I've got a 3.5 year old and an 18 month old. I work 4 days a week split across 5 days. DH works very long hours and isn't at home much. He also is away with work most weeks.
I'm finding juggling work and doing most of the childcare very hard. I am very organised and I get on well with my children, but its quite tough doing a demanding job and most of the kids' stuff. When they are sick most of the time I have to juggle everything . I feel very isolated and lonely.
I am trying to focus on the positives of having two lovely children, being okay for money etc. I know those are important. But I've spent so much of the last few years feeling low or depressed sometimes those things are not enough. I went to see my GP last year to ask for antidepressants but she said I was just having a bad day.
DH does his best but we are just coming through a very rocky patch in our marriage. I envy him so much. He can just walk out the door everyday and go to work and he is hardly ever back for bedtime, although he is much more hands on at the weekend. Meanwhile I'm here holding the fort and I hate it. I feel powerless and unnoticed.
Please tell me it gets easier as children get older.
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satsumagirl · 05/08/2014 06:49
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