Hi Im's, this week I have being quite sick and have really struggled with caring for my two bubs under 2years. Are there any options out there to help me care for them during the day when I'm as sick as this? I couldn't get my husband to come home he had just started a new job on Monday and is casual and I tried to get help from family but they let me down again, not that I have many up here I'm in Perth. A friend miraculously took them for a few hours for me yesterday with her young and being pregnant with her second which helped a bunch but I can't keep imposing on her or other friends. I don't have enough money to pay for childcare or babysitting at $20 an hour as we struggle to pay our bills as it is. Today I hired an au pair to do the last few hours before bed as I was starting to get dizzy but that was technically our meat shopping money I spent. Are there any community based things available for these sort of situations? It really cuts that my family won't help more I would do anything for any of them in an instance and have already. Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you and I know plenty of single mums would be in this position at times so I'm sure they'll appreciate helpful suggestions too.
Affordable care for kids when mum is sick
Affordable care for kids when mum is sick
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I wish I had a good answer for you. You could look for an occasional care place (sometimes in community centres) but your not likely to get that set up in time. I usually end up taking a bunch of codral or something if it's the flu and making sure the kids are in front of the TV and doing the bare minimum (which is ordering a pizza). Get hubby to make the kids and you packed lunches so the kids can just help themselves and use your friends, that's what they are for.
Thanks the packed lunch is a good idea I hadn't thought of that, this was a bit more than a flu and I shouldn't be preparing food anyway so thanks