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With apologies to full time Dads, how the feck do Mums cope ? I am quite involved as a Dad - no social life due to having a 2 and 4 year old, and no family nearby to help out. I work nightshift but it works for us and allows me to never miss a morning drop-off at Nursery, or a Doctors apointment etc., and means my wife can work part time. I see more of my kids than I would on dayshift. But for the first time in years my wife is ill - nothing major, just some s+d which the kids made her a present of, but she has been floored and I have taken a night off, gone without some sleep etc over the last 2 or 3 days while she is in bed recovering. How the utter fvck do Mums do it ? The house looks like a grenade went off, the washing basket lid won't close, the ironing pile is up to my hip, and I can't decide which of my dearly loved children I am going to murder in cold blood first. Every meal time results in splatter all over the kitchen, but is great fun. Now I know why she insisted on the Sharky steam mop ! So hats off to the Mums - I have absolutely no idea how you do this full time. I cannot wait to get back to work !