Separation Anxiety

This morning i experienced the first bout of separation anxiety from my gal. Usually it's her daddy that will bring her to my mum's place next block. And she dun fuss abt it cos' she will be going to "walk-walk" while her mummy stayed at home. This morn, hubby needs to get to work early, hence i requested my mum to come and pick her up at 730am.

First of all, she woke up, crying... not sure why but she's usually bubbling to herself in the morn but not today. She cried and refuse to let my helper carry and changed her diaper. After she changed, my mum arrived in her stroller intending to bring her to walk-walk. I was also ready to leave the house for work. She whined when she saw me and refused to seat in the stroller, wanting me to carry....my mum asked me not to make any noise (as Athena will know i am ard) and slowly steal away when they strolled towards the garden. Was really guilty when i did tt and was grateful that i dun have to deal with this guilt everyday :( Life as a working mum is tough!!

Forgot to mention that my fren's 2-yr old gal has an accident at my fren's place last Thurs. She fell and hit her gums on the coffee table. Blood gushed out non-stop. All of us panicked (well, at least i did) and as Athena was ard, i couldnt help much as i need to carried her and restrained her from getting into any mischief while the rest of my frens and her mummy tried to calm her down and stopped the bleeding. It couldnt really be stopped and my fren offered to send them to KK's A&E. Afterwards it got me thinking, as parents, i think u need to get used to see all these mishaps and blood. You have to stay calm and be strong for ur kids when it happens. Not sure whether i will ever be ready when tt happens. I think parenthood cannot be taught and you will never be prepared for it. You just have to LOJ (Learn on the JOb) :P