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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with the suggestions above. Also, though I'm not sure this would work for everyone depending on your relationship with your own mother, I also sometimes think about my own relationship with my mom now and how it's very close, yet I don't remember her being there every second or doing every type of activity with me. She worked full time, I had a nanny, or went to aftercare etc as a young kid but I have never thought of her as not being present. She was so present and we were always connected. It's the small things i remember - songs in the morning when she would wake me up, baking at christmas time, practicing spelling words after work, cheering me on at swim meets. I try to remind myself that as a kid I didn't expect her to be there every second and the experiences that weren't her "thing" I did through other areas - with the awesome nannies after school, or with my friends. It reminds me that I don't need to be everything, my connection to my kid is bigger than that and the connection is the most important thing to focus on (and isn't built on being good at everything or exposing them to everything!).

You got this mama :) [/quote]

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