Bpd2, Thank you for being so concerned.

My parents just brought the kids home and I finally spilled to them how I am feeling and how I don't feel equipped to take care of the kids. They want to help, but I feel so guilty. They go to Florida for the winter so that they can enjoy the warm weather now that they are retired and they are considering not going until later.

That is a really nice gesture, but I told my mom that if they don't go until I am feeling better and then they go until April, it is likely that I would have a similar episode before they got home. I don't want them to feel like they have to spend their whole winter home in the cold because I might need them to take the kids sometimes.

I am already too much of a burden to them and they are already jumping through hoops to help me (even with the annoying questions and discussions). I do appreciate what they are offering. I just don't want them to have to offer it.

On the other side of the coin, knowing that they will be gone for months terrifies me this year.