The feeling of "I'm doing double duty to watch my kid and also try to get work done" coupled with "I'm falling behind on work and my colleagues must think I'm irresponsible / lazy" is really frustrating

It particularly sucks when you can feel yourself catching the thing that bowled your kid over and you can tell its going to fuck you up in 24-48 hours.

It's ok once your kid is old enough to amuse themselves/watch TV. When they're a baby? I just give up and burn through vacation.

This was me last week. Now my wife is sick. I think I escaped.

The only way I got through it is because I had been at my job for so long that I earned a month off per year