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DH that works away from home - lonely 😔

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RWK29 · 31/01/2021 14:09

Would be nice to hear how other people in this situation cope? DH works offshore for 4 weeks at a time. We’re so lucky that when he’s home we have 4 weeks of us both being here full time with our baby - overall he gets much more quality time with our little one than he would if he worked a normal 9-5 job at home. I think because we have so much quality time I find it so much harder when he goes away 😔 I’m finding it so lonely!!

I’m sure covid has a lot to do with it too. We have family nearby but none of them are being particularly covid safe so we don’t feel comfortable having baby around them. We have no friends living in the same town that I could meet for walks etc. There are no classes etc on so I don’t know any local mums 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m currently 2.5 weeks into 4 weeks alone with my 3 month old and have had 6 hours face to face adult conversation in this time - with some of that being my health visitor! I feel like we’re living the same day on repeat 😳

How do you stop yourself going stir crazy?

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acornsandoaktrees · 31/01/2021 19:50

Hi, I'm sorry op. My dp worked away a lot when my kids were little but that wasn't during a pandemic and the friends I made through toddler groups were my lifeline. Could you ask you HV if there are any local groups meeting virtually? Not the same I know but would be a start and hopefully you could meet them in person before too much longer? Probably other new mums in your area desperate to meet new parents too. A silver lining for us is that when my do was away I'd send videos of the kids. Just normal everyday stuff that I wouldn't have bothered to video if he'd been home. Now I have that whole collection of videos that I love to look back on. It is hard but you will get through. I hope your HV can put you on touch with a virtual group. Take care

RWK29 · 31/01/2021 20:52

@acornsandoaktrees You’re right about the videos for sure ❤️ It’s lovely to have all the little things! Chatted to the health visitor about it but unfortunately there are no virtual groups that she knows of either! She’s looking to hopefully get something set up as lots of her ladies have said the same about wanting to meet other mums so fingers crossed she’ll maybe have something up and running by the next time he goes away 😊
Have done lots of online baby classes but nothing with anyone local to me 🤷🏻‍♀️
Very lucky to have all this one on one time with my little guy - I really do appreciate every second of it but sometimes 10 minutes of adult conversation just saves your sanity 😅

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