So I know these are trying times and everyone is doing the best they can under different and difficult circumstances, and this is not the first thread of this nature - I think I just need a rant!
Dh is currently still going to work (key worker) but unable to work from home and still working shifts (combination of earlies, lates & nights)
I am still working as well (also classed as a key worker) but am able to complete my job from home.
We have 1 DC (4) not quite in school yet, was previously at a private nursery full time.
Because of this it means the majority of childcare/home schooling/entertainment is falling to me, and luckily work accept this and are happy for me to flex my hours around as I need to as long as the work is done (we could have put them into nursery as we are both key workers, but we decided to keep them at home)
DH is on a later shift this week (starts at 12, finishes at 8).
Most of this week, I have got up and gone for a run (only chance I get), come back, got myself showered and ready, done some household chores while setting the computer up and checking for emails. DC usually wakes up about now so I have taken them downstairs and given them breakfast etc. Around 930 - 10 DH wakes up and takes DC while I have a call. He then goes for a shower (which takes about an hour) and then does himself lunch before going to work. I spend the rest of the day juggling work and DC, before logging off and having some garden time before tea & bed, and then log into work again to finish off.
Dh comes home and pretty much watches TV and has a drink before we go to bed.
It's not a great balance but it's working.
Today I got up early and did all of the above, and then got asked to join a call earlier than normal. DH was still asleep so rather than wake him up I gave DC her tablet and a snack while I was on the call (normally she can entertain herself for the duration of it, but this was quite an important call and I needed to be able to concentrate)
DH then woke up and DC went into bed into with him. When I went up a bit later I got moaned at for giving the tablet to her so early and should have woken him up. I'm now being moaned at for all sorts of things, such as not thinking, not trusting him and me thinking that he is lazy etc. When I try and argue it was quicker and easier just to do that for the time being he isn't listening.
Other than the petty arguments DH and I seen to be having, I think wfh under stressful circumstances is going ok and we seem to be managing. The house has never been cleaner (mainly my doing) and both DC and I are more relaxed than usual. Dh just seems to resent that I am able to wfh (although it's not easy!) while he has to go in.