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[quote=Anonymous]I just want to echo the consensus which is: do it now. If I were in your position, I would have him do a morning with both kids on the weekend (get them up, breakfast, dressed, activity, and then you can meet them for lunch) AND he should be spending 2-3 hours each week with each of them one on one. It will be good for them and good for him. Plus, when he's doing 1:1 time with one of them, you can have 1:1 time with the other, which with multiple kids is important.

And I don't know what your situation is, but I would highly recommend you making sure you have time and activities that you do on your own without the kids. I don't care if you work or not (I was a SAHM for many years and unlike many on this board I think it's a valuable and worthwhile job), but being a mother is not a job you can do at the same level forever. In the same way that people who have paid jobs must plan for changes to their careers and industries, as well as retirement, SAHPs must do this too. Your children need you a lot right now in a very immediate way. Their needs will change and mostly lessen over time (though some of their emotional and financial needs will increase). How will you handle those changes? What will you do with your time? Make sure you have a life outside your children, even if it is just a small one for now, so that you can continue to invest in it as they grow older and your relationship to them changes.[/quote]

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