Are there any other couples who work different shifts like we do?

My hubby and i work different shifts so our daughter is not in preschool just yet. We are planning for preschool around 3 or 4. I was wondering how many other couples work different shifts and how do you cope with less time together? I work at a hospital and transfered from my office job to a part time job and for the last 4 months i work nights doing a very phyiscal job. I was also wondering if there were any other mom who changed what type of job the did so the could work different hours to spend more time with the kids?Are there any other couples who work different shifts like we do?
my hub and i do that too, i work 4 to 11 pm, and have little time 2 gether. i cherish what time we do have 2 gether


have a nice dayAre there any other couples who work different shifts like we do?
My husband and I work opposite shifts too. I teach from 8 to 3:30 and he is home with my son. My husband drops our son at my school on his way to work and this is often the only time I will see him awake during the week. :-)





We did not chose this arrangement for my son though; we've always worked these times. It just happened to work out wonderfully for us when my son was born. We both feel comfortable with the situation because our son is thriving with parental attention all day.





I'm sure there are wonderful programs out there for babies of all ages. I just like knowing that one of us it with him since he is so young and we have the ability to do so.





My husband usually has off two nights a week. One is spent as a whole family, the other is just the two of us and my parents watch our son until bed time, when my husband usually goes out with his brothers or friends. I'm able to go out with my ';people'; several times a month as well because we have so much family around. Saturday I get to sleep in and Sunday is my husband's turn. We are together as a family several hours during the day on weekends until my husband goes to work.





Some times I think it would be nice if both of us worked the same day schedule and we could do the family dinner thing, but the cons are obvious to us. When our son IS ready for preschool, it's likely that my husband will go back to school during the day, but he would probably continue working evenings as well.





It does get easier, and it makes us appreciate the time we DO have together even more. We go through lots of notepads and take lots of photos to share with each other... I really hope your child thrives in this situation. As long as you take pride in your ability to care for yourself and your family, it will all work out. Don't forget to schedule some overlapping vacation time! :-)
That i think is a challenge but looks like it works for other people. I believe its a matter of working around it
Yep,my husband works morning,and I work second.


We try and have the same off days, that helps a lot!!


We don't have kids.... ';yet'; ... :)

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