My little on started nursery 2 weeks ago, at 11 months. He's been a super happy baby, never whinges, always smiling and playful and gives the huges cuddles.
But since he started, he's LEARNT to whinge (and so does, constantly - over anything and everything), and on top of that, feels naf all day long because he's been picking up cokds, Croup, conjunctivitis routinely since he started. I feel like he's changed, and that he's just not my baby, and it's making me feel quite alienated.
I applied to condense my hours before I returned, so that I could have Fridays back. So, last Friday is my first day off with him.... and I felt completely detached. I just wanted to be anywhere but near him, perhaps because I know he's struggled to settle into nursery, so if I get too close to him I'll see in him that he is distant from me and doesn't love me as much. There is this sudden pressure to make sure the precious time I have with him in the evenings and weekends are PERFECT, because it's my only chance to show him I still love him, which overwhelms me so I just back off because I can't handle it. Is this totally weird?!!? I'm worried I'm just making my fears a self fulfilling prophecy!! 😢 x
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He's in nursery, I'm back at work... and I feel baby is different
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Cjames1986 · 05/02/2019 22:31
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