Not Enough Time

I'm sure all working parents feel the same way. We often feel like we don't spend enough time with our kids. In fact, this is true. We don't. I'm sure most parents have done the maths for this. For us, we get an hour in the morning with bean (sometimes less) and up to 4 hours after sundown on weekdays. Weekends are simply too short but try to make the best of it.

So back to weekdays. Oh how it drives me nuts thinking about it. Bean would rise at about 7am every morning. Sometimes she'd wake up earlier therefore giving us an hour before we send her to daycare. Lucky for us, she wakes up smiling everyday even if she's got a temperature. She'll have time for a bit of interaction with her toys and with us. It also gives her about 5 mins to be completely naughty and she knows that she'll get away with it. She'll get away with anything considering how dreadful we feel having to leave her behind for a good 12 hours (on average).

Then we have the evenings. Earliest would be 6.25 if I can leave early and traffic is kind. If not, it will be 7.30pm on average. No matter how sleepy she is, Bean would greet us yet again with a smile. She gets a bit chatty after not seeing her almost the entire day. By the time we get home, Bean will be a tiny bit restless but when she sees her toys, she can go on forever if you let her.

Then she sleeps and this routine starts all over again. So really, I know it is a fact of life to go to work so we parents can provide for our kids but at what cost? Is it enough? Work-life balance really is hard to achieve unless you are your own bos or a damn lucky housewife. Otherwise, we have to do what we do and keep finding a solution as to how we can have more time with our baby bean.