Hi,
I think I'm going to have to send my kids back to their childcare and school, and I feel awful about it. Looking for some reassurance that I'm doing the right thing.
DH and I are both classed as keyworkers. I'm able to do my part-time hours at home, he can do most of his work at home, but has to go in once a week, which he does on my day off. For the last six weeks, we've been juggling things at home. I've been doing the absolute bare minimum for my job (has to be done during 9-5) and he's been doing bits and pieces during the day and catching up at evenings and weekends.
Both our jobs are now beginning to increase in terms of workload. It's becoming unsustainable. Mine is an admin job vaguely related to coronavirus, his isn't, although the situation makes his job more stressful. We think we'll have to send the kids to the childminder and school, maybe one day a week, just to help us keep up. The house is now a stressful place, and I think the kids are picking up on it.
I feel really guilty. My mental health is generally taking a battering at the moment and I'm anxious about everything. Maybe it would be better for them to have a day somewhere else. We have one primary child and two preschoolers, who normally go to a childminder who is willing and able to take them. None of us is vulnerable, we may have already had the virus, three of us were unwell towards the start of lockdown.
Why do I feel guilty? I know plenty of other families sending their kids, and I don't think badly of them. Why do I think badly of myself? I just have this constant knot of worry in my chest. If it's not one thing, it's another, and this is today's thing.
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Neverknown · 02/05/2020 09:59
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