Just want a break

[boymum4]

Is anyone else dying for a break? Lockdown is so shit, ds is 6.5 months and I'd just love for my family to be able to look after him for a few hours for me just so I could relax. My oh works 6 days a week, 4:30am - 6pm ish. It's all on me!

Anyone else feeling the same and fancy a moan?! I love my son dearly and he's the best thing to have ever happened to me, but my god I'd never have chosen to get pregnant when I did had I known there was about to be a global pandemic...

I know what you mean - I’d love someone to take my 9 month old DS just for a couple of hours or babysit him one evening, so DH and I could have a meal out or something - as you’d be able to do in normal times. We don’t have a support bubble either as both sets of parents live hundreds of miles away. The only time I’ve been apart from DS since the birth is when DH takes him for a walk on their own. It’s so hard!

Me too. I have a 4.5 yr old and an 1.5 yr old. Unfortunately we don’t have anyone to look after them anyway even pre Covid.

@boymum4

Is anyone else dying for a break? Lockdown is so shit, ds is 6.5 months and I'd just love for my family to be able to look after him for a few hours for me just so I could relax. My oh works 6 days a week, 4:30am - 6pm ish. It's all on me!

Anyone else feeling the same and fancy a moan?! I love my son dearly and he's the best thing to have ever happened to me, but my god I'd never have chosen to get pregnant when I did had I known there was about to be a global pandemic...

If you have a child under one you can bubble up with another family for this exact reason

I have an 8 month old and no way would I have got through this time without being able to have some me time and us time

It’s hard work with babies even without a pandemic

For those with an under 13 month old, do you know you can have a baby bubble?

God yes! I have a 6yo and a 3m old. Having to home school 6yo while 3m old naps on me. I love the bones of them, but it's suffocating and relentless. The prospect of schools potentially not reopening this academic year is another crushing weight looming too. We do have a support bubble, but not one we could leave 3m old with. Desperate for this to be over so we can get back to a new version of normal!

Glad some others feel the same as me! I'm sure every mum in this situation does. I have a support bubble with my sister and her husband but they also have a 7mo baby so no babysitting from them unfortunately 😩

God yes. I feel awful for thinking it because dd (nearly 6 months) is incredible and actually a reasonably easy baby and not a bad sleeper. But⁰

reasonably easy baby but makes it hard to type one handed as she won't be put down.

Had more to type but shes awake now so basically yes OP, totally get where you're coming from.

You can have a support bubble AND a childcare bubble op!! Check the gov website, they are separate things. Get one and put yourself out of this misery bless you! I'm in a similar situation and the odd night off I get is a life saver

I may be wrong but I thought technically you couldn't have a support bubble with another household with more than one adult, but a childcare bubble would be better for you anyway!! Could you join with babies grandparents or something for casual childcare?:)

Yeah! I hear you! We’ve got a 3 month old and I’ve been feeling super miserable lately. We don’t have anyone local to us in London to bubble with and I feel pretty isolated. None of my family have even met the baby yet and I’d love to give him to someone else to hold for an hour or so. I’m shattered. Would be brill to go to a baby group. Have been trying to meet mums for walks in the meantime.

Ps the moan was actually helpful! Thanks for starting the thread!

Sending lots of good thoughts to you all 💐

@babyno2pending

I may be wrong but I thought technically you couldn't have a support bubble with another household with more than one adult, but a childcare bubble would be better for you anyway!! Could you join with babies grandparents or something for casual childcare?:)

If you have a child under one or who was under one on 2 Dec you can have a support bubble with another household- doesn't matter how many adults are in either household.

We don't have one as there's nobody we can bubble with that isn't already in a childcare/ support bubble elsewhere.

Well technically it's my in laws but that was only ever used when they needed DH to help with something there's certainly been no support the other way.

Yep I hear you. I have a 15 month old and she's so active I never feel like I get a break. My hubby works full time and also wants time to himself on a weekend. I love her to bits but would be so nice for someone to have her for a few hours so we can just do whatever we want!

So nice to hear so many others feeling the same!! Let's all hope we can go back to some form of normal as soon as possible!! I'm loving reading everyone else's rants! Making me feel less alone!

Please keep them coming 🙂😂