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Anyone else working from home with a toddler?

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cloudbutter · 25/03/2020 11:52

I have so many worries about this. I can't do my job fully and cannot do my visits but it's not a risk I am willing to take. I do not want to send my son to the childminder. I am worried I won't be able to give him enough attention, that he will have way too much screen time, that he won't cope with me being on my laptop a lot. It's not the kind of job I can just do bits and pieces here and there. Even in the last week he's become obsessed with my phone because I've been answering so many emails. I usually avoid using my phone around him entirely. Can someone just reassure me that this is just my anxiety getting to me? Trying to be a good mum and a good employee at the same time is hard.

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Kittykat93 · 25/03/2020 12:00

I know how you feel op. I'm a single parent of a 2 year old and working from home 5 days a week. This week has been the longest week of my life and it looks like this is going to be my life for months on end now. Can't even take him out to entertain him or break up the day even on weekends.

He's at the age where he wants me to play constantly, so I'm having to do most of my work when he's asleep in bed at night. I'm exhausted already.

We are lucky to have a garden so I've been taking advantage of the weather and playing outside but can't see that pacifying him if this continues for months. I'm worried.

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