With the bond too, I think that other caregivers, whether it's your spouse or

grandparents or even the daycare lady and that they absolutely love, they only

get that bond when mom is actually away like dads are finally able to parent like they want to

Be the sole caregiver when mom is gone whether it's a trip to Target or a trip to LA for four days. So giving them the opportunity to be

a parent and to have that bond is something special we can give to them.

I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others but your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

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Episode 12, we are gonna dive deeper into mom guilt today.

This episode is so timely for me because as it is airing I am going to be leaving for my trip to Los Angeles. This is going to be the longest that I've ever been away from my three

children. So I have come so far with mom guilt. After Max my first child who's now three and a half I

really really wrestled with it, grappled with it, I was not in a good place. Three kids

deep three and a half years into my mothering, I do feel a lot better about

it, but it does still show up. I am not immune by any means under the sun. So as I prepared for this trip,

Abby and Drew were both very instrumental in helping me. I think one thing that I've learned is that if I am

feeling guilty sometimes there's people that can help coach me through it.

Of course it's something you have to do for yourself,

but also reaching out to a friend or someone that you know has gone through a similar situation

is very helpful. So Abby travels a lot for work and I don't. I've been a nurse and

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