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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even the Dads I know who work a ton do dropoff some. They may not make it home for dinner or evening stuff but they can go in late. He needs to take some mornings. You are doing too much.

Can you cut back on activities? Hire more help for evenings? [/quote]

+ if he has time to work out in the morning, he has time to help with the kids.

My DH and I work full time with 3 kids (granted from home) and he has time to make them breakfast and walk them to the bus stop so I can start/end my day early. You have to stagger hours and he has to find time to help.

Otherwise I say ditch aftercare and get an afternoon nanny to help with pickups and watch kids so you can start dinner or whatever.

Also keep in mind your kids will get more independent. You won’t always be wrangling a kid while trying to cook dinner. My kids can now grab a snack and entertain themselves after school so I don’t even need childcare help at the end of the day. The hardest part is extracurriculars, but that is more about logistics (e.g. scheduling carpools and making sure uniforms are clean), which to me is way easier than the exhaustion of little kids.

You just have to grit through the daycare/kindergarten years! Hopefully both of yours will be in the same school soon, which helps too. [/quote]

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