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When my daughter was 6 months old we called a nanny to watch her part time while I worked from home. I stayed in the room but let the nanny interact with her. It was hard cuz she didn't trust the nanny too.i resisted to get involved and by the end of the day, the nanny had her laughing.I know it's rough but that's exactly what you need to do. If there is nothing to worry about you gotta let them interact without your interference if possible....
Good luck Mama!!!
She’s doing what she’s naturally evolutionarily built to do. Dads are not wired to empathize fully with that (and modern parenting practices & modern life don’t help), but moms are built to stay attached for survival sake until 2-5 minimum.
See if you can alter your work schedule to add flexibility and the nanny schedule to better align with baby’s sleep timings. Rather than a nanny, having a house helper / cleaner / meal prepper so I can only exclusively work & mom, helped me the most. I want baby. I want my career. I want my sleep and sanity. Everything else can be outsourced.
Ah that’s so hard. I played with my son with the nanny to get them a little acquainted for a few days before leaving them all alone, but then just tried my best to say a confident and brief goodbye when doing the handoff in the morning. Could your husband do the handoff? Maybe if you make plans or do something out of the house at first it will help give you a reason to leave too?
I didn’t go back to work until 6 months but around 3-4 months my son was the same way, even with his dad/my husband. He grew out of it after a few weeks and now loves daycare!
This gives me so much hope! She’s 15 weeks and screams nonstop unless I hold her
My child cried every single day from age 2.5 when he was taken the pre-school or school. Kept thinking he’d out grow it. At age 7 was diagnosed with severe depression (I caught a virus when 7 mos pregnant that triggered depression for me - I’ve since read that children of mothers with depression are much more likely to also suffer from it). If it doesn’t improve, don’t ignore it and get professional help. The earlier it’s diagnosed the better the outcome. My child has now been in weekly therapy for 14 years. I can’t make him take meds anymore since he’s over 18 but be voluntarily stays in therapy - he knows he needs it, but I wish I’d gotten him help years earlier.