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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other thread got me thinking about mom guilt and how so so many of us feel like we are failing in some way.  A therapist even pointed out to me that I create no win situations for myself where no matter what I do I feel like I’m failing someone (the example was that I felt guilty that my bigger kids were missing out on adventure bc of the baby so I booked a sitter for a weekend to take big kids on an adventure and then just felt guilty I’d “abandoned” the baby for a weekend).  I do this endlessly, only looking at the negative side of the trade offs I’m making and it’s not helpful.

So I’m just curious - do any moms not feel “mom guilt” regularly.  And if so can you share a bit more about your (much healthier) perspective and if you’ve always felt that way or if you did work to get there?[/quote]

I don’t know what the other thread is, but I’m wondering if part of your issue is taking things to extremes. I think booking a babysitter for an entire weekend for a baby is kind of extreme. Why do you think your older kids deserve an entire weekend “adventure” without the baby? Can you find more middle grounds in your life so that you’re not making such big trade offs?[/quote]

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