My Lo is starting infant care next week and I feel a lot of guilt like I am abandoning him. How do I get over my mummy guilt?

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Mummy, i feel you.. im also in the same situation just that mine started IFC a few days now. the first day i fetch her back, that first time she avoid eye contact with me. i was soooo upset. back home, (i was the primary caretaker at home) after fetching her home, i play a lot with her and talk to her and then she finally smiled back at me. i think obviously she knows she's being put with another caretaker. im sad but i still need to work. good thing that the school teacher is a very nice lady and i saw her play with my girl and my girl laugh and smile at her. so i console myself that i know she's in good hands while im at hand. back home, everyday i tell my girl, mummy and daddy love her. when i fetch her back, i talk to her and hug her more, as much as i can to convey my love to my girl. though she's just 3months old, i have no choice but to put her in ifc due to various reason. whenever i feel the guilt coming, i just remind myself, after all the various options we thought of, the pros and cons, this was the decision we decided to stick with. Mummy stay strong and show our love to our babies in other ways.

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