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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is your child now? My son was in 6th grade, which was still elementary school, when he started travel baseball (12u).  I don't know if you consider 6th grade early or not.

We didn't start younger because he didn't ask. One overlapping season of travel and Little League was plenty for us, but I know families with 3 or more kids who do both rec and travel sports at the same time.

It worked well for us as I had a lot more flexibility in terms of work schedule so I was able to take him to practices.  My husband had less flexibility so he went to as many rec games as he could.  He didn't come to as as many travel games or at least would only make one of the two in a doubleheader, as we have another child.  What he did do was cook dinner and have it ready for whenever DS got home, which was invaluable.[/quote]

Kiddo just turned 9 and is a 4th grade, essentially a year younger than their grade level peers.

That makes sense about dividing and conquering based on scheduling. My work schedule is currently somewhat flexible but it's also a factor of signing on for losing more hours on the weekend.[/quote]

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