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You’re setting a great example for her! Give her some time and she will settle. You will find a routine that will work best whether that be nursery, baby sitter, family help! My two year old goes to nursery Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Monday and Friday I WFH and have a babysitter come at noon. It works great for us as the 3 days at nursery is a perfect amount for him. He’s built friendships there, they teach him things I wouldn’t think to teach, and he is exposed to food I wouldn’t normally feed him.
2 year old is perfectly fine to start going to nursery and if anything it’s best for their development to start sooner rather than later. I think your worrying too much, your still going to see her but she needs to learn a different routine to get ready for school/work life. She will adapt, try to remember you had a job/life before your child and you deserve to have some of your time back.
Firstly, juggling work and family is tough!! Don’t be so hard on yourself, if this is new it will just take some time to adjust and find the new normal for you all. If it’s really not working at all and it’s too much look at other options for work. It’s not for everyone but I work shifts because I find I get a better work life balance. I work 36 hours a week (8 day weeks so my first day moves on every week)doing 1 day and 2 nights (12 hours each) then 5 days off. It works for me anyway. By all means you can message me privately and I can tell you more about my job I’m in the northwest so may not be local to you but there’s similar jobs all over the country xx