Do you and your hubby both work full time?

hmlynch84 · January 2014

If so, I have a question about your morning routine. I'm going back to work in 3 weeks. LO will be going to the in-laws everyday. They only live 2 minutes from our house.

Anyway, I'm wondering who drops off LO at daycare/babysitter? We are having a hard time deciding what would work best, but maybe we might need to wait and see when the time comes.

I have to leave the house at 6:30. DH leaves at 7:15. I'm just worried that if DH drops off LO, he will just be crying or screaming for the 45 minutes that DH is getting ready for work. When I get ready I bring him in the bathroom with me in his bouncer and he's fine, so he might be fine with DH too. I'm just nervous about this new transition. Any advice and encouragement would be appreciated

blinnea23 · January 2014

I would do some practice runs. You can sleep in while your DH gets ready with baby in the morning :P

anotherlady2013 · January 2014

We literally have the exact same situation. Both work FT and DD goes to "grandma daycare" which is a block over. We trade off, just depending. You'll have to figure out a routine. DD goes back to sleep after I nurse her around 6:30 and stays asleep until one of us leaves usually. It took us a week to figure out her eating/nap schedule while at grandma's.

The best advice I can give you is to get everything that you can ready the night before. Pick out clothes for you and LO, pack diaper bag, etc. I also suggest to get yourself completely ready in the morning before waking baby to eat/leave.

hmlynch84 · January 2014

That is a great idea. I like the sleeping in part the best.

ajbook · January 2014

We plan to have DH drop her off at daycare and I will pick her up. That way I will have a few extra minutes at home by myself to get ready after nursing LO.

a2003tiger · January 2014

Do you FF or BF? If you breast feed, that may make a difference. I BF DD right before I leave, so I wouldn't want to lose that 45 minutes.

hmlynch84 · January 2014

I EBF. Another thing that is making me confused about what to do is his morning sleep is very unpredictable after 5:00am. I plan on BF him before I leave for work whether I drop him off or not. We'll do some practice runs and see what works out to be the best.

ravenclaw1 · January 2014

We start tomorrow, and the plan is for H to drop her off, I pick her up. He works longer hours than me, so he can't be the one to reliably pick her up every day.

I have everything both for me and her already packed, all I have to do is add some ice packs to my bag tomorrow morning. My current plan is to feed her around 4:30/5 (she's a pretty reliable sleeper), go back to sleep for a little bit, get myself ready around 6:30, feed her again, and she and H can be out the door around 7.

llybeck · January 2014

SO leaves at about 5:15 and I usually leave the house about 6:15. So I get DD up and ready in the morning and SO picks her up. This seemed to work for us because SO leaves before daycare opens and in the afternoon he can pick her up about an hour before I. And also, it just seemed "fair" if you want to look at it that way. We both usually get up around 4:45, SO and I typically eat after he gets dressed and ready and then he lets the dog out while I start heating DD's bottle and I get ready. It's about time for SO to leave at this point so I go in and feed, change and dress DD and then we're out the door.

Things that have helped us are having bottles ready so all we have to do is heat them. I make sure to shower the night before so I just have to do basic cares and get dressed. SO deals with lead at work so he has to shower before he picks DD up. I also have her stuff for daycare ready and by her car seat the night before. If DD wakes up before I go to her up I'll change and feed her and then either put her back in her crib or her seat/swing and she snoozes a little more while I get ready.

The first couple days felt a little hectic but we got into a routine pretty fast. It won't take you long to get used to it!

hmlynch84 · January 2014

Thanks everyone, it sounds like you all have figured out what works so I'm feeling encouraged that we will find our groove too. It's a little scary, but I'm actually excited to go back to work and start our new permanent routine.

VitaLuna · January 2014

I work much longer hours than H, so he will be responsible for pick up/drop off. He's going to get up earlier in case she needs extra attention, and will try to keep stuff the night before (iron his clothes, etc). I will feed LO at 5am before I leave, so hopefully she won't need to eat while he's getting ready.

happybride 276 · January 2014

Whoever goes to work later is responsible for drop offs and who ever gets off work first picks up. We both work shift work so this changes. If you are worried about your LO crying while h gets ready then he needs to get up and get ready while you are still there. When H and I both work early he has to get up earlier to give me 20-30 minutes to get ready without having to watch our son. It isn't perfect, but it is what is fair and works for is for now. I don't wake H up early if our son is sleeping though.

kje120 · January 2014

I do the drop off because DH leaves for work by 7:10 and daycare doesn't open until 7:30. On a good day DS is still asleep while I get ready and I wake him up to feed him while DS1 is eating breakfast. This morning he was up at 5:30 (I get up at 5:45) so I fed him and then put him in the nap nanny in the bathroom while I was getting ready.

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