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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My area locked down early. We've been doing this for a year now. I see my husband for about 5 minutes a day (he goes into the office). I haven't spoken to another adult in person in three months. I'm alone for 10 hours a day with a 9 month old and two year old. The nine month old is still nursing and refuses a bottle so I can't leave him. Both kids are up at least once a night.

It's been so bad for so long to I don't even remember what good is like. I've spent every night in this house for a year, except the two nights I was in the hospital giving birth. [/quote]

Oh honey.  If you can afford it at all, definitely hire a sitter (even once-a-week for a few hours would make a huge difference.  I promise!)

Even if the 9mo won’t take a bottle, a baby that age should be doing some solids and maybe even finger foods, right?  So nurse right before you leave, give the sitter a jar of baby food and go somewhere for 3 hours.  You can require the sitter to wear a KN95 if you are worried about exposure.  For just a few hours it should be no big deal.  [/quote]

I agree with this. Go to the gym or for a walk or something. That period is hard - even without a pandemic. I paid someone to watch my kids and I would walk down to the movie theater and watch whatever random thing they were showing just so I didn't have to talk to anyone. Even now, when my kids are older, I go park my car at the nearby church and sit by myself, watch a movie or if I can muster the energy, call my sister and have a whinge.

I strongly admire those who love parenting all the time. I love my kids but parenting is soul-sucking. [/quote]

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