Yeah sometimes, and it can be really draining at times. DH works a nightshift, so on those days he is awake for a sum total of 1hr - 1/2hr when he gets home and 1/2hr when he wakes up before work. The rest of the time he is either in bed or at work and doesn't see the oldest two at all for those 4 days as he is either not home yet, or left again by the time they get home from school. It's hard, especially if things are really hectic, or you have sick kids, or you are sick but I make sure I get time to myself to refresh if I feel I'm getting to the point where I am nearly at the end of my tether and about the snap. Day shift is pretty much the same, but he does get to see more of the kids on those days.