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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a General Counsel to a company and my wife is an ER Doc. For us, we really were fine with daycare. The big thing is to stagger your days. I do drop offs and pick ups because daycare is across the street from my office. I usually drop the kids off at 7 and usually pick them up at 5:45.  We usually walk in the door at 6:30 or so and immediately eat dinner.

My wife typically works 6:30-2:30 MWF and 3-11 on TH. On Wednesdays and Fridays, she's usually pretty beat after the late night and will usually crash after her shift ends. We usually do a lot of the cooking, cleaning, laundry etc. on days when she is either home without the kids or on the weekends. For example, usually on the late days, she throws a crock pot of something in and all I need to do is feed the kids, do the baths, evening wind-down, etc. I usually will finish laundry and get dinner cleaned up bags packed etc. after the kids go to bed.

[b]The biggest thing is that we are constantly on. [/b]There is not a ton of down time during the day. We are also very organized. One thing my wife admits is that if she had to actually wear clothes other than scrubs to work (90 percent of the time), she would definitely find it more stressful to get out the door. The beauty expectations of office work seem to add an hour to her getting dressed (on days when she had to dress up at least).

For us, the administrative hassle of being an employer and dealing with nanny issues made daycare a better choice.[/quote]

This is the key to maintaining both careers.  If you and your DH can and are ok with being constantly on, you'll be fine.

Also, as the PP said, they are very organized.  Two careers and a new baby will show you ALL of your organizational shortcomings.[/quote]

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