Hellobee Boards Topic: How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?

Hellobee Boards Topic: How many hours a week do you spend with your LO? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:31:01 +0000 jetsa on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2127073 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:11:00 +0000 jetsa 2127073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Average Waketimes Daycare: 18.5 hours Grandparents: 8 hours Parents: 50 hours My DH works from home most fridays and I'm off so this includes that but there are a few fridays here and there that he is gone. Peasinapod on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2127071 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:08:38 +0000 Peasinapod 2127071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ All the hours .... She's only 6 months though so this will change. Going back to work at 13 months is going to be so hard for us... I've literally never been away from her longer than a shower! lawbee11 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2127051 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:57:11 +0000 lawbee11 2127051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Anagram: So interesting! Mrs. Lovejoy on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2127042 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:51:04 +0000 Mrs. Lovejoy 2127042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This makes me kind of sad because of how little I see her during the workday. I leave before she gets up and am home about 45 minutes to 1.5 hours (max) before she goes to bed. So 4 hours during the 4 days I work? But, I'm off on Fridays, so I'm with her during that whole day and generally all day on Saturdays and Sundays. So, minus sleeping time (she sleeps 12 hours at night and a 3 hour nap): Mon - Thurs - 1 hour / day Friday - 9 hours Sat - Sun - 9 hours / day Total: 31 hours a week. Jess1483 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126977 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:00:14 +0000 Jess1483 2126977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wake time: Preschool: 6 hours Grandma: 4-12ish (usually around 4-6, but sometimes he does an overnight Dad alone:5-6 Mom alone:25-30 Mom and dad: 25ish Anagram on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126944 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:43:56 +0000 Anagram 2126944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/03/30/quality_vs_quantity_time_spending_more_time_with_your_kids_may_have_little.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/03/30/quality_vs_quantity_time_spending_more_time_with_your_kids_may_have_little.html</a> snowjewelz on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126521 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:14:33 +0000 snowjewelz 2126521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD is young so I maybe get awake time with her for 20-30 min in the morning, and then 1-2 hours at night. Weekends I'm usually with her every second besides running out for stuff once in a while. LBee on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126479 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:51:43 +0000 LBee 2126479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3.5 hours every weekday and all his waking hours on the weekend. It feels like NOTHING during the week. Rubies on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126476 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:50:54 +0000 Rubies 2126476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ D1: 3-4 hours per work day D2: 2 hours per work day (sadness) During the weekends it's all day. Even though my time with the kids during the work week is limited, I do think that the quality is the best I can provide. It's a mad rush of daycare pickups, dinner, bath, and bedtime routine but it's the best I can do for now. mrsjyw on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126475 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:50:13 +0000 mrsjyw 2126475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My office days are the shortest, 3-4 hours. Most other WFH days and on the wknds I'm always around him. Though on my WFH days he is at my mom's some days, or out playing away from my office, but at least I'm "with" him. Alivoo01 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126472 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:47:17 +0000 Alivoo01 2126472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Weekdays from 5pm till 9pm. Weekends, we spend all day together so from 7:30am till 9pm. Which works out to about 48 hours a week? He does nap for about 2 hours a day on the weekends so 44 hours then? Ree723 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126459 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:33:08 +0000 Ree723 2126459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both girls are usually awake for around 11 - 12 hrs per day (taking into account naps and overnight sleep) and they don't go to any activities on their own (all of our weekly activities are for parents and children), so 80+ hours per week. I will occasionally go to the gym or run an errand whilst the girls are awake and my mom or DH are watching them, but I tend to do those things more frequently after they have gone to bed. We spend lots and lots and lots of time together :-) lawbee11 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126372 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:43:47 +0000 lawbee11 2126372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Around 2.5 hours/day during the week. We usually spend all weekend as a family, so around 38-ish hours/week. mediagirl on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126370 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:43:22 +0000 mediagirl 2126370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Weekdays - 1 hour in the morning and 2 hours in the evening. So, 3 hours total. 15 hours on the weekdays total. My husband gets 1 hour per day with her on weekdays. Weekends she is up for about 10 hours per day. I sometimes spend the night in her room, as well so, that's more time. :) regberadaisy on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126351 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:24:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2126351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 68 for baby sister and about 63 for big sister. They're in daycare two days a week and one day a week my in laws take big sister for a few hours. Anagram on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126348 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:17:43 +0000 Anagram 2126348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hmm...45 min in the morning before leaving, plus 2 hours of commute together before and after daycare, plus 3.5-4 hours a night before her bed time. I guess that's averaging around 6.5 hours a day of awake time, which is 32.5 hours on weekdays and 24 hours on weekends. 56.5 hours a week total. That's a lot for a full time WOHM! It's definitely not all "quality time". I'd subtract the morning time when I'm getting ready and the commuting time for that. The evenings are almost all quality time. looch on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126336 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:59:04 +0000 looch 2126336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Cherrybee: Ok, I like your breakdown, so I am going for the same: wake time as well: Preschool: 14 hours Grandparents: 45 hours Parents: 40 hours (including weekends) travellingbee on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126329 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:46:57 +0000 travellingbee 2126329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: about the same and it feels good to me! Feels like a nice balance. I'm with him about 45 hours a week, I'm at work 32 hours and I have 6 hours on Fridays totally to myself. :) Cherrybee on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126324 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:41:05 +0000 Cherrybee 2126324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Awake hours, per week: Me & DH - 42 Nanny and Grandad - 45 Daycare - 18 lamariniere on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126315 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:19:23 +0000 lamariniere 2126315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO1 goes to full time daycare, but I pick him up around 4, so we probably spend 5 waking hours together per day. LO2 only goes to daycare half days, so we spend probably 8 hours together (and she naps 1-2hrs of that). MrsStar on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126282 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:39:51 +0000 MrsStar 2126282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I SAH so I'm with LO every minute she's awake anonysquire on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126245 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 23:20:14 +0000 anonysquire 2126245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I guess 24 times 7? I don't let these babies outta my sight! Which probably isn't the healthiest thing. But at this point I haven't felt like I need a break. One day! coopsmama on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126229 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 22:47:58 +0000 coopsmama 2126229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Well, I SAH so I spend pretty much all of their waking hours with them. The kids get up at 7 each morning and go to bed around 7 at night and they nap about 3 hours each (my baby in 2 1.5 hour chunks usually) so I spend about 9 hours a day with each of then 7 days a week. I guess more with my baby since she is still waking up a bunch during the night. So 63 hours a week. I'm thankful for that time since mine are still so little. I really enjoy it. ALV91711 on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126216 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 22:35:52 +0000 ALV91711 2126216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It feels like not enough. 3.5 hours on weekdays and pretty much the whole time on weekends, about 11.5 hours a day. So a total of 40.5 hours a week. Mrs. Bee on "How many hours a week do you spend with your LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-a-week-do-you-spend-with-your-lo#post-2126193 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 22:03:18 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2126193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was reading an article earlier that said almost all studies show that quantity time does not matter (as far as long term impact)... it's all about quality time. And we spend more time with our kids than any generations prior. That got me thinking about how much time I spend with my kids. On a typical weekday - Charlie 3 hours. Olive 5 hours (she gets home 2 hours earlier). That translates into 15-25 hours during the weekdays. On the weekends, pretty much from when they wake up until they go to sleep, so at least 12 hours a day. We'll say 24 hours on the weekends, though it's a little bit more for Charlie since he doesn't nap and sleeps less than 12 hours a day. That comes out to 39 hours for Charlie and 49 hours for Olive in a typical week. What about you?