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[quote=Anonymous]My toddler's first year in daycare is killing us. We both work from home, but my husband is primary earner. So when the kid is sick, I watch her, and he takes a couple hours off each day. Then we stay up late to finish work. Our sick days are long gone, we only have a few and they go fast.

For the minor illnesses (1-2 days out of daycare), our plan is manageable, but when she's more sick, I just don't understand how to survive it. Normally, we just barely keep up with the household responsibilities, our older child's schedule, and the toddler. But when we lose day after day to illness, it's like our entire life falls apart. We're both exhausted, stressed, horribly behind on work, and starting to come down with whatever she has.

My husband is really angry at me and says I need to find a backup childcare plan if I want our marriage to survive. He brings in 75% of our income and helps a lot with household stuff like renovations and repairs, all the bills, weekly groceries, morning routine, evening kitchen cleanup, and our older one's activities. I can see he is at the end of his rope. I don't blame him for this ultimatum, but I don't know what to do.

Our date night sitters are all either busy during the day or unwilling to watch a sick child. I posted on some local Facebook groups but got no responses. We don't live near family, but when we did, they had a no sick kids rule too. Any ideas for me?

PS I love my job and don't want to stay at home, especially because I doubt I'll be able to get this kind of role again. Unfortunately, we can't afford a full-time nanny. 
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