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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is completely unrealistic and not fair to your child. Get a sitter.[/quote]

I know tons of people who only have childcare until nap time. A 2-3 hour nap and screen time would totally work for most 2 year olds. Op is more worried about the time in the evenings when she does have childcare.[/quote]

If she were talking about an hour, maybe.  But even if her kid consistently naps for 2.5 hours every single day, that still only gets you to 4:00.  At that point, OP would need to stop work, get toddlerup, change diaper, gove a snack and stsrt a show, then disappear to another room while toddler watches tv for at least 90 minutes without needing any interaction of any kind.  Quietly.  That is pretty unrealistic.

And you have to think long-term!  This is her first job after SAH for a bit.  The point of it is to get a foot in the door.  If her first reference back in the workforce is a job where she is constantly interrupted and distracted by kid issues, that is not going to set her up for a better job going forward.  You have to invest in some childcare, even if it eats into your profits right now, because you need this reference to be glowing![/quote]

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