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Your husband must do his part to pitch in. Split drop-off and pickup duties, as well as bedtime routine. It is indeed a struggle but sharing the stress and struggle will strengthen your marriage bond. You are on the same team! 💕
Make weekend grocery shopping and meal planning for the week a standard family activity - involve the children in figuring out menu for the week, teach them to recognize different vegetables and pick out the freshest ones.
Send out laundries if laundry is a stressful and time consuming chores for you. Outsource home cleaning if you could afford it in your budget.
Hang in there Mama, this too shall pass.
It's a struggle every single day. i've gotten much better at meal planning for the whole family for a week at a time. It saves us a lot of stress and time throughout the week and that way everyone gets fed without eating fast food or something. We have family help to watch our 3 year old after preschool is over, so we're lucky in that regard. But it's always a little chaotic to pick him up, get dinner on the table for everyone and do bath/bed time at a decent hour. It's the hardest, most rewarding thing I've ever done!
You can hire a nanny or seek help from parents to spend as much time with your children as possible in your free time!
I WFH 3 days per week while my husband is on-site all 5. Our daughter is almost 8, involved in activities outside of school, we have pets, and I’m involved in her school’s PTO. It is always a juggling act. I am busy almost every night of the week between soccer practice, dance, soccer game, weekly therapy appointment, etc. I am responsible for most of the day to day activities.
I do think sharing the load is important. I wish my husband did more and I’ve tried addressing it but we’ve had only minor improvements.
Some days I wish I could have a less demanding job but we need the income so changing careers is not an option.
7 year old and 2.5 year old. Both kids were in full time daycare from 11 and 6 months respectively. Dropped off at 7:30, picked up at 5pm, bedtime at 7:30.
We've had periods where we were both working fulltime and daycare wasn't available and we've done our best to work in shifts, so one of us can be with or at least keep an eye on kids.
3 year old twins, 6 month baby both consultants. Daycare and a person At home to do meals clean and nanny. Otherwise seems imposible...
4 y.o in kindergarden and 20 months old in daycare here. My husband works outsider the home and I made the choice to have a fully remote position. I am here for them when they are at home and for activities and I go back to work after bed time. My husband takes care of bed time. I cook every 2/3 days when I cook during the week it’s during my lunch break ( I try to keep it under 1 hour).
After diner a little bit of chores for everybody, the kids need to tidy up their toys. And we have a cleaner who comes once a week.
Sometimes my husband meal prep during the weekend for the whole week especially if I have a big week at work.
We try to be organized and be easy on ourself, if the house is messy for 2/3 days, it’s ok