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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I felt sorry for OP at first, but anyone who sets up their life this way is asking for trouble. You can’t have it all. [/quote]

[quote]I would get the nanny back. This is how marriages end.
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Some of you are so melodramatic. This is not how they have to spend their lives in perpetuity, it's a situation they have to figure out *for now.* (Then when they figure this one out, something else comes up. Don't we all know this by now?)

OP you just have to get into a routine. The adjustment period is hard. The little-kid-juggling period is hard. I posted upthread about clothes out the night before, older kid dressing herself in the morning, shared grocery list/meal-planning/cooking ahead, etc. I'm still curious if your kids can eat at school/daycare or if you HAVE to be packing their lunches. The first thing you should do is eliminate any work that's not absolutely necessary. Then outsource what you can (#1: grocery shopping, which costs very little to not do yourself. Walmart grocery pickup is free). Only you know what you can afford to outsource so housekeeper/cleaner/mother's helper are variably affordable options if you have extra money for the extra help. Besides that, streamline as much as possible and just keep telling yourself it'll get easier. It will. I'm in a similar situation and yes I'm exhausted but now it's just...normal. You adjust and adapt.[/quote]

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