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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the other responses, but I totally understand where you're coming from. My kids are the same ages and I feel equally overwhelmed (and have also taken the occasional day off to get things done for myself and around the house).  Know that you are not alone!

In my situation - a lot of our friends or the kids' friends parents have more money than we do and outsource pretty much everything. They don't have to clean their homes because they have weekly cleaning services.  A lot of them order or eat out 3-4 nights a week.  One friend had her nanny basically do everything child-related (cleaning, laundry, feeding), and then when her kids got older, converted her nanny into a Alice-style housekeeper. She picks the kids up from school and shuttles them to after school activities, but before that, she gets pretty much everything done in the 4-5 hours before she picks them up - she grocery shops, she cooks or meal preps, she does laundry, she tidies up the house, etc.  Other friends have au pairs so they don't have to worry about childcare and they have a built in babysitter.

To answer the question - do the best you can do and let things slide if you need to.[/quote]

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