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[quote=Anonymous]A nanny who is willing to work 11 hours a day will be expensive.  Is there childcare near one of your work locations?  That way, you can be with DS in the car at least?  Not a perfect solution, I know.

If it's any consolation, when my first child was born both DH and I had very, very inflexible jobs (military).  There were days when my little one was the first one at daycare (at 6 am - and I was RUNNING to work to get there on time) and the last one there to be picked up (at 6 pm).  I felt miserable about it but just did the best I could.  On weekends, we all hunkered down and stayed in as a family (or did family activities as DS got older).  Eventually, our schedules got better.  Needless to say, DS is a great kid.  He doesn't seem to be affected by all of those hours in daycare and obviously doesn't remember any of it!

The toughest part was making sure I didn't keep him up too late at night, considering he had to be up so early the next morning.  It was tough but we did it.  He's such a great little guy now -- almost 10 years old and just the best (smart too!).  Good luck OP.  Do what you need to do and stay steadfast. [/quote]

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