I go back to work next Monday. I've been having anxiety over it, but the past 2 weeks I've been practicing leaving my baby with my mom so both he and I will be familiar with being apart. It was going great- I even let him stay overnight with my parents , but last night was a different story. My husband and I were going to a Fourth of July party. The baby was going to be with my mom for about 4-5 hours. Wellllll.... He cried inconsolably for 2 hours. I had to leave the party to settle him down. My mom raised 6 kids and my baby is her 7th grandchild so she has plenty of experience calming and comforting cranky babies. She was worried he'd make himself sick he was crying so much. It took me and hour to get him calmed down and then another hour for him to go to sleep. Last nights episode has taken my anxiety over the top about returning to work. I can't stand the thought of that happening again. Unfortunately, I have to go back to work as we really need my income right now. Ugh, I just hate feeling like this. I want to enjoy my last week off with him but it's like a dark cloudy hovering around.