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[quote=Anonymous]Let’s say you have a third and the spread becomes age 5, age 2 and baby.  I’m a SAHM and that was my spread, and I think it was doable during the day.

Older two kids went to the same preschool (oldest was in full day K).  Mornings were easy - drop off, then put baby to bed for morning nap.  Sometimes baby would fall asleep in the car and remain napping at home in the car seat, sometimes not.

Pickup for the 2 year old was around noon.  I fed the baby before pickup, then put the baby down for a mid day nap upon returning, then fed the two year old.  Then it was play time with the two year old while the baby napped.

Pickup for the oldest was around 3.  Same drill - snacks for the baby and toddler prior to pickup.  This particular baby didn’t nap a third time, but you could repeat the cycle of returning home for a nap.  In our case, we usually headed to the playground after school pick up for a solid hour if not longer, and yes that meant baby tagged along.  Then back home to play in the playroom and prep dinner.

I don’t feel like I needed to make a lot of sacrifices for the baby (in terms of individualized attention, prioritizing sleep) with this schedule but the key was those particular ages and that particular schedule.

As for activities, those ages are still so little.  Most of our extracurriculars were on the weekend, like Saturday soccer and Sunday school.  I switched off with dad as needed.  We avoided weekday extracurriculars at those ages because preschool wiped them out - especially true at age 5.[/quote]

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