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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your wife is a lunatic. It may be because of the hormones and being lonely, but she’s being crazy nonetheless.

Working 5-10 extra minutes after 5pm every day, and having a 5 hour block of commitment (in lieu of flying to the west coast for four days) once a quarter does not make for a “less flexible job doing a stressful time” as another poster suggested.

Your wife is currently on mat leave and should be able to figure out two kids for one day. You already do morning drop off normally.

There is a zero percent change your wife is going back to work, just to warn you. She can’t handle a single snow day with two kids, so she sure isn’t going to handle balancing two kids and a job. Plan accordingly. And know that all the help you hire now she’ll insist on keeping when she continues to stay home. [/quote]

+1. She is completely off base and can't handle two kids. And she does not work. Not a good sign.[/quote]

He also can’t handle two kids.  He leaves the baby at home while taking the older child to daycare, and he can’t watch a three month old for 10 minutes while he finishes up something with work. 
They are both a little nutty.   
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Why would you bring an infant into daycare to grab the older one if you don’t have to? It’s a zillion percent easier to do drop off and pick up solo. When I was on mat leave with my second, I always jumped to do the daycare run because I had a second to breathe and listen to my own music on on one end of the drive. [/quote]

Because then you can let your spouse have some time alone and vice versa.

And it’s not that hard.  Everyone I know has some kind of baby wearing thing and a car seat that snaps into a stroller.  
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