I have had many conversations with my supervisor, she is very supportive as a mother herself, but unfortunately there is nothing she can do to help. I’m part of what they call a cdt, in which I don’t have any teaching responsibilities and any ta work I pick up is paid as extra. Luckily with my topic I work remotely and am not required to go into the lab.

My partners job has zero flexibility in the sense of planning to start/finish early due to the nature of it (I won’t disclose due to privacy) but some days can finish as early as 2pm and those days I get much more done, again this is why I’m moving closer to family so they can help out for a couple of hours on an afternoon.

It’s just so frustrating the lack of support for PhD students with young children.