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[quote=Anonymous]OP do not move closer to your work so that your husband's commute is longer.  that is a ridiculous suggestion - his commute is already pretty long.

Another piece of advice to ignore - poster who suggests getting daycare near work so you can visit dc.  It would be great for the next 4-6 months possibly, but once your kid hits separation anxiety age visiting them during the day can be really disruptive. With my son it just got to the point where he would freak out when I left b.c if I visited him during the day he thought I was there to pick him up and take him home.  It was too disruptive to him.  It is true that before that age it would definitely be nice, but not in the longer run, if this is a center you'll be at for a few years.

Also as you are thinking this schedule stuff out, just remember that a lot changes over the first year.  There are a couple months where they are on 3 naps (and commute / last nap of the day is a problem), but that only lasts a few months (really only until 6 months or so for my DS).   So just don't make super long term plans based on a schedule that's happening now.  It all changes so much in the first year.

I think if you could work 7-4, he does drop off (at 7?) and works 8:15-5:15 or 8:30-5:30 (could it be a little flexible?), you could get to daycare by 5.  7-5, that's a 10 hr day.

I'd also recommend making a pitch for telecommuting one day a week.  A woman in my office does it.  Even if you had to leave DC in daycare 11 hrs a day every other day, if there was one day a week at home where you could drop at 7:30, get home by 8, work until 5 and then pick up at 5:15, you'd feel somewhat more sane.  I think that day would be a real help.  
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