Thursday, 21 November 2019

Does anyone else feel anxious/guilty for taking sick days to care for a sick kid?


Here I am, up since 4:30 worrying about my 16 month old daughter. Daycare called me yesterday and said she fell and hit her head then 20 minutes later said come and get her, she seems sick. Has a fever of 102 and just threw up. I'm thinking ok, awesome. Throwing up because of a concussion or throwing up because she's all of a sudden dck? I took her to the ER and all was fine but it's been...a day.She is still under the weather today and I'm staying home with her, even though she is my #1 priority, emailing my boss and team leads today to say I'm taking a sick day caused me mega anxiety. Though I've been out for a few hours here and there, this is the first time I've taken a sick day at my new job of 2 months.They all have kids. They all know stuff happens. I've known them all a while and it was an internal move. My team lead hounded me to apply for this job, said it is family friendly, nothing is ever a huge emergency, it's a great place to work. Yet I feel like when they get my email they're going to be like, really? How much work are you gonna miss? I left in the middle of troubleshooting an issue yesterday. I feel like I still have no idea what I'm doing at work. Despite my team lead telling me over and over to not take anything too seriously, it'll get figured out, etc. I am still sitting here in a state of dread wondering what's going on at work and if yesterday's issues got smoothed out.Can anyone relate? I will be honest, I'm sure my general anxiety doesn't help things, but I'd really like to know if I'm doing ok and if other people go through this. I'm disappointed because after wasting years of my life worrying about work, I told myself I never would again after having my daughter, I was turning over a new leaf. And here I am again. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/37qCLas

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