to go out to work? Well if she gets used not being with you constant just now, it wont be such a blow to her when you gotta go work xx

I agree with that. It is SO hard being away from them, but it will make everything easier in the long run.

Good luck, you'll both be fine :)

xxx

I felt the same in the beginning but am now getting used to leaving for a few hours at a time. What I'm dreading is Monday, I go back to work full time so I have to leave him for 9 hours!!!!

I think that your baby will be absolutely fine with your mom. Its only when they get older that they have seperation anxiety. Us moms on the other hand get it as soon as they are born. I struggled to go out for 1/2 hour the first few weeks.

What I find is that when I've had a break for a few hours, I'm so happy to see him when I get back that things like changing him aren't a chore, I actually enjoy doing it because I've missed him. I'm also more relaxed which makes him happier.

im soooooooo in the same boat ! im going back to work on Tuesday ! before Jace I used to work a 60 hour week , i have cut my hours and now im working M-W-F 5 hour days and Tues and Thurs 10hrs And of course I start back on a Tues a LONG day im SO worried of how in the heck im going to make it threw the day without freaking out or worring about Jace freaking out without me, So Toria I know how your feeling too about being there whole world. there are times his father cant even calm him, im fortunate to have my mom watch him and im glad for that but im still so upset to have to leave him, I wish we didnt need the money. Im going to be driving to work Tues morning with a box of tissues :hissy:

ah hunni me and jack havent got to the me leaving him stage yet as he still wont take a bottle of expressed milk. but im dreading it. :hug: xxx

Aww hunny she will be fine...i felt like that for ages...i couldn't even go to town without taking my LO with me...until one day my partner kept him...even then i was constantly calling...i felt really bad as it was as though i didn't trust my OH with him which was not the case i just didnt want the LO crying for me when i wasnt around...however he is so used to his daddy now that i can leave him and he won't cry for me...its great and such a peace of mind...have to admit i get all excited when i am on my way home to see him again...x

I know exactly what you are going through, it is very hard leaving your LO. When we got home from the hospital, I got jealous when his daddy or other people were holding him. I would hold him almost the whole time throughout the day when I was home with him. He even sleeps in bed with us cause he has to be touching someone in order to sleep (bad habit, I know, but can't help it :blush:). He will be fine away from you for 3 hours. Sooner or later you will have to be separated and now is the time to get him used to not having you around all the time. It was extremley hard for me to go back to work (after 6 weeks), I always wonder what he is doing and if he misses me, but it got easier. You will soon realize that you get more done if someone watches them for a little bit. It's hard, but I'm sure you will get through it. Good luck and try not to be too upset about it (easier said than done, I know).

Perfectly understandable how you are feeling. However, it is beneficial to both you and her in the long run.

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i left her for half an hour yesterday to go to boots... in the car on the way there i missed her! Im going to be exactly the same as you hun :hugs: