I'm having a real problem with Jake when I go to work. I'm home with him all day, and I play with him alot and he follows me around when I'm doing housework. When he seems me getting ready for work, he starts acting very sad and cries when I'm in the shower. It breaks my heart!!! Fortunately, I rarely have to leave him alone because my son gets home from work right before I get home. My son coming home helps to distract Jake a little, but he still acts sad. My hubby gets home about an hour after I leave, and he's happy again, but my hubby said periodically throughout the evening, Jake will go to the door and cry and mope around for a bit. He tries to distract him by playing, and he's okay for awhile again. The biggest problem is that now he's refusing to eat the whole time I'm gone. This worries me because he's really small and I don't want him going so long without eating.
One of the problems is that I was home with him for 6 mos. when I was sick. I've been back to work since the beginning of April, and I'm not seeing much of a change. The eating thing has just started. What happens is that by the middle of the week, he starts getting more used to me leaving, but then the weekend comes and he has me home again......then, we start all over on Monday. I always leave one of my shirts with him, and my hubby says he has that with him almost the whole evening, dragging it around and playing with it.
What can I do to help him feel better about me leaving? More importantly, how can hubby get him to eat while I'm gone? When I get home, he gobbles his food down like he hasn't eaten in a week. He's very much a mommy's boy, but he loves my hubby and son alot too. He seems to prefer when hubby and me are both home at the same time.
I think I posted this pic before, but it shows how sad he looks. I can't stand it! I swear, I'm gonna retire early!!
