DD is nearly six months and I'm still on maternity leave, but I'm starting to seriously wonder how we will maintain a good routine for her when I return to work this spring, and wanted to ask how others do it?
We didn't do very well with routine in the early months, but are really trying to establish a proper dinner/bath/bottle and in bed by 8pm routine. We'd like to all have dinner together as a family, but DH doesn't get home until after 7pm and it's all starting to feel horribly rushed and DH is feeling like he barely sees her. I know he would secretly like to go back to the newborn days when she sleeps on his chest until 11pm!
Ahead of my return to work in a few months, I'm just wondering how other people manage their evenings with a very young one when both parents work? Does one of you feel as though you hardly ever see your child? Do you push bedtime later? Have a grandparent/childminder do bedtime? Just looking for some experiences we can learn from as we want to spend as much time with DD as possible, but also make sure the routine works for her.
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How do you manage an evening routine when both of you work FT?
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HugoTheHippo · 17/02/2014 21:01
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