Today is DH's first day with DS from wakeup 'til bedtime! He's done mornings/afternoons by himself plenty of times, but this is allllllll day SOLO! 
DS is almost 15 months.
You might also enjoy...
-
For a couple hours at a time, he hasn't done a whole day or night yet since we are still nursing.
-
Last weekend was his first time, he seemed to survive, although he did really miss me
And she did too! haha
-
DH has M for the whole weekend every three weeks while I'm working 12 hour shifts. I don't see her at all from Friday night to Monday morning. Obviously that part is hard but I think it has helped our parenting relationship because he has to be confident in all aspects of caring for her. It also helps to remind him what a full day with a 16 month old is like!
Good luck to your DH!
-
He did with DS a few times but hasn't yet with DD and DS. Tomorrow I go back to work and he will be doing wake up on his own for the first time and dropping them off as well. I hope it goes well!
-
He does one day a week while I'm at work and 2-3 bedtimes a week while I do tutoring. He does awesome and I really think it increases his appreciation for what I do during the rest of the week. He definitely gets how exhausting it is to keep a toddler happy and entertained all day long.
-
Yes but he uses too much screen time for assistance. I always nag him and started to sound like a broken record so I give him a list of activities to do with DD. I also make sure he reads to her. He appreciates me so much after having to SOLO parent for 1 day and I night not too long ago.
-
Yep! He picked her up at day care Friday and had her solo until noonish on Sunday. She was almost 8 months. Jerk said it was easy. Of course he did nothing else around the house like I do every week when he is gone.
-
Yes, he had a whole weekend with the kids by himself while I went to a retreat. He did awesome, came home to a clean house and clean kids
-
Yes! Overnight once!
-
Ya, he takes them out in the morning and they have a great time. Play with toys and read after nap time.
-
Yes, plenty of times from wake up till I get home when she's been sick mostly.
-
Yep! He kept LO for a whole weekend when I was away for a bachelorette party.
-
DH has done it lots! He does a very good job at it!
-
He's never done all day (wakeup until bedtime), but he's done 7:30-4:30 several times.
-
@mrsjyw: Lots of luck to your DH!
DH and I are pretty equal parents. He's done all day solo and so have I. We of course prefer to parent together since it's a whole lot easier to have someone else who knows your child as well as you do help out, but we're both very comfortable doing the solo parenting. I'm a very lucky gal in that DH is so involved in LO's care!
-
Heck yeah! He's done a few all-days when I went out of town twice when she was 6 months old!
-
Just once. During Christmas break, I had to go into work because it had been too many days away from the office. DH stayed home with LO while I caught up on work. That was his first full day with LO. I've done a whole weekend plus with LO by myself. There's a bachelor party coming up, so I've got another long weekend with LO by myself in May. At least, we'll be able to go to the park and walk around the neighborhood by then.
-
Nope- not from wakeup until bedtime. He has DS for a couple of hours pretty often but he's never gone solo with both kids for more than an hour (12 weeks old and 16 months old).
-
Only for a few hours at a time, and most of the time I'm actually there, just sleeping, or I'm at the grocery store.
-
Yup! I went away for an overnight work trip. Also DH picks up LO every evening from Daycare- as I work nights. So he does bedtime Mon- thurs.
-
He has done 9am-bedtime once, so pretty much the entire day.
-
Every day when I'm at work, wake up until at least 3, on days where he goes to daycare 3-5:30.
I've gone away overnight a few times too.
He first started WAH with DS when I went back to work at 7 weeks. -
Yes, I went on a girls trip when DD was 15 months old for the weekend. He hasn't really had to do it again since for the whole day. Not yet with 2 kids either!
-
Yup, every day when I'm at work. The end of March will be the first time where I won't be there to rescue him at the end of the day since I'm flying cross country for a baby shower! He'll do great, though.
-
Nope, never more than 3ish hours since I'm still nursing.
-
I cannot imagine my partner not solo parenting for 15 months. We will likely both be working nights so she will have some overnights on her own when we go back to work. Maybe I expect more from her because she's going to be a mom but I have no doubt she will be great on her own for any length of time necessary.
-
Definitely! I've had a night out with my friend (she is single, so we had a "sleepover" at her place!), and there are many weekend-days that DH takes J all day so I can study. He's a very hands-on dad. He loves his special daddy-son days.
-
Yes, he has.
-
Not for a whole day, just a few hours. I've never had to leave the house that long by myself. I'm sure he would be fine taking care of them all day, but they might watch a lot of tv together and eat pizza for dinner. =p
-
Not for a whole day yet. But, I go back to work at 8 weeks, and he's taking 2 weeks of parental leave - that'll be fun for him!
-
@mrsjyw: yep! He's doing it right now!
-
@Fronkinzankinsbride: He has solo parented, this is the first time where I'll be gone all day though. And we're both very lucky that my mom is our primary caretaker when we both work.
-
@mrsjyw: I understood he had flown solo for portions of the day. totally not judging. Different families, different schedules, different needs. I just meant for us, between two moms I have a hard time picturing going through the first years without either momma being alone/being the primary caretaker.
Having grandma close and available must be awesome. I hope everything goes great today. Especially for you, I'm sure being away might be hard for you too! Hopefully you're doing something fun at least.
-
Yup! When I got my new job I was up here during the week until we could all relocate, DH had J solo during the week for 5 months on his own! He's a pretty amazing dad...I give him a hard time but I never have to worry about J's well being when he's with him. Thank goodness.
Granted........he may not do things the way I would do them, but that doesn't mean it's wrong (just not RIGHT...haha!)
-
@Fronkinzankinsbride: no offense taken! Just wanted to clarify fo dh!
he's a great dad but moms def have a diff instinctual mentality! Im at work per usual! No biggie! He does a great job w ds. Im more concerned about my commute to mtgs/gym this evening!
-
No, and our LO is 17 months!! But dh is a good dad and would do just fine if he had to, it just hasn't worked out that he's had to.. It's just that I SAH and when he is off we tend to do things together. He's done parts of the day and even very close to all of the day a few times but just not wake up to bedtime.
-
Yup - several times with one kid, but he hasn't gone a full day with both kids yet!
-
DH had to do it for 4 days when I was out of town for work back in December. DD was 3.5yo and DS was 15m. I'll be doing it again (not my first time) next week when DH is out of town for 4 days for work.
-
Nope! Think the longest he's had to solo parent is about 4 hours. I'm sure he'd do fine though.
And she did too! haha
Subscribe to our newsletter
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
44 comments