Anxiety about Nursery

Is anyone else feeling so anxious about their little one starting nursery. I just can’t imagine handing her over to a stranger and leaving her. The thought of it makes me feel sick.

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You’re not alone!
I have such bad anxiety about it! Even been crying a couple of times this week thinking that my time with my baby is running out… (she is going to nursery in August).
The idea of suddenly seeing her awake only 2 hours a day… breaks my heart!
She is still changing so much every day and I won’t be there to witness her growing up 🥹
Most of the mums I know are going back to work part time but I can’t afford to.
But I have a couple friends who’ve gone back to work already and they say that it is not as bad as we imagine..
Trying to enjoy the time I have with her without focussing on this ‘milestone’ but it’s hard to do!

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Vent post

We’re getting ready for a party at 3pm.

I’m inside cleaning the kitchen, bathroom, living room, front entrance, and floors, plus prepping the food and taking care of the kids.

He’s outside power washing patio stones in the rain and taking down Christmas lights that I gave up nagging him about in March because he insisted they were “party lights.” But now that we’re having an actual party he takes them down?!

When I asked him to just leave it and focus on the main areas, he said “let’s not be at each other’s throats before everyone gets here.” Like, totally invalidating my very valid point. Now he’s taking empties back while I just chug along, I guess.

At least my stepdaughter took the boys out for a couple hours, but still.

Ok, back to it…

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