I'm a full time working single mum to an 18 Month old. I was coping quite well, up until my daughter and I got covid a few weeks ago! I had to continue working and luckily my mother, who usually lives abroad, was over so helped me with childcare (she also had covid but with no symptoms)!
Now my parents have gone back abroad and my daughter, two weeks later, has got another virus and can't go to nursery tomorrow I will need to take tomorrow off work (my ex isn't very helpful... for some reason it seems only mum's can take time off work for their sick children)!
I feel I had the nursery, pick up and drop off, working from home three days a week and commuting to London twice a week, all sorted but the sleep deprivation from my LG and her constantly being ill keeps throwing me a curve ball! I don't know how Im meant to work full time and be a single parent! I've had a pity party for one last night and couldn't stop crying... it all just feels too much. I have to pay for all bills, food etc and nursery on my own (ex pays £300 a month) and have taken freelance work on, on top of my work to pay for everything! I work full time, hardly see my LG and hardly have any money after I pay for everything! Does anyone have any positive stories of being a full time working single mum to a toddler? Or am I attempting to spin too many plates?
I feel permanently exhausted, constantly anxious about money and work and feel there is no solution. My work is already understaffed (with no plan to hire anyone else)! I think if I could get more sleep, I'd be able to see things more clearly but my daughter is waking every few hours. I do manage to get her into a good sleep pattern, then she goes to her dad's who has no routine and it starts all over again!
Sorry, not sure of the point of this post just feeling quite low and alone. Xxxx