Wrapping up mat leave soon & it’s back to work (from home) in a few weeks, & I’m going bonkers about how to manage two little ones in a small apartment while my husband is also WFH. How are people doing this? Any tips/childcare recos?

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I tried this. Finally hired a nanny and my life Is so much better. It’s very hard but doable - but if you can, please hire someone.

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Same situ. We hired a nanny. She's wonderful, and we can both get our work done. Is that an option for you?

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Our nanny wears a mask in our home and we do too. The children do not. That has helped us feel like we are doing our best to stay safe.

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I’ll give you the advice I was given by a professional while taking a parenting in a pandemic workshop. You parents need to juggle, 30 min segments, try to sign up for an online activity- karate, virtual aquarium school, or even grandparents FaceTime story reading. Get out a box of activities they can use when you can’t juggle your time - play doh, slime, crayons. Try to get some kind of childcare.
Then pray and drink after you’ve tried the above.

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This is fantastic! I’ve gotten a tiny bit of practice with occupying the toddler while feeding/caring for the newbie. Crayons & play doh have been a huge save so far!

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It’s really hard. We got a huge playpen and try to rotate toys in, but often I end up taking calls or sending emails from inside the playpen... most evenings I do 2-3 hours work just to catch up. Nanny or daycare isn’t an option for us as my husband is high risk

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