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The bit of advice I got from another parent before I had kids was golden: parents need time off the clock. Sometimes you need to hear your kid screeching about something and know it's someone else's problem. We don't have family around, so we give each other breaks on the weekend, usually one day where my spouse and I give each other half-day breaks. Idk what it's going to be like when he's older, but for now it works.


Same here. My wife likes to sleep in, I like to wake up early.

Our typical Saturday involves me and my son spending 7A-nap time together outside the house while my wife sleeps in, lounges around and does her hobbies.

When we get home, she’s totally refreshed.

Another thing we do sometimes is drop him at daycare and we take an afternoon off to do something together.

Works great for us. We don’t have any family within 3000 miles of us, so solutions were needed.




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