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separation anxiety?

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  6/1/2007 10:07 pm

Does anyone start getting really nervous or anxious when away from your little peanut? Gianna has colic and i can't wait to get away from her. when i go to my office for a few hours or run an errand i get this nervous, guilty, horrible feeling and NEED to get back to hold her, even if she's screaming in my ear. then 10 minutes later i'm over it and want a break from her again.

please let me know if you're as screwy as i am or am i the only nut job out there

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  6/1/2007 10:50 pm

I wouldn't know. I think I've only left her once for half an hour. Cuz I'm a screwy nutjob who couldn't bare to be away from her for any longer. :) Yeah, you're definitely not alone. I've felt exactly the same way with all three of mine. Probably most intensely with the first one. It's just part of being a Mommy. We're hard-wired to take care of our babies and our bodies respond when we're not there to do it. It's a good thing. :)
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  6/3/2007 8:40 pm

Michaela is 5 weeks and i have never been away from her at all. My mother and mother in law keep telling me how they want me to go to a movie with my husband and drop her off for them to watch her but in all honesty i start balling at the thought of dropping her off and leaving her nevermind actually doing it. It will be quite a while before I can actually drop her off and leave her.
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  6/3/2007 8:40 pm

Definate separation anxiety!

At age 2 weeks, my husband was going to watch her while I ran to Babies R Us with a neighbor. I got halfway out the door and had a breakdown and had to call the neighbor to cancel. It was pathetic. So then I just started with trip to the CVS 1 mils from our house. Now I can make it to Babies R Us and back ok.

But I cannot imagine leaving her for a whole day! Of course I have to go back to work in a month. I can't even think about it without crying. I don't know how I'll ever do it. The idea of leaving her for a whole day makes me want to die.

My in-laws are going to watch her for part of the time. My MIL says, "Oh don't worry! I'll be with her at least part of the time so she won't have to be in a daycare!".

Problem is, I don't want to leave her with anyone! And my MIL hasn't watched an infant in 32 years (since my husband was born). So its scares me to leave Laura with her. I almost feel better leaving her at a daycare with people who know infants and know all the new rules.
Anyway. Point is that I am a separation anxiety mess.
-Lisa

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  6/11/2007 2:05 am

I too get really sad and start missing my angel when I leave her to run errands. After being away from her for about 1hr max, my heart gets this really sad feeling and I miss her so much I feel like I might cry. I don't know how I'm gonna deal with this cause pretty soon I'm gonna have to start working. I'm thinking to just go part time but that's still too long away from her.
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