LO used to be fine at daycare drop off each day. For the past couple weeks she has had major separation anxiety. It starts on the car ride where she holds her hand up and whimpers and wants to hold my hand. When we get to daycare she refuses to even stand up and will sit on my lap and refuse to move while I take her coat and shoes off. Then she starts with the tears rolling down her cheeks and she clings to me and lays her head down. I usually have to pry her off and leave because I'm almost late! It's heartbreaking to say the least. I'm thinking this is just a phase, but why does it have to be so bad?????

She is very clingy to me evenings and weekends too and won't let her dad do much for her if I'm around. I'm glad that she loves me, but I feel so broken leaving her to cry every morning because I'm leaving her.

DH us doing drop off tomorrow because I just can't, though it makes no sense for him to do it. He works nights and gets home just as I'm leaving. He has to drive back in the other direction 5 miles to daycare then back home to sleep again, so it's not feasible to do more drop off a during the week. I feel like such a horrible mom.