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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think your experience (feeling guilty or not) has to do with how outgoing your kid is? My first two are introverts and really crave the quiet, my second two are super social. I felt so guilty about leaving my oldest two, and not at all with my youngest. I imagine it has to do as well with being a more experienced mom and I knew a few hours here and there of less than ideal wouldn’t kill them… but I just keep reading the posts that say, my child made so many friends/hates when I pick them up etc… and that is only true if your kid likes being in a group, no?

Truly curious.

Mostly SAHM but worked part time when they were young and now work 3/4 time. [/quote]

Absolutely. I could not imagine feeling guilty with my oldest (now a high school athlete likely to play in college), who literally toddled to the front door asking to go every morning. They had a great yard and he literally ran in circles there every day. He used to beg to stay when I picked him up after he ran over and gave me a big hug. It was cute. In hindsight, of course he loved it. Home was too confining and parks didn't provide the same variety of physical activity. He was a very social athlete even as a toddler who needed an unusual amount of physical activity to be happy. That is still who he is (and he still runs over to give me hugs then runs off).

My close friend had a baby at same time who was an introvert, now a likely college math major. He hated daycare. She eventually changed her schedule because he never liked it. To this day, he is a quiet sweet homebody.

I think people generalize their kids to all kids (and the judgmental ones are nasty about it), but personality is huge here. [/quote]

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