https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 21:10:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322689 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:02:27 +0000 Andrea 322689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only 2 hours! DH has about a half an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322679 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:59:22 +0000 kakimochi 322679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this always makes me a little sad, thinking how little time we get to spend with LO during the weekday, which is about 2-3 hours per day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322129 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:10:39 +0000 mamabolt 322129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 20 minutes in the morning - I wake her up with just enough time to nurse her and play with her a tiny bit while DH showers, and then he handles the rest of the morning while I leave for work. About 2.5 hours in the evening - pick her up around 5:30, she goes to bed at 8. She probably needs to go down a little earlier, but I'm not ready to trade off that time with her yet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322117 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:05:20 +0000 mrsjazz 322117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO starts daycare in January but we have a nanny now. I'm sure I will get less time with LO once she's in daycare. Right now I get an hour in the morning and about 2.5-3 hours at night, for a total of 4-5 hours with LO. It's so not enough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322110 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:00:24 +0000 Mrsbells 322110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: we also do a bath each night, to get her ready for bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322108 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:59:02 +0000 plaidpants 322108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Like an hour in the morning and lately only 30 minutes in the evening, since she's pushed her bedtime up to 6:15/6:30pm. Right now it's only 3 days a week (I'm home the other 4 days), but it's still miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322100 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:55:52 +0000 dookie32 322100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 45 min to an hour in the morning and about an hour at night. It's really hard :(. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322096 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:53:59 +0000 yoursilverlining 322096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: I do the same with holding LO in my arms in the evening while she sleeps. We are usually all home by 5:30, we do bath at 7 followed by a bottle, and LO falls asleep between 8-9pm; and I hold her until at least then. In the am, we get at least an hour together, usually more like 1.5-2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322089 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:51:22 +0000 keiki_mama 322089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get about ten minutes with LO in the morning (twenty if I'm lucky) and 2 1/2 hours or so with him in the evening. It makes me really appreciate the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322076 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:44:49 +0000 Mrsbells 322076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we wake her up for a feeding at 6, then put h er back in her crib wand wake her up again at 7 get her dressed and put her in the car.<br /> I pick her up around 5.30 but she doesnt go to bed until around 10pm. so I get atleats 6-7 hours with her, althoughs she naps in the evening. but I usually hold her in my arms when she naps in the evening because I missed her all day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322072 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:43:00 +0000 T.H.O.U. 322072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I spend about an hour with her in the mornings (up at 6:10, leave her at daycare around 7:10). </p> <p>We get home around 5 and she goes to bed at 7:30. </p> <p>Yes, it stinks its only 3 hours. But in the 10 hours she's at daycare 2 hours is nap time and a good hour is probably eating time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322071 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:42:13 +0000 autumnlove 322071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work from home 3 days a week and I get off at 3 and I could pick her up by 3:15 but I don't anymore. I would love the extra time with her but I need to catch up on stuff like prepping dinner, grocery shopping , cleaning around the house, nap time (lately) or some exercise before I get her. I can pick her up as late as 6 but I usually get her around 4 or 4:30.</p> <p>She usually goes to bed around 8...so we get 3.5 to 4 hours of awake time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322061 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:37:07 +0000 littlek 322061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only get 2 hours with LO. Very sad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322042 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:25:49 +0000 mrs. wagon 322042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wakeup time varies since she's still so young, but some mornings we hand her straight off to my mom while we get ready for work and get Wagon Jr. fed and ready for daycare. </p> <p>As soon as we get home, we pretty much say hi to her and start her bedtime routine immediately (bath, nursing or bottle). A little sad, but I only work 3 days a week so I do spend a lot of time with her the other 4 days a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-parents-how-much-time-do-you-get-wyour-lo-a-day#post-322032 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:23:31 +0000 mediagirl 322032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 1/2 - 3 hours.<br /> She wakes up between 6 and 6:15, we drop her off at 7.<br /> We pick her up at 4:30, she is in her crib and asleep by 7.</p> <p>Sad. </p>