I'll try and be brief. 4DC homeschooling, all primary age and need a parent on hand. DH wfh in a high pressure, long hours job. I have my own business making custom items and I also run a virtual youth group which requires paperwork/planning.
DH leaves the house once per week to do the shopping. The rest of us do not leave the house/garden other than the occasional walk where we see no-one. (very rural)
Our childcare bubble are seeing no-one except us. They go to the same supermarket as us once a week. Childcare bubble are not confident with being able to support the DC homeschooling during the day.
DH suffers with anxiety (medicated) and I have depression (medicated). Both of us were well controlled pre-lockdown but both now having ups and downs (as you'd expect).
DH and I have been sending the DC to our childcare bubble after school hours on friday until mid afternoon saturday. We use this time to catch up on the work that is not getting done during the week. DH uses some of it to unwind (home gym) but I use it to get all my work done as I can get so little done during the week.
Was chatting with a friend on zoom and she asked how things were so I explained what we are doing. She went nuts at me that the childcare bubble 'is not for you to have time off' and 'you can only have one if you go out to work'.
I've seen nothing that states that, only that they can only provide childcare while the parents are working (which we are).
So, AIBU to send the DC overnight to our childcare bubble once a week for DH and I to catch up on work?
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RagamuffinJo · 21/01/2021 17:50
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