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[quote=Anonymous]DH is a big law partner. We have two toddler and another on the way. I had to quit my (lucrative and prestigious) consulting career when we had our first because it was unsustainable. I will go back to work once the kids are in school full-time.

Crucify me but we have a full time nanny. I'm always one on one with a kid and this allows me to focus on them or go to appointments, do all the laundry, cook three nice meals a day. Without her it would be a lot harder.

I will say, when DH is with the kids he is present. He gets them up in the morning and eats breakfast with them, eats dinner with us and does bathtime and story time. This works because DH is completely devoted to our kids and his job, probably to the detriment of his personal life, of which he has none. This is the type of person it takes to make big law partner though, he is just capable of the grind in a way I'm not. It doesn't seem to bother him.

If your husband is not like this...put your foot down. Because he will have to make the choice between having downtime and his kids, and a lot of these partners choose personal downtime.[/quote]

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