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[quote=Anonymous]I am sorry to hear that. This sucks for everyone. My husband and I are both working from home and had to have a few serious conversations about how to make this sustainable. He has severe ADHD and can not multi-task. He can't help the 5 year old with her work while on a conference call or type an email while watching the 18 month old play. That means he either "logs off" to help me and then has to make those hours up or I do the kids and work at the same time. It is draining and not seeing or talking to another adult is hard.

We are not a tv family but the older one gets 1 hour of videos and sometimes the 18 month old gets to watch a zoo cam of animals while I have a call or need to focus for 10 min. Desperate times. I feel like there are two issues - 1. not getting any adult time and 2. not getting time away from kids.

To solve the first, call a friend who is understanding if you have to drop the call and talk for 10 min. Call your sister at 7am every day and talk while you get ready.

To solve the second, find time to talk to your husband. Can you eat a little later so he can help with dinner prep? Can he get up 20 min earlier so he can do breakfast? Is there a way to do videos for the kids at the same time so you can breathe? Can you do some trial runs of backyard time on the weekend to see if it is manageable?

But honestly this comes down to having a conversation. You are both working at capacity and this is hard for everyone. Being honest with each other about it will be the only way to make it work. He may not be able to help from 8:30 - 6, but there has to be something he can pick up to help you.
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