Hey guys, just needed to rant really and feel like I’m not the only one.
I live with my 2 kids DS5 + DD2 and DH and
Every year since I’ve had the DC the changing season months Sept/Oct + March/April the whole house should have a giant sign on the door CONTAGIOUS.
We have had zero break between illnesses of some sort and this year has been no different.. I feel like we are crawling to the end of April hoping that we are coming to the end of the tonsillitis/strep/sickness bugs /colds. DH works full time I work PT + study my for Accountancy exams in the evening when kids are bed. DC go to nursery 2 days a week and my mums 1. They exercise loads, sleep 12hrs a night, eat healthy (lots of fruit and veg) give them sambucol and vitamin D, get plenty time outside to play and none of it seems to make a since iota of difference 😅
I appreciate there are bigger troubles/ a lot going on in the world. But with the way the world is and both parents basically having to work it just feels like we are on a hamster wheel constantly trying to be good parents, keep bosses happy, run a home, pass exams, and battling constant infections and bug after bug is just a bit soul destroying . Is it particularly bad because of the lockdowns? Or is this normal? Do you guys have similar peaks of this? I feel like I am constantly cancelling plans to stay at home cause we are Ill just now but my friends just aren’t on the same level?