Mom Guilt

I feel the sameeee way girl. I also keep wondering if it’ll go away!

It’s tough. Finally at 2 I’m feeling better about leaving her to do fun things for myself

Me too! I don’t want to miss out on a thing

This but my son has reflux so the other part of the guilt is feeling like someone else isn’t going to care for him as well as I would while Im gone

It’s okay to take a moment for yourself!!! Our mental health and stability as moms directly affects the littles so I think it’s super important to remember that. I am finally starting to better about this at 10 months in but I felt this exact way adjusting for a long time. Now I’m working again full time and have mom guilt for other reasons like missing out on monumental moments 😭🫣

Ugh yes except I wish my partner would encourage me like yours does. I have to take the initiative but it’s so hard to do it when I feel guilty no matter what.

I'm not sure if the guilt will ever go away, I'm hoping that it'll become easier to deal with over time🤞

😮‍💨 I get mom guilt for everything. When I was working full time-Mom guilt. Am I present enough-mom guilt. Am I with them too much I'm restricting their independence-mom guilt. Is the food I make nutritious mom guilt. I'm tired of feeling guilty over every thing

It might help to explore where the guilt is coming from? What is your relationship with motherhood? Was your mom present for you? Was she always available and you expect yourself to do the same or not available at all and you resent her for it? What messages are you receiving from your family and other mothers around you? There is so much noise around being a mom, internal and external, it can be helpful to dig through it and turn off the stuff that doesn’t work for you. You cannot pour from an empty cup and you have to be human before you can be a mom.

No I don’t have guilt. I have self care things to do, hobbies to do, friends to see. When I’m out, I’m busy chatting laughing drinking eating dancing, I don’t have much time to miss my babies, I’m busy. Until I get in my car the thoughts come but then I pump up my music loud until the car is shaking to drown out all thoughts until I get home. When I get home though he’s put the baby/toddler to sleep and I walk in on peace so maybe that’s why I have no guilt. I take my breaks at night mainly. Keep your mind and body busy when you are having your breaks and you shouldn’t have much time to feel guilty.