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[quote=Anonymous]I was in a similar situation. I traveled every other week for work and my husband also travels at least one week for work out of the country. Our families live out of town and my parents still work full-time. DH's parents are retired, but not reliable (his words).

We had a full-time nanny share for 50 hours a week. It was nice to have the nanny as she would also pick up extra hours if needed and could take our child home from the share or if it was at our house, stay later. We usually did not stay that late at work, but it was sometimes challenging as our nanny did not arrive until 8 am.

I decided to change my job to a job in my federal agency that didn't require travel and was a promotion. Now I do not have to travel. This year we transitioned to a f/t daycare within walking distance of our house and the Metro. It is open 7 am- 6 pm which works well for our schedule. We drop our child off at 7:30 and pick him up by 6. My DH does drop off and I do pick up. If one of us needs to stay late, we arrange to alternate schedules.

I have to say, my partner is incredibly involved in our child's life and does a lot of work around the house to make up for the extra hours I might have to take work home. DH doesn't have the option of taking work home .[/quote]

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