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doubleluck · 13/11/2025 10:06

I'm a single mum to 3yo twins,

I am SHATTERED. They're in nursery two and a half days a week but that last half a day I've been unable to get them in, for two weeks now! It's not so much that I'm wiped from the early wakes, it's that these kids decide to wake up frequently throughout the night meaning I'm getting next to no sleep and when the alarm goes off I unconsciously turn it off and pull the duvet over my head like I'm 14 again.. I feel too ashamed to call the school and let them know we won't be in because I am so embarrassed. Now I'm petrified of them starting reception in September already! Are there any other mums like this who (on the occasion) cannot do it somedays and can't stop beating themselves up about it? I just feel like I'm the 'only' one who messes up like this..

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