Working moms, when do you spend time with your kids?
As the end of my maternity leave approaches, I'm starting to get anxious about not having time with my baby once I'm back to work.
In addition to the workweek, I feel like the grandparents will expect us to visit at the very least biweekly on the weekends which will leave us even less time.
We'll likely also want to have a dedicated afternoon at least for each parent to have a unique activity or playtime with the kid for bonding.
How do you manage work and family commitments to make sure you spend enough time with your kids?
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Don't see the grandparents as much 🤣
are you able to drop one day at work so you have a full day with them?
also in my opinion do not make expectations regarding regular visits to other family, yes its nice for them to see kids but also they should be understanding to the fact that you want your own time.
make any time you have with them count, keep it child focused and ignore the distractions (where possible)
They will just appreciate the quality time they have with you and visa versa even if it’s just cuddles on the sofa.
Get the grandparents to do childcare one day a week so they see the kids and don't use up your weekend time!
I don’t have a lot of time with them. I work full time (typically 50 hours a week) and by the time I get home it’s dinner and then bed time and my teenagers don’t get home until after I’m in bed most nights.
I work 4 days a week so I have 1 full day at home with him. My husband is a teacher so he gets the school holidays but during term time he doesn't get to spend all that much time with him. We see grandparents/family roughly every 3 weeks on the weekend.
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