Now I know how WOHM's feel!

MommyToAshley wrote: Yesterday DH and I both had to attend a meeting so we dropped Ashley off at MIL's house. After the meeting, DH dropped me off at home since I had tons of work to do and he stayed over at MIL's house with Ashley for a few hours. I found it hard to concentrate because I really missed Ashley. She was gone for about 7 hours total... almost a full work day. When DH and Ashley got home, she yelled "MOMMY!" and ran up to me and gave me the biggest and tightest hug.

DH has been watching her most of this morning too, I still have tons of work to do so I might not be around much today.

Kaitlin'smom replied: just a small taste of what I have to do everyday....waite until she cries when you drop her off and try and leave its hard the days she does that cause I just want to scoop her up, take her home and spend the day together...but I cant

maliksmommy replied: IT's the hardest thing I do everyday dropping Malik off at daycare. I have a ton of pictures around my desk at him and I catch myself just staring at him because I miss him so much. I hope you get your work done so you can go play with Ashley soon:)

DansMom replied: Oh, it is hard---I hate it! I miss my little guy all day long.

DH brought Daniel into my office today, at about 11:00 am. He was so surprised and happy to see me! Then he was a holy terror running around the building chattering, making everyone stop their work and go "awwww...". It makes it that much harder to get back to work now! But I was so glad to see him. I love it when DH makes surprise visits.

kimberley replied: awww poor mommy. being home with them is soooooooo hard to change! when the boys started daycare when i was in school, i went nuts! every break and sometimes between classes i would have to go look at them.(daycare was in my school). even going to the store without Jade feels weird to me. hope you finish up soon and get lots of snuggle Ashley time!

Boys r us replied: yeah it can be hard!! Some days though..it's really a sanity saver to work outside of the home!

A&A'smommy replied: awwwwwwww (((((HUGS))))) Poor mommy I hope that you get all your work done soon so you can spend some time with sweet Ashley (and us too )!

coasterqueen replied: Yuck!

I know I HATE to leave Kylie at daycare. Those days where she won't even say I love you or kiss me or wave goodbye..just ignores me..those days are rough. BUT then again the days when she screams and crys and begs me not to go are rough too. Hmm...it's one or the other almost every day.

Some days I just think life isn't fair for me. Why couldn't I have found something I could do at home.

kit_kats_mom replied: Guess I'm in the minority. LOL ....since I was home with K for a full year before we started part-time daycare, I look forward to dropping her off the 3 days per week that she goes.
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Especially recently. I can't take her shopping anymore because she throws a tantrum if I make her ride in the cart (the WHOLE trip) or if I let her walk, she flings things off the shelves. Not fun. I use the days she's in daycare to clean, work, catch up on sleep, shop, etc. When she's home it's pretty much a 24 hour job to keep her entertained & maintain my sanity at the same time.

I actually do miss her now that she's in daycare until 5 instead of 3. I start getting really antsy at 3 & have to stop myself from going to pick her up. Today, I sat on the couch for an hour and read a book....bliss!

She's really never cried or anything when I leave her though. It's always, kiss - hug-go play with your friends. Crying would probably make it harder. Maybe she's just sick of me?!?

coasterqueen replied:
Yeah, I'd love it too if I could sit and home and veg...but I don't like to go to work. But I know what you mean .

kit_kats_mom replied:
Hee hee. I just re-read my original post and it does sound like I live the life hua? Some days I do veg but honestly, I stay pretty busy. Especially with the recent move. Still lots to do. Plus, this is my dead time at work. It'll start cranking again soon and then I'll be so busy I will probably want to hang out with her instead of work too.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Awwww I know what you mean, I don't like when Claudia has to go to Daycare. I miss her so much and when she comes home she runs up to me and gives me great big hugs! It will get easier!

mummy2girls replied: Its a horrible feeling to miss them all day! But the hug you get when you return is so awesome!!!!!!!! I go through this everyday...Sniff

lsjulee replied: Definately can't stop thinking of them while at work. Partial reason of always looking back at my posts here, because I could see them in my avatar. LOL!!

And many times I feel so bad a mummy myself for not taking care of them full time.

Josie83 replied: Hi, I understand how everyone feels. I don't take Cassie to daycare or nursery, but sometimes I'm at drama school all day, and either she's at home with Jason or her auntie or grandparents, I always really miss her! She's not too bad about us leaving her, especially if its with her auntie or uncle Blaise, butits really hard to give her away for a whole day! It does make the time you spend together more speical, though, and I do think children benefit from having contact with people other than their parents. By the way, this may seem like a thick question, but what does WOHM stand for? Never understand these abbrieviations! And wwhile we're at it, can someone please explain to me what AF is? I understand it has something to do with a period, but that's about it xx

kit_kats_mom replied:
There is a link to the abbreviations at the top of the page. :-)

WOHM - Work outside of home mom
AF=aunt flo AKA your period

MommyToAshley replied:
LOL! I have those days when it would be so much easier to get work done if Ashley were at pre-school or with a sitter. But, I don't think I could leave her very often... it just breaks my heart.

I've read posts about how hard it is to leave your little ones, but I never truley realized just how hard it really was until the other day, because prior to that, I have never left Ashley for more than a few hours. She was fine when I left her... hugged me and waived and said, "Bye Mom", I don't know what I would have done if she would have screamed and cried.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
on some of thoes days I get in the car and cry