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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - here's my schedule to avoid comments that I ignore my child:

M-Thurs - work 6-7,8-6,8-10 -- 13 hours.

Fri - I finish work at 5 to spend more time with baby. Login again for a couple of hours

Weekends - work 7-10 am and 7-10 pm both days. In between I spend time with baby.

That adds up to 65 hours but still spend a good chunk of time with baby, yes, not like a parent with a PT job, but still like most other parents work 45 hours per week. [/quote]

I worked 45 hours a week but my schedule was more like 9-4, 8-10 on weekdays and weekends off for family time. I WAH the first year of my babies’ life with a nanny and nursed them on my breaks. With their nap schedule they were awake with the nanny for ~3 hrs when not feeding, and the rest of the time with me or their dad. I could see them when they first crawled, first ate solids, first clapped... their first word was mama and often the first face when they woke up from a nap was mine for feeding.

I am not someone who thinks you need to be with your baby 24/7 to bond with them but it seems to me that if they don’t see you most of the day and you miss their milestones, it’s hard on both of you. I was lucky to have the flexibility, and even then I do feel like with my first my mind was a little more occupied with juggling than would have been ideal. I did not have the option of pausing and I knew if I could push through there would be a lot of benefits. By the time my second came I was senior enough to really flex my schedule and that has allowed me to be even more available. These early years fly by. When your child is 6 and off to school, you’ll wonder where the time went. It just goes by very fast so whatever you do make sure you’ll have no regrets.[/quote]

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