u/Impossible_Cat6327

I’m really struggling with burn out, overall I really do have a great NF and have no real complaints per say. Obviously like all jobs certain parts of it can be difficult. I don’t know how people just push thru, from a parents perspective I can see they literally have no choice, but to me it’s just so hard physically and mentally staying 100% engaged and active with a toddler all day. Yes we go on outings, yes we can go outside and on walks, but these things don’t take up the whole day. Truly the only time I get a break is during nap but I also clean and meal prep sometimes so I’m just exhausted by the end of the day. I’m starting to really dread coming to work and feel like I can’t be 100% present because I’m just exhausted! No matter how many breaks or me getting enough sleep is going to change it. I really do care for the NK I watch and want to be able to actually put in the effort I want to care for them but it’s literally so exhausting being so “on” all the time… is this really how parents feel..? I feel like there’s never ever any down time never a minute to just relax it’s go go go with a toddler I’ve been doing this for awhile now, and unfortunately have atleast another year of nannying before I’m able to hopefully switch career paths to something not as emotionally draining, how do you deal with burn out from nannying 😭😭