If you & DH work opposite shifts, please come in.

Starr57

DH is interviewing for a job today that would be 3pm to midnight, Monday through Friday with rotating Saturdays. I work 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. DH would most likely not see me or DS during the week, unless he keeps him home from daycare a couple days a week. The issue with that would be finding care from 2:30ish to whenever I could pick DS up.

How do you make opposite shifts work?

ETA: I realize this is all hypothetical, seeing as though it's just an interview. However, it's for the same company I work for, in a department I used to work in. He would be a great fit for them and he has a pretty good chance of getting hired.

xbrooklyngrl

I liked it as far as taking care of B because I work 8-4 and he did 2-11. He was able to get up with her, take his time getting her ready and giving her breakfast and then he'd take her in. When I was trying to save $$$ I asked daycare if I can have her start at 12pm instead of 9am so we were able to save money.

Sucks as far as seeing eachother during the week but B and I had our own little routine and I'd usually wait up so I can see DH for a short time.

CNTmom

Our shifts are a little different than yours.  DH works 6pm to 6am and I wok 8-11am 3 days a week.  I basically work on his off days so we do not need to use a babysitter.  We end up saving money in the long run with me working part time.  Good luck!!

sunandsand

I work M-R 8-6

DH works T,R, F, Sa, Su, from 1-930 usually

So we need care T/R only

We use a stay at home mom for a sitter and DS goes from 11-6 on T/R

DH takes him a little earlier so he can eat lunch and take a nap over there, and he has an extra hour to clean/relax before work.

We pay our sitter $40 a day, and he is usually only awake half that time.