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Reply to "Walk me through the logistics of setting up your new life if you divorced while your kid was a baby."
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are really going to do it, just know that so many people have been in your situation and have done it successfully. It will take time though. I have always been a single mom but I also had a single mom as a role model. I have never owned a home so maybe other posters can comment about what they did in that area. That's great if you can stay at the same job and increase the hours. If daycare can take the baby full-time, you have just eliminated 2 huge stressors from your new life. As for getting dressed, you can wake up earlier than the baby. I hate getting up early so I slept as long as possible. I would feed my son and then put him in my room while I got ready. He had toys in one corner of my room as well as books. When he got older, he watched TV in my room while I got ready. This is very doable and you will have breaks sometimes when you ex takes the child. Visitation schedules might need to change as the child gets older but you can figure it out.[/quote] Thank you. There has been no divorce in my family so this is new territory. My child is a very early riser so it would be more or less impossible for me to wake up any earlier. I guess I could get used to going to bed by 9:00 and waking up at 5:00. Baby is also not content to play alone for more than 20 minutes, if I'm lucky. Husband and I tag team in the mornings. [/quote]
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