How do you emotionally cope with daycare?

My sweet baby boy is three months old, and I go back to work in a few weeks. My husband is taking the other six weeks of his parental leave when I do, so we won’t need childcare until October. I’m already sick at the thought of sending him to daycare.

We really love the place we chose. I know he will be safe, have caring teachers, and be just fine. However, I’m struggling with how few hours a day I’m going to get to spend with my child now.

I just can’t imagine only seeing him for an hour or so in the morning, and then a couple of hours in the evening before he goes to sleep. I feel like I will be missing out on everything!

How do you do it? I’m emotional thinking about it now, and it’s still a couple of months away.

I’d love to hear your experiences, especially if they turned out more positive than you expected (but I’m open to them all, ha!).