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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think OP has come back to respond/answer any questions.
OP (if you are still reading) what kind of daycare is this that pick up has to be so early?  The best solution is to find a daycare that is open long enough hours to accommodate your ( plural-meaning both you and your husband) work schedule.   [/quote]
OP here. I didn't come back and respond because of all the dumb comments I saw telling me that I need to give up on my career, how dare I send my baby to daycare etc. The issue at hand is not daycare hours, rather that neither of us want the baby to be at daycare for 9+ hours.[/quote]

No one said that ("how dare you send your baby to daycare.")

So it IS possible for your baby to stay at daycare longer, you just don't want that?  And you think your Dh's co-workers and boss should accommodate what you want?

Get over yourself.    Seriously.   The world does not revolve around you and your baby.[/quote]

What a world we live in where a new dad apparently can't even ask if it's possible to move a standing meeting without being judged.  I feel very lucky to be in a job that puts families first - whether it's flexibility for kids, elder care, or other family.  And, we still manage to get a lot of work done.  [/quote]

He’s ALREADY leaving almost EVERY DAY at 330 pm. I think this is just the final straw of what he can pull off. [/quote]

Which is fine but that means he needs to flip his schedule on days he cannot do pickup so he can drop off. [/quote]

Not all jobs can be that flexible where you switch around meeting times, arrive and leave at different times, etc.
Maybe yours is, maybe OP’s is…but apparently OP’s husband feels that his is not.[/quote]

lol sure he “feels” it is not. Do you think moms enjoy having to scrape out the flexibility we need? no we do not. unless he is in surgery or teaching or something, he can flex his schedule once a week. [/quote]

Why?  Potentially screw over his career and advancement prospects so baby can spend just one less hour in daycare a week? 
It’s just one hour a week.[/quote]

Totally, eff that selfish needy baby.  Maybe look into sending him off to one of those boarding schools for unloved children sooner rather than later. That way no one has to miss any of their BS (sorry definitely super important life saving) meetings.[/quote]

:roll:

It’s just one more hour.[/quote]

The point is the ATTITUDE and the PRIORITIES.  Duh.[/quote]

His priority is to keep his job. [/quote]

I hope OP has a robust emergency fund and is aggressively saving.  If her husband is so low on the totem pole and/or completely disposable or easily replaceable that he would lose his job for, GASP, requesting to change the time or miss a weekly meeting, he’s not going to have his job for much longer anyway.

Or, what is more likely, is that he could easily change the meeting (and possibly listen to some whiny colleagues p!ss and moan for a week or two before they GTF over it) but he simply doesn’t WANT to, and he is using the job as an excuse.[/quote]

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