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[quote=Anonymous]It is really really difficult, but worth it if you like children.  I love my two so much!  Having young children almost broke me pre- COVID, though, mostly because my DH has to work late and on weekends.  I managed to get my work hours down to 40/hrs a week.  Life got better when I began teleworking 2x a week and DH 1x week, leaving us with only 2x week we had to scramble to make daycare pickup and dropoff.  I sometimes ended up taking an hour of leave on those days (as I have more job flexibility than DH).  Now that my youngest is almost 2 and our daycare finally reopened, life is a bit easier (though still need to work after kid bedtime to make up hours as there is no option for aftercare).  I plan to cut my hours when we eventually have to do pickup and dropoff at schools in different neighborhoods.  We live in an apartment and can't afford a nanny, but the house/nanny route has worked best for dual professional families I know who don't have close by family support.[/quote]

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