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[quote=Anonymous]This is DH busy time of year and he is gone 5-6 days a week on-site at different locations. It’s been going on since late-September and thankfully we are in the home stretch; he will be done before Thanksgiving. This is nothing new to me but for whatever reason I am having a really hard time this cycle. Maybe it’s because our kids are older? Seems counterintuitive and I can’t explain it, but it’s like their needs are easier yet somehow “more”. I WFH and actually have a lot of quiet breaks throughout my day, but I still find my evenings exhausting. I’m tired emotionally and physically by the end of the day. I find that I DO spend a lot of energy giving the kids extra attention in their dad’s absence, so this could be part of it.

They are older (10, 12) so there is no “putting them to bed”. They’ll head to their rooms at 9:30, but they are awake in there and will come out for water or the bathroom. I don’t know how it would be different in this aspect if DH were here, but it just stands out to me.

I guess my question is, what are some small ways you parent differently or ways you find to relax yourself, to make things easier?[/quote]

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