I would say that you need to take one day at a time, I know that its hard right now. I was a basically a single mom to my son most of his life, because his father was an alcoholic. I was working fulltime and going to school fulltime. I learned something in school, everything can wait the dishes, yard work house maint. etc. I personally wouldn't take time off. I now have 4 kids most are under the age of 3. I go to school full time and work part time. I took 10 weeks off to have my last baby, and it was very hard to get back into the groove of nursing school. I thought about quiting half way through my 3rd quarter, because it was tuff to come back. I have gained weight and I worry about my kids. But u need to take one day at a time and not sweat the small stuff, Love your kid and go get a better career, so you can see more of your kid. Everything will work out. Hope it helps, you can do it.