If you travel for work...

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...and have dc, do you feel guilty? Or enjoy it? Or just accept it as part of life?

I have a 2.5yo and have to go away this week, all week, on a long-haul business trip. I could have got away with not going but going will make my job much easier over the next month or two. But I feel horribly horribly guilty. Dc is quite attached to me and will miss me. But mostly I am worried about the flight. I'm normally ok with flying but since I had dc it feels like an unnecessary risk and I'm being selfish!!

But then...I'm getting my career on track and I want dc to have a mother who works and enjoys it.

So. If you travel for work and have young dc, are these emotions normal? Does it get easier??

It gets easier.
For me, the kids were with their Dad, who is more than capable of looking after them (amazing the number of times I was asked who was looking after them - none ever asked him that when he was travelling), safe at home, going about their normal day.
I'm a SAHM now, in a different country, and I actually feel more guilty about going away for a weekend with the girls than I ever did about work!

I go away for a couple of nights at a time. Dh is more than capable of looking after dc and they know I'll be back soon. We facetime each day and I bring back chocolate so all is good. It helps that I go away during the week so always have the weekend with them