Anxiety Central For Me Next Week!

[Tracey J]

Hi everyone

My husband is going to be working away from home for all of next week leaving me alone with our 4 year old daughter. My anxiety is rocketing already and will be sky high by Monday

I am CONVINCED that this will be the time when my daughter catches a SV and I will have to deal with it on my own. It would be just typical. Now I know there are a lot of single parents out there who maybe feel like this all the time and always have to deal with such occasions by themselves - and hats off to you all! But I am seriously having a breakdown just thinking about it. I have even thought about not taking her to her Playgroup next week so there is no risk of catching anything from there. That's bad though, right? No good for her. She enjoys going.

Night-times will be the worst for me. I'm always listening out at the best of times for any noises that she might make. HATE being like this.

To top it all off, my husband told me last night that he will be taking the laptop away with him so I will have no means of any internet so I can't even come on here for support and a chat whilst he is away

[socitycourty]

you'll be OK. I felt the same way when my husband was gone and we were fine. He went hunting for 2 weeks when my daughter was only 5 months old.

[Dairyfreelife]

Perhaps try and think of the time away as a positive thing. Think of it as a time for you and your daughter to hang out and do some girly things together. Take her to Playgroup and take her out and do something fun you wouldn't normally do with her dad around. Like a manicure or something. It's not likely she will get sick this week at all. It may be at the back of your mind, but try to focus on her and you and enjoying the week.