Never get any alone time

[asleepysickness]

Like most mothers of young children my whole world revolves around them. I have 2 under the age of 3, one of which is type 1 diabetic.

From the moment I wake up until I lay down at night I never seem to get any time to myself.
Both are relatively good sleepers so I don't get many night wakenings thank god.

The problem is I don't get any time to myself at all. I used to love reading and watching tv series in my spare time. My husband works from 7am-6pm and is very hands on when he is at home but even then if he is with the kids I'm just trying to catch up on housework or making dinner, I never get to the gym any more, my eating habits have turned awful. I have gained around a stone since my youngest was born 8 months ago. I would love to put them to nursery during the day but my anxiety around my oldest and him needing insulin with meals and terrified of him taking lows when I'm not there is too stressful so I would rather keep him with me all day. It's so hard I feel like in between a rock and a hard place. How do you make time for yourself during the day?

I'm a sahm to a 2yo and 5yo. My alone time is the hours after the dcs and DH have gone to bed. I'm usually up until 1-2am and that's when I can read and do a workout at home. Otherwise I'm with my 2yo all day, and my 5yo as well after school.

Could you speak to some nurseries locally about whether they can accommodate your child, I'm sure they must have other kids with medical conditions. Even a couple half days, if you put both kids in, you'd get that time. I think you have to plan to have time for yourself, either in evenings or weekend, put it in the diary and stick to it. could you afford a cleaner a few hours, so you get more time back in the evenings?

I feel similar. I work full time and then when I'm not working I have 2 year old DD needing my attention. When she's in bed I'm either still working or trying to do dinner, tidy up, do laundry or a million other chores.

It'll get easier as she gets older. In the meantime I don't know what the answer is.