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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about parent 1 working from 7 to 4 and parent 2 working from 9 to 6.  So, baby is dropped off by parent 2 at 9 and picked up by parent 1 at 4.  You are both full time and have shaved 2 hours off daycare. [/quote]

Aside from the fact that this might not be feasible for OP, how can parent 2 drop off baby at 9am and still start work at 9am, like you posted?  If one of us dropped off at 9am, we would still need to get downtown, which is an hour commute, we wouldn't get to work until 10.30 or so.[/quote]

This is actually what we hope to do. But it only (we hope) works because we both work near our daycare (and near one another), and our works/daycare are transit-accessible (since we only have one car, so wouldn't work otherwise). Parent 1 goes in early on train; parent 2 + baby drive in after rush hour (or take metro too) and park car near daycare. Parent 1 picks up baby + car at 4 (aaaah, this part scares me if we drive, since I will be Parent 1--possibly not worth driving!!) and Parent 2 comes home at 6, getting home around 7. He misses baby after work, but does get the smiley morning hours in exchange. I'm not a morning person, so it works to have him get the baby up (he does this schedule already; I haven't gone back to work yet). Right now I nurse and then go back to sleep while dad and baby hang out and make breakfast. When I start back to work, I'll get up, shower, and head out the door while they do this instead. *sigh* In the early evening, baby hangs out while I make dinner. Baby goes to sleep by 7, and when DH gets home we eat and unwind. It's not super easy, but so far it works, so we're hoping that adding daycare to the mix while keeping the same general hours will work. Fingers crossed![/quote]

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