Consider this...

I have 2 boys, ages 6 and 8, so I have been where you are.  This is what I did and it made my employer happy and my kids happy too.  I don't get as much sleep as I would like, but it has been well worth it.

I get up with my boys at 7 AM, do breakfast together and get them off to school.  I then work from the time they leave, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM.  I then run my errands, do shopping, clean, etc., but I am ready for them at 3:15 PM when they walk through the door.  We have dinner, do homework together, have baths and then put them to bed around 8:30 to 9 PM.  At that point, I pour myself a cup of coffee and finish my shift, 9:30 PM to 12:30 AM (I work full time, but it is 35 hours, I'm actually more productive this way).  This may not be the specific shift for you, but think about a split shift.  Companies love having that morning person as well as the evening person that also goes over to the 3rd shift, which give you the added shift differential.  When the boys do not have school, they understand that I have to work in the morning and the afternoon is with them, even if we do have to go grocery shopping together, it doesn't matter as long as we have the time together. 

Good luck, you can do this and make both of you happy.  You speed will pick up with the new accounts, MTs adapt, we always do and I have confidence you can do it too!

• Feeling too guilty to work after son breaks down. - Feeling Guilty
  • What I did was.... - I hear ya!
  • going through the same thing - me
  • Consider this... - Momof2
  • Nearly the same situation here - Robin
  • when I read your post... - I get angry....
  • I feel like I work all the time too and my kids- sm - Laura E.
  • Kinda along the same lines as muff (sm) - I feel your pain
  • Try this.. - muff
    • Also, if you can switch the hours you work, get up earlier, - Mom of 3
  • You're going to have to make a change. - BTDT
  • your plus is... - aa
  • Have you considered...... - muff
    • Guilty about working sm - Older Mom

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