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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP... Although I hate we're all in the same boat, it's good to see that I'm not alone.  And we have young kids (4 month old, 20 month old and 4.5 year old) and we're in our early to mid 40s.  We are struggling because we always wonder why things are so hard.  My DH has these hard lines of homecooked meals everyday, but he doesn't know why it always falls on him to do it (when he's the one who works from home and I have the 30-40 minute, each way commute which includes dropping off and picking up the two younger kids at the nearby in-home daycare).  I think I need to read him this thread so he knows that no, we're not the only ones and no, we're not dumb for not having figured things out when we don't get additional help because he doesn't want to spend the money. [/quote]

Why don't you spend the money then? Why do you have to get his permission for extra help? Just do it. Home cooked meals every day is unrealistic unless one parent doesn't work. I might cook two home cooked meals a week and they are easy CrockPot meals where you dump stuff in in the morning. There are leftovers so that takes care of 4 days each week. We usually do breakfast for dinner once a week and some frozen lasagna or something like that once a week. Takeout or going out to eat takes care of the last day each week. [/quote]

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