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Let’s talk about exhaustion. Tired kids, tired parents, tired everyone.

The type of exhaustion that when you look in a mirror, you assume its poor lighting. Then sadly you realise, it is not the lighting…

Exhaustion can present in all different formats. Tears, withdrawal, school refusal, way too much energy…  Be kind to yourself. Be kind to your little ones. Be kind to your community.

Whilst we remember it is only week 8, the reality that this is the first “normal” year counts. The “are they going/aren’t they” COVID dance has gone and the cramming everything we have missed in has returned. The days of working from home may have gone and the rush to get children to school and in face-to-face meetings looking semi presentable has returned.

Life is brilliantly chaotic, but it is also exhausting. So, I give you permission to feel that It’s not just week 8.

Remember the staff we leave our children with daily; they too are people. Who have the same pressures, same stressors and potentially the same tired children at home. They are not robots.  

Be kind on yourself. Be kind on those around you. Manage the mental load. Outsource where you can. If your house is dirty, life will go on. If you cry at school pick up, life will go on. If your little one will only wear his black school shoes on a weekend, life will go on.

When the exhaustion hits you,  wrap your arms around those little ones so they know being tired is ok. It will pass. Do what you need to get you through if the tired cracks are starting show now.  Some weeks doing a short 5km park run is enough. You don’t need to run a marathon each week.

Think of your tired child like your eyebrows. Just after you get them tinted. They’ll come good soon, you just have to wait it out.

Keep the faith. Your great eyebrows are coming.