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Who here works full time with a two year old?

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percypig82 · 07/03/2023 20:27

I'm a single mother to a two year old and work full time. I just wondered how common this scenario is? Constantly thinking I'm wasting these precious years with my daughter by working full time and racked with mum guilt. Also be great to hear from other fellow single mums who work full time too. I'm 40 and think my little one will be my only child, hence why I'm over thinking this.

Also, if you do work full time I would love to know what you do! I work in media in a senior role, it's pretty full on. Just put my little one down and now going to eat and do freelance work as the nursery costs are crippling me!

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Treehappy · 08/03/2023 11:08

WeightoftheWorld · 07/03/2023 21:09

I know this isn't the same as you are a single parent, but dads almost always work full time and nobody bats an eyelid and they're not all worrying about it either. Just something to think about. Certainly my DH worked FT when our eldest was 2. Front line NHS healthcare professional.

That’s because they have wives! It’s a lot easier to work full time if you have someone else picking up household and childcare duties for you! It’s well documented that even when women work they STILL do more domestic/ kid stuff than their husbands.

Cm17 · 09/03/2023 13:48

Yep, full time worker here too, we have a 2 year old and both myself and my partner work full time.
I think its just the reality for alot of families now.

We both felt guilty at the idea of having to leave her and not being around so much in these younger years, however seeing how much she has progressed with talking and learning new things etc and having little friends she sees all the time has made it easier.

NorthernSarcasticandDownrightFantastic · 30/09/2023 23:37

penpit · 08/03/2023 05:26

I worked full time after dc turned 6 months. Dads go back to work all the time but do they have birth injuries to deal with or have dealt with. Did they breastfeed or suffer from PND? Did they do most of the night feeds during maternity leave and only then go back to work. Urgh the 'men do it all the time' posts must come from mothers who had a dream time of it after their dc were born because imo the physical impact of giving birth and dealing with the hormones alone is incomparable to a man magically swanning back to work after the birth of their dc.

I am now pt and a lot poorer for it but it depends on your job. I didn't really see my dc from Monday to Friday when I was working as I had a long commute.

I'll be honest I've never done a night feed, only ever change nappies when husband is at work, and I'm the only one of us who takes the day away from DD to go to spa days or brunch etc haha, and I went to do the weekly shop when she was 3 days old leaving him home with her... I'd have gone back to work much sooner if it were socially acceptable!

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