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[quote=Anonymous]OP. we are on a similar schedule. DH and I trade off child care during the day. Kid is 1.5, so it is impossible to work while with her. I try to squeeze in 4-5 hours of work during the day and another 4-5 after she goes to sleep, usually turning in around midnight and then she's up between 6/6:30 and it starts again. A couple of things that have helped:

- We try to switch off who does wake up and let the other one sleep in a little, so a couple of times a week I get an extra hour or so of sleep in the morning.

-I take at least 20 minutes to exercise during the night block of work, usually about halfway through. It helps give me a little more energy.

- I don't know if this is doable with homeschooling, but it has helped me tremendously to start involving my kid in things that interest me. So, while it's my time with her we'll sometimes bake together or do 20 minutes of yoga or some other thing I actually enjoy that is not just sitting on the floor playing with her toys. Or, though not exactly "me" time, she'll help me with stuff around the house like handing me clothes while I fold laundry. It saves a little time to be able to do those things with her. That said, she's really into "helping" right now and I recognize we're kind of in the sweet spot for that, so I don't know if that's doable with your age ranges.

- We also do a few hours of work on the weekend, but I can usually keep it limited to ~2 hours after she goes to bed. It has helped to still switch off childcare during the weekend even though we are not working during the day. We still get some time with all of us together, but try to also block off 1-2 hours a day where we can each just go in the bedroom and watch a tv show or read a book or something.

Honestly though, it sucks, and this is the first week it started to really feel like burn out for me. [/quote]

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