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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the prior comments but here is what we do. I generally feel very low stress. Two lawyers both with pretty flexible arrangements. Our kids are 1 and 3.

1. They both go to a fabulous daycare that we love. DH does drop off. Our partime nanny does pick up. She gets them at 4 and stays until 7. DH and I get home by 5, we make dinner (really simple recipes - I am not a great cook), and we all eat together around 5:30. Nanny cleans while we are eating dinner then all of us chip in with bedtime. Nanny finishes cleaning house while DH and I complete bedtime. Come down from bedtime to completely clean house.  Cannot tell you how much this alleviates stress. She also handles all kid laundry and organizing their closets/drawers.

2. Nanny comes for one four hour chunk on the weekend. Usually Sunday afternoons. Just gives a little mental break or lets me take the older kid out by herself. I am usually around the house but organizing for the week, etc. Just so nice to have extra set of hands around.

3. When baby was small and not sleeping, we had a night nurse 3 nights a week. Also hire a sleep consultant.

4. Weekly house cleaners that do all sheets, towels, etc.

5. Early bed times. Kids are both in bed by 7. I go to sleep by 10 at the latest. Kids are up between 6:00-6:30. We spend 1.5 hours together in the AM and then they go to school and I get dressed to go to work/the gym.

Wish I had some tips for meal-planning but that is the one area I haven't really yet figured out. [/quote]

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