I've been a work-at-home mom for 6 years, since my oldest child was 3 months old. This has worked out great for us - I'm still bringing in income but I have the flexibility of working at home so if one of the kids is sick, it doesn't really affect us. Now for the first time in my kids' lives, I'm facing childcare for my kids. Thankfully they're not prone to illness, but when they DO get sick, they're usually out for 3-4 days.
How do you juggle school/clinicals that you absolutely CANNOT miss, and sick kids? Thankfully I have a husband whose job is somewhat flexible and will be able to share the burden of staying home with sick kids, but it's still a concern, because it's something we've never before had to deal with.
Which makes me extremely grateful that we've got two parents here, and I wonder how on earth single moms do it?? What do you all do when your child is sick for 2-3 days in a row??
