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Anyone work nights??? Please come in...
I'm a nurse and I currently work days on a very busy cardiac floor. It is stressful and I rarely get off on time. I just interviewed yesterday for a job on Mother/Baby. This is so exciting to me but it is a night position. I would be working 7p-7a three nights a week. I just wonder how that works for others. DD goes to daycare on the days I work now and will continue to go if I get this position. I am just afraid of missing out on time with her. So wish I could be a SAHM during this first year! It is just so hard to leave her...
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Re: Anyone work nights??? Please come in...
I don't work this schedule but DH does (well, 5-5). He comes home about 5:30 and sleeps in until about 12-1. Then he leaves for work again around 4:30. So in a 24 hour period he is at home awake for about 3.5-4.5 hours.
Not sure if that is any help or not...I know it doesn't include daycare info.
ETA: I just saw the 3 nights a week part. Definitely go for it. As JS said below...DH makes up for his missed time, and I think it's actually made their relationship stronger. I look at the two of them and I envy their relationship. DS lights up like a Christmas tree when he sees his daddy come home. DH loves his schedule. He works 12's but with all the days off he has, it actually feels like he sees DS more than if he worked more days and shorter shifts.
My DD is a Harper too
I don't work (I SAH) but my DH works nights (7p to 6a, 4 nights a week) and sleeps days but DD and I sleep nights and are awake during the days. We don't get to see him much but we try and have family time every afternoon before he goes to work. He'll get home around 6:30am and go to bed by 7-7:30 and sleep until around 2 or 3 and then we'll all hang out until he leaves around 6:45pm. We also take advantage of the weekends, especially since he has 3 day weekends and he'll usually modify his schedule a bit to spend more time with us during the day.
It definitely is hard for DH not to be here 4 nights of the week, but he makes up for it by spending extra time holding her, playing with her, etc. when he is home and on his weekends. Just make the most of the time you do have with her. If you only work 3 nights a week will you have the other 4 off?
I work nights, not that late- until about midnight, and its pretty hard. I take morning nap w/ DS but I'm still exhausted by day 3 or so into the week. But if you have daycare so you could get more rest, it seems like it would be easier. I am mom all day, then get 4-5 hours of sleep by the time I get to bed, up for an hour or two, then 2 more hours of sleep. Having 4 days off in a row would be nice too- after my weekend I am rested enough that I'm able to get through the next week.
ETA: And I also LOVE that I'm working while DS is sleeping so I miss a lot less. But some days I feel like I'm so tired I'm no fun
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