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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish I knew you OP! I would watch your DC!

I am in the same boat. It sucks! My DH and I haven't had an overnight away since we had my second (yep, I am counting my c-section!). I had to beg my healthy parents to do it, including multiple times instances of attempting to back out 2 weeks before I delivered. I had a great childhood and but they both have a lot of trauma in their families of origin and it has manifested in strange ways as they age. My grandma was there for them in this manner to an extent but we never lived close to helpful family as kids so perhaps it's also an expectation thing.

It's hard, and I was way more bitter about it when my kids are little, but I do think there have been benefits in it for DH and me and our family as a unit. We are very resilient and divide and conquer well because we have no choice. We have friends who sign up to be the emergency contact and we do it for them, and I tear home from work to get their sick kids when they can't as if they were my own.

No, we don't get to do overnights together and it does suck. But as your kid gets older, you may find that opportunities arise for you to do that via friends. If someone offers, take them up on it!! [/quote]

Why would you have two kids when you know you won't have any help? [/quote]

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