Struggling at home with small children

[Idtwins]

Hi all,
I’ve 2 year old twin boys and I am just struggling at home. I’m used to being home 3 days a week as I work part-time but I’m now furloughed so home all the time and husband still working 4 days a week. So I’m doing 4 days on my own, which isn’t a great jump from 3 days but I am just getting so worn down. The small tasks are now starting to feel like big tasks and I feel like I have just lost all resilience to even handle 2 toddlers. They are generally well behaved but are both climbers/ risk takers so need constant supervision. Also they no longer nap with don’t even have that to break up the day. Tv is on a lot more than I would like which I feel awful mom guilt about. Please say there’s others in same boat!

Massive Mum guilt over here. I'm WFH, have a 2yo dd and 12yo ds. DS all but home schooling himself, I try to help but he's bright as a button and never needs my help. Just seems to get on with it and says he's fine but wish I was doing more. DH has been working throughout as he is key worker. My time is spent trying to get work done while trying to stop my dd from climbing up the blinds and escaping out the window. Oh and feed them 3 times a day - why do they need feeding?! DH wonders why I'm snappy and irritable when he gets home. I was on a conference call the other day, using my AirPods. I was in the middle of presenting a report when DD had climbed up onto the dining room table and pressed the end call button on my phone. Hence why she's plonked in front of the iPad most of the time, which I feel really shitty about. Really had enough of it all now. I think if they're clean, fed and happy you're doing a brilliant job.

Yeah struggling here too, just have no energy and no motivation to think up toddler games and what they would be learning at nursery and not being able to take them to the playground or groups. Very lucky to have a garden but I’m tired and can’t think!

Joining the club here. Its been better the last couple of days as the weather is improving so I can persuade them to go out for a walk so that takes up about 20 mins. The feeding is never ending and the tidying up is off the scale. I think initially it was all a bit of a novelty to everyone but I have completely run out of entertainment ideas. On the plus side, DS has watched so many episodes of Numberblocks that his maths and counting is pretty good for a 4 year old so swings and roundabouts...

And yes to complete lack of resilience. I have nearly cried with the frustration, boredom and never ending ness of it all this week. I think I expected a bit more from Boris' speech so more uncertainty and no end in sight has not helped my mood!