My baby’s currently 3 months old and he’s the best thing to have ever happened to me, and I can’t imagine being without him. HOWEVER, I‘ve had to start thinking about getting a new job. My partner just lost his, and I don’t make enough money at my current job to support both of us. I recently saw a job posting for something that would be perfect for me; also, it’s a stay at home job, and it pays double what I currently make with the possibility of making more in the near future. The only catch is that I have to travel to Europe and train there for a month. Thinking about being apart from my baby for that long is literally painful to me, but I don’t see any other options at the moment. If I get this job and do the training, the payoff would be that I get to spend more time with him in the future because I’d be working from home, plus my partner wouldn’t have to work so our baby would get to spend more time with him as well. Have any of you ever been in this situation? Have you ever had to travel because of your job and be apart from your baby for longer than a week? How did it go? I’m honestly terrified that my baby would forget about me or that the bond we’ve created would be weakened. I know that he’d be in good hands if I leave him, because my partner would stay home with him the entire time with help from my mom, but i can’t help worrying about the repercussions on our relationship.