Feeling really down.

I'm not sure if this is the right section but yeah. Anyway well my mum is a child minder and has looked after a baby girl since January, every week day from about 8am to 4pm. She looks after a few other kids but they only come for two hours or so on certain days, and they're much older. Me and my brothers adore this little baby and have helped feed her, look after her, play with her etc and as a result have developed quite an attachment. I'm 17 btw and so had college throughout the year, but still spent a lot of time with her in the morning & afternoons and the baby would still come to our house during the holidays (incl recent weeks) which would total around 8-10 weeks, so that's quite a lot. Anyway, a few weeks ago, the baby's mum told us she was moving house and she'd no longer come to our house anymore. I thought her last day would be two weeks from now but it turned out her last day was the Friday gone and I didn't even know, I just found o ut today from my mum (I think she found out yesterday). This has come completely out the blue, I was so excited to see her tomorrow but now.. Well..yeah :/ this may sound silly but I've honestly never been so close to a baby before, I've watched her grow from six months to twelve and developed such a bond with her :( she was so adorable, being able to clap and wave and even say hello in her own little way when asked. Now she's gone it feels like there's a big hole in my life... I'm not the most sociable of people, have quite a rocky relationship with my brothers and have been stressed out all year from exams so she was one of the few things that made me truly happy. I'm sure her mum will occasionally drop her off if we want to see her but it just won't be the same. The remainder of this holiday is going to be pretty empty and hard in this house :( I've been so down today and am even thinking of deleting the photos i have of her to stop being reminded. Has anyone else been th rough a similar experience or does anyone have any general advice? Thanks.

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