Caveat - I appreciate it is a privilege to be able to afford more childcare than I strictly need.
My two year old goes to nursery three days per week. These are the days I work full time. In addition to my full time job, I'm retraining in a different field - I fit in studying and training sessions in evenings and on the other days. My husband works full time. We can ask grandparents for a few hours here and there (and should probably ask for more but they are both a 40 minute drive away).
I'm considering putting my daughter into nursery for a day I don't technically work but I feel bad about this. I always wanted as much time with her as possible but the four days we are together are feeling long and boring for us both. I'm stressed trying to do my other work while she naps (which won't last forever) and keep on top of the house etc. We've been renovating the house and we have very little time to get this done, barring taking days off when she is at nursery. We have almost zero time as a couple too.
She loves nursery but she is very tired after three days there. I just feel I need some breathing space but I have a mental block about her going more than three days per week. The pandemic has made her very used to the full attention of BOTH parents. ... we can't even trade off bath/bed because she wants us both there. She wants us both playing with her if we are both in the house.... it feels very suffocating sometimes.
Does anyone else arrange childcare for when they are not working? Any advice on reducing her dependence on both parents? She definitely rules the roost at the moment....