Took a new job and the hours are 9-6... I feel like I’m failing my baby. Please help.
I took a new job as a daycare center director and my hours will be 9am-6pm. It’s a 30 min drive though, so I will drop my son off at his daycare at 8:20am and then drive to work. Some days I won’t leave work until 6:30pm... with traffic that puts me home close to 7:15pm. My son is 5 months old and goes to bed at 6:45 or 7pm and I’m so sad and feeling like I’m missing out on his whole life. I know I can spend some time with him in the morning but I’m usually so hurried to just try to get things done before work. I’m just depressed thinking of missing out on the evenings with him. Dad can pick him up around 4:30pm, but some nights he’ll be the one putting him to bed and I won’t even see him. 😭😭😭
Update:
The center doesn’t have space for him for another month but after that they will. I’m trying to tell myself it’s all temporary...
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