It takes a village

Me and my partner lack a village too, and we know your pain!! We were able to squeeze in a part time job on days the other isn’t at work. It’s more of an on call thing.. but it gives enough of a breather. Otherwise.. I keep telling myself it’s a season. Seasons change and our situations will too. The kids won’t be so young and daycare won’t be an issue. Maybe even a girls day? I found a friend on Facebook in a mural mom group for my area. We take the kiddos out together or even have kid free plans when our husbands can stay home with the kids or some other trusted individual. I hope you find your groove! Don’t feel bad.. staying home is tough.

Its valid! Unfortunately if you have no village (us too!) it's paid child care, so it's time to sit down with your partner work out what's affordable and then try find a job to fit ... Or the other way I suppose! If like us, the reality is you'd probably earn less than the childcare, time to make some plans so it's not all on your or not all forever, perhaps a afternoon course or class ? Is it a option if your able to save the family money on child care, the you can find free education or partner can? Perfect excuse to learn something new, get out and make friends, few hours away as a human. It's okay to want to be a human away from being a mum x ❤️

Got no village here! Never had a dad, my mom is narcissist and she said she already raised her kids not once has she came to see my daughter. My partners parents are in a different state. I’m the whole village lol 🤣 It’s overwhelming but I’m proud of myself My husband works 50 hours a week but he helps at night when he gets home from work 😌

I feel for you. My dad is deceased and my mom is not mentally well, so I don't have her either. My husbands mom is deceased, and his dad is wonderful, but lives in Hawaii and we live in Texas. We are completely on our own here with no family, and no friends to help either. My only break is my husband, and my husband's break is me. Or I guess another break is when they are sleeping. But we have zero village. I wish we did. I am very isolated here because all my family and friends are in Hawaii. I don't really leave the house. It's just me and the kids all day every day, besides when my husband comes home or when he's off. I don't really have advice, but I try to think of reasons to be thankful for my situation. Like it is nice to be able to raise my kids the way I want to without judgement or others interfering. Some people have a village, but the help they have is toxic overbearing and goes against what they want. I would actually rather be alone than have to deal with that. I try to think of the positives.