Scared my baby will distance from me

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Okay so im due for gallbladder removal surgery in 10 days, and my little girl is 22 months. It’s just me and her really, my DH works long hours and she’s super close to me I do everything for her, even in little daily activites she always wants me to hold her pick her up when we go out and so on. I rock her to sleep still, and I love it all. But with the surgery I can’t pick her up for 2 weeks and will be not able to do what I normally can and im sooo heartbroken at the thoucht that she will feel like there’s a difference and she will naturally distance from me, then our bond won’t be the same😔

That won't happen. Once the bond is there it is there, and at 22 months the bond has been formed. At 22 months your daughter can understand much of what you say, so just explain that mummy has a boo boo so she can't pick you up, but she will feel better soon and things will get back to normal. Odds are very good she will understand enough to grasp that the situation is unusual but not permanent. Good luck with the surgery and don't worry!

Please please don’t worry. She will be absolutely fine. You might not be able to follow your usual routine but she will totally know you love her as much as ever, You can still cuddle her without picking her up and she will still feel the love for her that you’ve always had. It would take a LOT more than a few weeks of not being able to pick her up or rock her, for there to be a distance. Like a million times more than that. I hope your surgery goes really well and you make a quick recovery

No that definitely won't happen! In the grand scheme of things two weeks is nothing, it won't change your bond at all. Keep explaining to her what's wrong and why you can't pick her up, say I'm sorry can we cuddle instead or similar. You can still do plenty together, lots of reading on the sofa, cuddles, getting down to her level (if you can) when she's asking to he picked up.