Mom Guilt..

My baby is almost 16 months old and I’ve literally never left her for more than a few hours during the day a handful of times. My girlfriends are trying to plan a girls trip in Palm Springs for 2 nights. Due to flight schedules/ where the airport is I would need to be away for 3 nights. I REALLY want to go and feel like I deserve a little time away..but I’m worried it’s too long. I already cried while just thinking about leaving her. Looking for anyone who has felt similar and if they ended up going on the trip and how they felt?

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I spent a weekend away when she was abt 8 months and that was the longest ive been away from her and it tore me apart like it wasn’t a couple days😅 i think maybe doing a factime video or something alike would be some help

I’d think hard about doing it if she’s not been away from you for more than a few hours at a time. My baby is 16 months too and I’ve not left him overnight. He’s still up every few hours as we co-sleep and he breast feeds during the night. Personally I wouldn’t enjoy being away from him for that long, knowing he’s sad. I know others leave their babies overnight and if they’re used to it and happy then it’s fine, but personally with our routine, it would be awful. Plenty of time for trips away when they’re a bit older and understand why you’re not there.

I’ve felt the same way, I FaceTimed everyday and enjoyed a trip with hubby and friends. Also another time we booked grandma a flight to stay with baby and would just go back to the room to stay there with my little one it was the best of both worlds

My husband and I are going away for one night in October for our anniversary so I guess I’ll see how that goes. This trip would be in November so she would even be a little older, 18 months. But still. She isn’t breastfed anymore and if she wakes in the night my husband or I go in there with her. Does this feeling of guilt ever go away?

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