My 8 week old son just started daycare....?

Question

Were you nervous when you first put your child in the care of someone else? I am a first time mom and I feel like I am falling apart. The most exciting part of my day is when I get off of work and am able to go pick up my little man. I know I their is an attachment....or a strong bond as you say...between mother and child, but am I too attached? I miss him so much during the day, and when I pick him up I seem to talk to him the whole way home to see how his day went, even though I know he cannot talk back. Has any other mom felt like this?

Answer 1

If I had to leave my little boy at 8 weeks I would have felt terrible too.  sad that you have had to return to work so quickly. I'm sure he will love to hear you chatting to him on the way home.

Answer 2

extremely normal

Answer 3

He is really young to be away from Mom, but if you have no choice, he has to go to day care.

The bond between mother and child is one of the strongest in the world, as it should be, try in any way you can to maintain that bond.  It makes everything about parenting easier - a child will be obedient for a parent with whom he is close and feels loved.

It must be tough to leave him at this age - here in Canada, mothers get 12 months maternity leave.

Answer 4

Yes but he does seem very young to be in day care.

Answer 5

It's great to talk to him the whole way home, eventhough he can't talk back to you.

Leave some breaks though, as if he was answering you and "active listen" (make up what he's saying, based on his moods, and info that the caregivers give you on what they did - like, oh! you were upset today when...., wow...... or you loved it when...... )eventually he will respond to you with gurgles etc.  

Answer 6

No most moms that first start daycare with their children feel this way.