u/sarahhedgehog

Hi all, I will start working in Basel about one week a month this coming academic year for a professorship and plan to move next summer to live there full time . I have a 4 month old and need to work out childcare for him in this interim period while we are not yet living full time in Basel. Could anyone please share recommendations for how to find babysitters and if there is any possibility of organising some way for him to be in a kita on a sporadic basis? (I’m assuming not but if so would be wonderful). He will be enrolled in kita in Berlin which is where we live presently.
Thanks so much for any tips!!

Hi all, I’m the mother to a wonderful 3.5 month old boy and I had a lot of help the first two months from my mom and aunt. Now I’ve been alone with my son for a month or so and the sleep deprivation is really adding up. This bothers me because I can see how it impacts my mood and I’m starting to have insecurities about whether I’m enough for my son, and thinking that I’m a bad mother/feeling guilty. I can still enjoy a large part of every day but I notice this all getting harder… I have a babysitter come twice a week so I can rest/nap and get some work done.
How have you all dealt with the mental health repercussions of sleep deprivation? Any suggestions? x