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[quote=Anonymous]Granted only 1 kid (with moderate special needs - so involves a bit more hands on than typical 1 kid), and DH travels a lot for work.  When he travels, he is ON.  Usually starts with a breakfast meeting, all day meetings, dinner, and post dinner drinks with clients.  Usually only gets 4-6 hours a night of sleep (way less than our usual 8 hours a night).  And his travel involves airport travel, and often connections.

I work close to full time, but from home.

When he gets home we are back to 50/50. None of this "you take 3 nights in a row".

That said, we usually trade off bedtime routine 50/50 -- and if he's leaving on monday morning for a trip, and he happened to have put DS to be on saturday night, he'll generally pick up sunday night too.  And when he comes home, he'll always pick up the first night back, and then i'm back on the next night.

This seems totally reasonable to me and i don't feel like i'm getting the short end of the stick.  Sometimes, honestly, having DH travel makes my life a little simpler and easier at home -- even if i am doing all the kid stuff. But we have simpler meals, there's less laundry and dishes, less conversation. So even though my responsibilities are greater, i actually find those days strangely more relaxing.

So that's what works for us.  But only one kid, and DH's work travel is intense.  [/quote]

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