My DH is not usually alone with Jackson for long periods of time. We are usually all together. He does spend a good amount of time with him when he gets home from work and on the weekends, but I am usually here too.
I am going to be gone for about 7 hours later. I left a list of when Jackson should be fed next, how much formula, and how much on the solids.
I felt really weird writing it out... but I just don't think DH knows exactly how much to feed DS, or how often I have been feeding him since I stopped BF.
Re: DH watching LO, do you leave instructions?
DH watches Trent every friday during the day and every other weekday from 2 to 5 before I get home. He also has had him by himself for a few days at a time while I was away on business. The first time he had him for a several hours alone I just verbaly went over the amounts of formula and such and he still called to double check. If it's the first time your DH will have him for an extended period of time I don't see anything wrong with leaving notes.
I would if I were gone all day. I'm the primary care giver during the week and, on weekends, I usually tell DH what is usual as we go along. I wouldn't swear that he's got it all his memory.
Edited to add: I wouldn't care if he departed from the routine, but I would write it down just in case he wanted to follow it.
DH has Zack while I'm at work on Sundays, so he's got most everything figured out. The only thing I do for him is prepare bottles, because I'm picky about what milk gets used fresh vs. frozen. If I didn't get the bottles ready for him, DH would just grab all fresh milk from the fridge or use frozen, and that would be fine in the long run.
The first Sunday he was home alone with Zack I did go over some basics on what I usually did with him during the days, so I think you're fine!
Yeah this is basically what I did. I said his last bottle was at x time. He should get another around x time, and solids 1 hour after that. He should get one more bottle right before bed.
He gets 7oz of formula at a time, 3 tsp of pears, and oatmeal mixed with formula. Try to get him to bed when he looks tired between 7-8, and he will probably take one more nap... if he starts getting fussy, just put him down.
I just wanted to leave guidelines and specifics on the food.
no .. dh is w/ her 3 days a week all day while i work - they have their own schedule worked out.
DH works a lot and is not usually home alone for long periods of time with DD so yes, I would leave a general outline for him.
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