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| You are not alone in your predicament. It comes as part and parcel of being a mum.
I left the UK & moved to the US when my kids were 2.5 & 7m after 2 weeks hubby flew back to Uk & was gone for 10 days. I was alone & knew no-one. At that time we had no pre-school set up & my youngest was sick. As you can see very similar situation.
My advice & it worked well for me...
1. Forget school for this 1 week - you are adding too much stress which is not needed.
2. Make a plan for each day - do something different on each one. Even if it is small like a trip to the supermarket. Focus on that as your main objective for the day. Do it at the best time for your kids (you know them best - mine are better in the morning than the afternoon).
Do things like a trip to an indoor shopping centre or IKEA (on a quiet day) - I used this alot as the toddler can run ahead and not get into too much trouble. The park if the weather is dry (just wrap up warm on a cold day - still burns energy). A trip on a train somewhere different - have lunch & come back etc.
4. make as many meals ahead of time - if you are not a big cook buy in ready meals or easy to cook things that can come straight from the freezer - chicken nuggets; pizza; sausages etc tinned food i.e. soup. OK they nutrition level may not be up to normal but they will not starve or become malnourished after 8 days. | |
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Upsetting their routine by not taking them to school, then an Ikea/shopping trip followed by junk food sounds like a recipe for a difficult day.
I keep everything as normal as possible when my husband isn't around. Last time it took our son 4 days to notice that daddy wasn't around
