We’ve had some major schedule shake-ups in our house over the past couple of weeks.
The kids spent a week at (morning-only) day camp, which was awesome because I could work uninterrupted for three full hours. But it also caused problems because Darling Husband was only off in the mornings, and it was like … why are we paying for camp if you’re here to be with the kids, and why are we putting them down for “naps” during the 1-2 hours a day they would actually see you? *crickets*
So we decided that as long as he’s on this schedule (working from mid-afternoon until about midnight or 1 a.m.) it made sense to have me work a couple of days a week from 9 a.m. until he had to leave for work, and then I’d stop working mid-afternoon to be with the kids. It would also free me up to have a day or two mostly “off” each week during the summer.
This mean scrapping “naptime” (ha — yeah, like they were REALLY napping every day), and it’s actually worked out pretty well, as I explain in my parenting column this week …
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