https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 10:41:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2616247 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:49:45 +0000 lilyofthewest 2616247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both WOH full time. I solo for about 2.5 hours/day on the three days that my partner commutes in to work in person. My partner solos for 6-8 hours when I work on Saturdays. We take turns sleeping in on Sundays and Mondays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2616202 Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:00:20 +0000 caterw 2616202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tons :( DH works split and night shifts pretty much 5 days a week so there are days every week when he doesn't see DD at all. I am a SAHM so I fly solo quite a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2616023 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 20:47:22 +0000 skipra 2616023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I SAH so that's technically my job. Usually DH is gone for work about 10 hours and sometimes a few hours here and there on weekends. So 50-60 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615923 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 12:36:31 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2615923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: right now DH is on days so only generally the weekends plus sometimes the nights after I get home from work if he is OT. We have very few days off together, maybe every few weeks and that's been a lot. When he goes back to nights probably in the next month or two it will be more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615921 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 12:33:07 +0000 nana87 2615921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo's daycare is closed right now for summer break (basically 1/2 of August and 1/2 Sept--it's weird!), but when it reopens in 2 weeks, I'll only solo-parent 1 day a week (Fridays), so 8 hours plus occasional nights or weekends. Last academic year (Sept-early Aug) I would pick lo up at 3pm M-Th, so I would solo 16 hours/week (3-5pm 4 days, plus Fridays). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615905 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 11:10:55 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2615905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From when the kids wake up (DH works at 3/4 am) to 3pm each day. And nights, because DH is sleeping due to his work schedule. I much prefer this schedule to when I had the kids from 1 pm to 11 pm. That shift was NOT fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615851 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 06:39:25 +0000 babypugs 2615851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 3/4 hours? Just when lo and I get home from work/daycare before dh and maybe run a quick errand together during the weekend. I don't know how y'all do it, I find that sort amount of time totally stressful and overwhelming! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615808 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 20:30:14 +0000 mamabolt 2615808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15ish? 2 hours each night and a few additional on the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615685 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:14:40 +0000 maddyz 2615685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work 4 days a week but often solo parent 3 - 4 nights and 2 or 3 of the days I am not working. DHs hours are all over the place. It's killing me right now as I am 38 weeks pregnant... The days aren't as bad as dinner/bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615669 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2615669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>35 hours.<br /> DH is working a summer schedule and is home a lot lately. It's been amazing. I love how flexible his schedule can be.<br /> We've been talking about me going back full time and are leaning towards not doing it because we can go on vacation for a month and he can manage his business on the phone or online. It'll be a big change going back to a 40hr week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615579 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 23:07:16 +0000 AnnabelleG 2615579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I solo parent (2 young children) 25-30 hours per week. My husband will start solo parenting 5-8 hours per week so I can start working out of the home an extra day. It feels like I'm solo a lot more than that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615264 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:24:24 +0000 snowjewelz 2615264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not much! DH solo parents way more than I do since I WOH FT and he has 1 weekday off plus more flexible working hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615215 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:59:30 +0000 Cherrybee 2615215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH leaves for work at 7.15am every day and his mornings are all about getting himself ready, so I'm solo from the moment the kids wake, until I drop E at nursery at 9am. Then I'm with the baby all day (on maternity leave) until its time to pick E up. DH gets home at 6ish, just as I am starting the bedtime routines. He also works Saturday mornings, so I solo parent then too. I make it 60.5hrs. It sucks - I long for a husband who can do nursery drop offs and pick ups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615208 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:39:20 +0000 Anagram 2615208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was home all summer, so I guess about 55 hours a week or so, while my husband is working. </p> <p>But I JUST started back to work, so now I'll just be soloing from 4-7 pm every day until DH is home from work, too. Through the dinner prep/feed/bathtime rush. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615156 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:54:27 +0000 coopsmama 2615156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>50 hours a week M-F. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615152 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:40:44 +0000 Andrea 2615152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of M-F </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615098 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:18:03 +0000 birdofafeather 2615098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4 full days a week on average. And by full days I mean 24 hours as DH is a firefighter. But this last week he was gone for 6 days except sleeping at home one night. On the flip side, when he's home, it can sometimes be 4-6 days at once! So it's a huge variable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615096 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:16:36 +0000 PinkElephant 2615096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All weekday waking hours...so probably 80ish per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615080 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:39:54 +0000 brownepiano 2615080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 am till 5 pm with occasional weekend stuff. It's not bad. And I'm starting back At work soon so he'll have them some evenings from 4 ish on. I really hate the days he gets home after 5 because that's about when baby melt down time starts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615076 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:32:46 +0000 erinbaderin 2615076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm home all day with W, but I'm on mat leave so I feel like that doesn't count. I have them both by myself for about an hour every day. Totally not bad but I still find myself counting the minutes until he gets home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615073 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:30:12 +0000 autumn865 2615073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7am to 6pm Monday through Friday so always 55 hours plus the occasional weekend few hours so 60 tops. It's hard but DH is home for bedtime routines and dinner/ dinner clean up so that's always a relief to have a second person then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615034 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:41:04 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2615034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @GoGoSnoGirl for me. Some days are harder than others. I usually don't get an evening break until babe is in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2615024 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 18:31:04 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2615024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most every hour of the week. :meh: DH is so incredibly busy with work, so besides an hour in the evening &amp; a few hours each weekend day, it's all me. It's sad that he gets so little time with LO right now. Hopefully things will change for the better with his job this next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-hours-do-you-solo-parent-per-week#post-2614979 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:42:41 +0000 Bao 2614979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH works 2 jobs so I am with the girls alone a lot. On average I am solo parenting probably 65 hours per week...give or take depending on that weeks work load. It's rough sometimes, especially towards the end of the week. Monday's are usually ok though, which is nice. </p> <p>How many hours do you solo parent per week? </p>