We have a baby and a toddler at home right now and we are zombies for the most part. I think what really suffers isn't work (I work many nights to get my projects done on time after the kids are in bed) and it isn't parenting (it comes first no matter what) - what suffers is 'me' time or 'us' time. That's the killer.
The 'it takes a village stuff' isn't something I necessarily subscribe to but I do think it has a ring of truth to it. People tend to work around our schedule now just as we did theirs in the days when they had young kids and we didn't yet. I have had people let me cut in line if I have a cranky kid in my arms. I have had complete strangers offer to watch my kids for a minute at a play centre or a restaurant so I can go grab something. So it does take a village and I see it all the time. Thankfully.
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