To think most working mums are overwhelmed?

Yes!! I have DDs 2 and 4 and work full time. It’s awful and stressful and I hate it plus the nursery fees are stupid. But we need two incomes…

In my case I see a very clear divide between those who have extended family that can do things like plug gaps in holiday and wraparound care or look after one child while the other is taken to an extra curricular activity.

My two are both still at nursery, so at least they're in for my full working hours. God knows what we're going to do once they start school - pray that they get a place in wraparound I guess.

At the moment it feels like we're just about ok until someone gets sick. It takes us a few weeks to get back to an even keel, then the next lot of sickness comes along.

Yes I think it's a really tough juggling act working full time and being a mum to young children. I don't think the two are actually compatible in reality. Our family only make it work really by having flexible jobs, working from home and having family support. I have no idea what we would do if we didn't have those things.

A lot of my peers seem to really be struggling with this. I'm a SAHM and more than one have told me not to be in a rush with jobhunting.

Add to the delight of teens I have elderly parents and relatives. It’s this endless guilt and exhaustion.

I have been a SAHM and now a working mum.

they are both overwhelming in different ways.

when I was a SAHM, it was relentless and not getting a break from the kids and essentially having to do everything like school/activities/play dates etc or having a chance to be ‘me’ was tough. I have a great husband who did his fair share but he also worked alot to be able to provide for us so in my eyes as the one being at home I was the one who took on the house stuff so he could do that

now as a working mum, its a different hard, trying to fit everything into a few compressed hours is tough, trying to juggle kids/school/activities and work especially during school holidays is a daily challenge but at the same time I do get to go to work and be me and not mum for a few hours.

no one has has it easier/harder than anyone else. Someone’s easy can easily be someone’s hard. We are all just trying to do our best out here.

It was most certainly hectic and I had to be super organized, but I wasn't overwhelmed.

However, even though I was working full time, with minimal maternity leave, I was running my own consultancy business by the time babies 2 and 3 came along, so at least I was able to organize my time, rather than having to be in an office 9 till 5.

And the fact that my husband pulled his weight definitely helped. That was crucial, actually.

Yep. Every working mum I know is overwhelmed (including me). I do think it’s easier now they are older (11 and 9). But the pressure of our mortgage thanks to the huge increase in interest rates isn’t helping.

YANBU. I think I’ve been overwhelmed every second of every day for 5 years 😂

Yes. My life only became easier when the dead weight that was their dad left. Now I actually get some time off to myself every week to relax and do what I want while they are with their dad.

Yes, and agree with previous post, doesn't get easier when they become teenx

Yes. And it definitely doesn't stop at 10!! Teens and preteens are very full on at times !