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Where is your husband in all of this?
What are your expectations for being a mom?
Does your job offer flexible hours?
How old is your child?
Work/Life balance can be hard for some to achieve. Making a schedule helps. Planning things helps as well.
If your child is school age? After dinner each night work together in the kitchen to prepare lunches for both of you the next day.
Go grocery shopping together and have your child help with the menu for the week. Have him/her help you in the kitchen instead of watching TV or playing on an electronic device - this is time spent together and teaching your child how to cook and plan...
If you want time for you? Set your alarm early and do something you need to do for you - whether it be reading, meditating or just walking around the block.
Take your kid on a "date" and it doesn't have to be fancy! A trip to an ice cream shop is good too! Movies! Rent them instead of spending $50 at a theater. Curl up on the couch and watch it together.
You really need to stop and figure out what you want and what your priorities are. I realize you have to work to pay the bills, etc. and you need to be with your child. Stop trying to take it all on yourself. Get your child involved in your life as well - like I said - kitchen time, movie time, etc. Make one night a week "family night" and turn off the cell phones and iPads - play games, watch movies. do something together.
Breathe. You can do this.