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Help me organise my day!

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Fressia123 · 08/08/2020 07:38

At the moment I'm working 38.5 hrs around all 7 days of the week. I'm also looking after our 9 month old. He's is not in nursery for several reasons (one being cost, it would be more cost efficient and better all-round for me to drop hours if really needed).

Over the past few weeks I've seen that it's reasonable to do 6 hours a day but I certainly need a rest day as the one week I didn't do it I felt completely overwhelmed.

It doesn't help that we go to bed fairly early (around 10) so I try not to work in the evenings as it eats away our time together.

I manage about 6 hours starting just before 8 and finishing around 6. Which isn't that bad but of the baby has a bad day, need to go the shop or something unplanned happens it wrecks the "balance" for the rest of the week.

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User56770987 · 08/08/2020 07:49

Do you have any one else helping look after the baby? I don't think working and looking after a baby is sustainable unless very short term. It will just get harder and harder as they become more mobile and demamding.

Fressia123 · 08/08/2020 07:55

No, mon-fri it's just me. My partner gets home at 6 and then he takes over but the baby is usuay awake for just another hour.

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