Hi there IM's. I am writing for some advice, support or whatever. I basically need somewhere to vent. I have recently finished my qualifications to become a ECE teacher (NZ) and have secured a part time job. YAY. The job is 8 hours a day and has included a lot of juggling on our part for the kids. I have my daughter in after school program, my son in day care and homebased care as the centre locally does not cover my hours of work. While we have a plan in place I am so petrified of my eldest forgetting which days she is on the bus to the after school program, or my husband not being able to take our son to his homebased carer due to work commitments. For now he is sacrificing his afternoon break to pick up and drop off our son as i work out of town now. We have no family to rely on out here, and friends are tied up with their own children and work commitments. I have done up some routine charts to give to my daughters teachers, and for at home, so everyone has a reminder, but still so worried.
The stress of this and starting my first teaching role is getting on top of me already and I don't start for a couple of week.
I guess my question is how do others cope with messy care situations like this? Have the kids adjusted well? What else can I do to make this easier on everyone? Why does it have to be so damn hard for mothers to work!?
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