Any moms alone at nite with DCs?

like for dinner and bathtime and nite time stuff....?

what do u all do on DHs days off?

hannah really wants nothing to do with greg putting her to bed (which is fine, i have chosen to be home at the time bc i love that time)....

but what do i do when i have a newborn? im sure ill be able to handle it, it just seems so overwhelming, having to give them both dinner, both bath, both bed....esp in the beginning......

anyone experience this? am i just going crazy bc i am getting closer to having this baby?

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DH is away half the month so I have no idea how I will do all this if/when #2 comes

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During DH's busy season I have taken on all of the responsibilities and that includes bath and bed time - exclusively. When DH is home I notice that DS doesn't always go down as easy and I sometimes have to go and get him.

You'll definitely be able to handle it but it might take some patience to get a certain little someone on the same page

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I am alone with Cailen 90% of the time - including Saturdays which is usually a regular work day with DH - so, needless to say, that - along with finances - is the major reason I am not ready for #2, although the idea of another baby makes me get all bubbly inside!!!

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I am going through the same thing. My DS is 15 months old and we r expectign another one in less then 4 months. I heard the 1st 2 months are a struggle but u somehow find the energy and the know how to get it done. I dont know how but Im sure we can do it. I heard getting them on the same schedule is a must if you can do it. It should be fun.

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I am hoem alone at night with DS. and also on the weekend for both days or one day on the weekend. When dh has projects he works 7 days per week. I dont know how i am gonna deal with number 2. Sometimes i think I am not ready for this and i have a lot of anxiety from it. But i am strong and i think i can handle it.

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ugh, there's something I hadn't thought about...

Al's schedule varies, sometimes he's home all week, sometimes he's away all week (this week he was gone Sun-Wed, and he's leaving again tomorrow!).

I think he'll stay local the first few weeks after the baby arrives and just work from home, but after that, who knows...

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I am! DH helps out on the weekends when he is home. They went through phases where they didn't want him, Sarah was kinda in one right before I had Andy. But once we brought him home she was all over DH b/c I was doing so much for Andy. Not that I was ignoring her, but she was really wanting some one on one time which wasn't happening as much as she would have liked.

It will all work out.

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You know I am... Even on the nights DH doesn't work "late", he is still out of the house until way past when they should go to bed!

I can't say I have a routine, because I know and I think you do to), that days are always so different, so we just go with the flow. 99% of the time, I put Lauren to bed first. Luckily, she's easy - a bath, read a few books, and in her crib she goes without a problem. Andrew is usually at my side. Then I take care of Andrew. He's much harder to get to bed because he always wants to wait for daddy to come home

You'll be able to do it.

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Sometimes and we just stick to a very firm routine. It's been fine (knock on wood!).

I get so tired, I'm ready for bedtime to come, but then I miss DS when he goes to bed

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Dh travels for work Monday-Friday most weeks, so I do it all. Sometimes it's hard to let him take over when he's here, but I'm working on that. I don't know how I would handle it when/if we have baby #2. This is why we have been holding off on TTC. I am just now hiring babysitters to help out during the week when DH is gone now that it's too hard to get it all done on my own since Lily's all over the place. A simple errand takes all day now.

eta: I should probably make this another post, but Summer, what is on Hannah's face in your avatar???

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Yes, me at least twice a week. I stick to a loose routine--keeps me saner and then they know what to expect. Honestly, I cannot bathe DD#1 on nights when DH isn't home though. DD#2 is only 10 mos. (almost) and gets into EVERYTHING; it would be crazy, never mind dangerous.

Otherwise, everything sort of falls into place somehow. When DH is home, the routine is almost the same, except I have a moment to breathe Oh, and those are the nights Kate gets her baths.

I felt the same way you did, but I'm still here to tell the tale 10 months later!!

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I am home 95% of the time alone with Kristina. Brian is at the restaurant at 10 am and doesn't get home til 11 pm every day. His only day off is on Mondays, and even then, I'm pretty much alone cuz the poor guy needs rest. I put the baby in the bed with him every morning so that he can snuggle her, and he cuddles her to pieces on Mondays when he's not in hibernation mode.....

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My DH works nights...on his nights off, I have him give Josh baths(mainly because its their Spanish speaking time together)

As far as putting him to sleep, we have the worst habit. Josh falls asleep in the living room in a pack and play...then he is transferred to his bed.