Forever Feeling Guilty
I think the only thing I dislike about being a parent (besides handling the temper tantrums) is the guilt I always feel. I know it seems silly (there are a lot of you out there with worse issues). I always feel guilty that I don't spend enough time with her (I'm a full time working mom) and usually don't get home until close to 5:30 or so. Then I'm busy cooking dinner, etc. I really feel guilty today because she just started kindergarten, a very special thing, and her first day, I didn't even take a picture. Today was picture day at her school and I think I remembered last night briefly (I put the brochure of packages on the table to remind myself) and this morning I forgot (she was dressed in jeans and a T Shirt). Sometimes she gives me a hard time in the morning getting dressed. I have felt really bad all day. LIke I am an inattentive mother. That would have been so special - to have her kindergarten picture and now I have lost the opportunity. I am crying right now. I hate that I have to work as much as I do and lose time with her and because of the pace and hecticness, I miss or don't remember these events. That's all I have to say.
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Ronnie - all is not lost.....it's still the first day of kindergarden.....take her picture after school
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THank you for that lift. Simple answers are sometimes the best!
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Glad I could help.....you wanna really make her happy?
Take her out for ice cream after school!
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I am also full time working mom and my career requires more than 8h input and I don't spend enough time with my dd, but I have different attitude about it.
I am providing her descent lifestyle (touch wood) and she should be greateful for that. You do what you have to do, a lot of people are like that. She normally cranky in the morning and very picky about what to wear. One day she decided that she wear dresses only and there is nothing I can do. It is not the reason for me to feel bad all day. My neighbour has 2 daughters: one is easy and another one gave her hard time every morning about what to wear and doesn't want to get up and so on.
You just have to detach otherwise you won't last long.
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Ronnie - all is not lost.....it's still the first day of kindergarden.....take her picture after school
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THank you for that lift. Simple answers are sometimes the best!
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Glad I could help.....you wanna really make her happy?
Take her out for ice cream after school!
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I am also full time working mom and my career requires more than 8h input and I don't spend enough time with my dd, but I have different attitude about it.
I am providing her descent lifestyle (touch wood) and she should be greateful for that. You do what you have to do, a lot of people are like that. She normally cranky in the morning and very picky about what to wear. One day she decided that she wear dresses only and there is nothing I can do. It is not the reason for me to feel bad all day. My neighbour has 2 daughters: one is easy and another one gave her hard time every morning about what to wear and doesn't want to get up and so on.
You just have to detach otherwise you won't last long.