Since then, I’ve never left him. Until last weekend. He’s staying for a week at the grandparents’ place out of town. This time, we’re not going anywhere, just staying home. With no holiday to take our minds off, I find that the separation anxiety for me is even worse.
People always talk about separation anxieties in babies when being left with strangers or even babysitters. Most people forget that separation anxieties also happen to mothers! In my case, I think baby doesn’t have any separation anxiety as he hasn’t complained. Or at least I’ve not been told that he’s complaining. But I am the one who find it harder to deal with his absence at home.
I’m sure this is common amongst parents. Perhaps it gets easier over time. I’ve got friends who voluntarily send their kids to their parents for days or even weeks so that they get some time off to take a break. But in their case, their kids are already toddlers, not infants. Is it true though that at that stage, parents suffer less separation anxieties? I won’t know it until a few years from now.
But for now I am one anxious mother, counting and waiting the hours until I see my baby again!
