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anyone else's DH work long hours?

TaraC9474TaraC9474
in March 2011 Moms

it sucks  Sad

the commute is mostly the culprit....  he's gone from 7am till 7-7:30pm.  by the time he comes home we have to rush through dinner, her bath, then he'll feed her while i pump, finish housework and get ready for bed.  by then i'm ready to pass out.  i feel bad that he only gets an hour or so to enjoy her (well, when she's willing to be enjoyable lol) but only having another set of hands for barely 2 hours a day sucks. 

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  • YouandMe912YouandMe912
    Mine does sometimes. It's not the commute but the fact that he's the VP so even when he's not physically at the office, his phone is constantly buzzing with calls, texts, and emails. I feel bad for him because he can't ever escape it. Also, even if he's not at the office, he may have benefits and dinners to go to in the evening. It was never an issue before but when I go back to work next week it will be bc I teach dance 3 nights a week.
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  • cedgar778cedgar778 member
    Yes, I'm with you!  My H's commute is about 30 mins, but he's so busy at work that he can't seem to get out of there before 6-6:30pm.  It sucks too because DS's fussy time of day is the evening and that's basically the only time DH has with him during the week.  I love weekends though - we have had a lot of family time.  It just sucks that it's only 2 days a week!
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  • Cristin23Cristin23
    Yep. DH is a VP as well. He leaves around 6:30 or 7am. Gets back around 6. Then it's handling the forty million things that he has to take care of. When I get back into it, it will be interesting because I coach 11 months out of the year. I have practice 2 days out of the week, then 2-3 games a week at night. Yay!
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  • jess1984jess1984
    dh leaves at 630 am and gets home at close to 7pm. he does this 12days and then has 2 days off.
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  • Mrs.Ginger0718Mrs.Ginger0718
    DH works anywhere from 8-14 hours a day :( he works nights so when he gets home he takes care of the middle of the night feedings, but i hate not having here for bath/bedtime and she's always fussy at night. When I go back to work next week we will only see eachother for 30 minutes a day
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  • mklove1984mklove1984
    My DH works full time as an engineer, but he usually doesn't leave the office until after 5 pm. Then, depending on how late he stayed at the office, he comes home, eats dinner and plays w/ DD for a bit then goes to work for the company that he is a partial owner of. Saturdays he's gone to job 2 all day. If I'm lucky I get Friday evening and Sunday, but he usually wants to hang out with friends. 
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  • skioskio member

    Yeah. DH is gone from noon to 11pm. He takes her in the mornings for daddy time from about 8:30 until 9:30 or 10 when she needs her next feeding, but that's all he gets with her all day; she's in bed by the time he gets home.

    It's hard doing the evenings and bedtime routine by myself, but it is what it is...we've always worked through his crazy schedule and doing it with a child will be no different.

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  • eeyoreemeeyoreem member
    Dh works varying hours.  He can sometimes be home as early as 4 (he drives 1hr each way) or like today he didn't get home until almost 8pm.  He also works 10 days on and 4 off so I only get him every other weekend.  Right now LO is not on a schedule so he goes to bed when we do between 10 and 11pm, of course then DH passes out and DS cries until 1am sometimes.
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  • aktempleaktemple
    I'm in the same boat. My DH leaves around 7 am and doesn't get back until 6 pm.  We eat and do bed time routine and then I usually get in bed.  It sucks because we rarely get more than a hour or two together.  
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  • mrsjanksmrsjanks
    Yes. I feel like a single parent from Monday night through Friday. But he does help on weekends.
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  • laura&rylaura&ry
    Same boat as everyone else.  Today is my 15 hours alone with baby day.  But reading our posts made me so sad.  What's wrong with us in this country?!  I can't believe March moms are already going back to work!  And how come we can't have family time but still be successful in our careers?  I argue more family time might make happier people who work harder and are better employees even with less time on the job?
     
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  • craftytypecraftytype member

    Yes, SO works overnights and 12-14 hour shifts. He leaves at 4pm and often isn't home until 5-6am. LO's current routine is to sleep from about 4:30am-10am so we really don't all see each other except for weekends.

    Thank goodness my mom has been staying with us since LO was born and has been a huge help to me, getting meals prepared and keeping up with laundry.

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