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Originally Posted by westopher
I’m the boss at work which helps. I’ve structured things in a way that I can walk at any time and we can at least get by. That goes for any of the staff as well.
Our daycare is 7-6, which is the only way we can do it.
I start work at 7-730 depending on if I do drop off or not.
When elementary school starts we will rely of getting into these after school care that have the hours we need, or perhaps just die. Cross that bridge when we get there.
Options are:
Nanny share with friends
Parents in our complex who have friends who are the same age and will be going to same school, and we will do the same for them.
There’s a girl who will be in the same school as our kid who’s 12 and babysitter for basically everyone. She does afterschool care and walk homes with the kids currently at her school, which is a couple.
Whatever it is, we will figure it out. At least mondays and Tuesdays will never be a problem for me, and likely at least 2 days my wife will be able to sort it out. It’s a juggling act for sure, but if we were 9-5 and she’s off at 3 we’re fucked anyways without all those things so it’s not like we’d be any better off.
As far as sleep time, when she’s on night shift there’s only one day she needs to sleep all day, between nights, and she sleeps from 9-3. Most nights nurses get to sleep 2 hours if they get their breaks. If not tough shit. I sleep max 6 hours a night so she can get by on it too once in a while and she agrees with that.
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Ok makes more sense now. People have told me they needed to find different jobs to be able to juggle things. I think having at least 1 of the parent having a flexible job is key to it if you don't have grandparents to help you. At daycare, I see the same grandpa doing pick up and drop off. I think there's another kid where both grandparents do the pick up and drop off, but I only recognize the grandpa because he drives a tsx
Another friend told me he forced his wife to get out of 12 hour shifts and find a 9-5 instead after they had their kid.
And to mikey, WOW. that's messed up. I'm sincerely sorry, if my dollar values help the loser find your gf. I've removed the numbers in my previous post incase anyone else tries to match the numbers.