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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 2.5 year old and a 6 month old. My husband does fully 50% of the effort, which is why it's working for us. But it is a lot of work with little downtime.

We both work only 8 hours. He works 6-2 and I work 8:30-4:30. We get up at 5-ish and he does some prep for kid's lunch and breakfast before he leaves. I get both kids in the AM and get them to daycare at 7:30. He gets about an hour at home to take care of a few things before picking the kids up at 4.

Dinner is between 5:30 and 6. My husband does 90% of the cooking while I entertain the kids. Then baths and bed. Now that I'm nursing, I focus on the baby and my husband deals with the toddler most of the time. Hopefully soon we'll be able to streamline and bathe both together etc. After that, we prep bottles and lunch for the next day, watch 30 min of TV and are in bed around 9. We have a cleaning lady every other week and I do laundry every weekend. There's not a lot of excitement. :-)

I buy most clothes online. Amazon Prime is a lifesaver. We only plan one "activity" a day on the weekends, like the playground, and often it's only one per weekend. He's 2 - he enjoys going to see Thomas, but he's also just as happy running around the yard. Plus he's at daycare all week so we don't feel like the weekends need to be very planned. One of us goes grocery shopping over the weekend, often with one kid. I usually do Stroller Strides on Saturdays and bring a kid. [/quote]

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