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ThreeBecameFour · 05/01/2014 15:14

I have a 4 month old and 2.5 year old. Currently on mat leave. Life is hectic with the kids. I teach yoga twice a week trying to set up a business on the side with the help of a babysitter and neighbour looking after the baby whilst toddler is in nursery. I take care of the kids, the house, the dog. DH works long hours. He helps where he can. We are exhausted, not unlike many other families with little ones. We have little time for ourselves or our relationship. We are bickering a lot. I want to make things better.... I feel like I have lost myself in the relentless cycle of housework and lack of sleep. I can't even have a bath without toddler wailing on the other side of the door. We have no close family nearby we could rely on for help and it is a lot to ask friends to look after a crazy toddler and a small baby to get a break...I am worried if we don't make a change things could really deteriorate in our relationship........ so I wondered how you all cope and keep your relationship going? How do you make time for yourself... let alone your partner?

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Logg1e · 05/01/2014 15:24

I really sympathise. It's difficult to offer practical advice without knowing more, and more about what the actual problem is (rather than perceived problems). We tended to make an hour most evenings for just us. We have one room that is kind of an adult space and could retreat to there before one of us collapsed in to bed.

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