As parents separation anxiety is something we will all have to face at one time or another. We have all seen it. The look of steely determination on a Mother’s face as she attempts to escape the confines of the nursery corridor with a red-faced screaming toddler wrapped so tightly around her leg he may well have cut off the blood supply to her foot. The screams of “Noooooooooo Mummy don’t gooooooooooooo” echoing across the playground accompanied by heart-wrenching, soul-destroying wails. Well today was my turn. Except the boy was fine. He waved me out the door. The separation ...
Absent Parenting
Today I feel like a very much absent parent. I went to work today. Yep it is Saturday but needs must. The grandparents kindly stepped in to look after W. I came home. I was greeted by much excitement and a walking boy. I had missed his first steps. Because I was at work. I am heartbroken. And angry. Angry at myself for not being there. Angry at my husband...for things that are mostly beyond his control so that is not fair. Angry at the grandparents for not just lying to me, putting him to bed at his bedtime instead of waiting up to show me, and letting me think ...