DS starts daycare next month and I realized what long days he is going to have. 6:30am - about 5pm.
I'm just wondering how many hours a day your LO is in daycare for?
Right now he has dinner at 4:30 and bath at 5:30, I guess we are going to have to start adjusting his schedule.
grapefruit / 4663 posts
DS is there from 7:30-5 most days. We tried to do bedtime at 8 to give is lots of time but he let us know that 7 is better for him
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I drop her off around 7 and pick her up at 445. We get home around 530, she eats, bath is at 610, bottle at 630, and then books and bed.
nectarine / 2667 posts
Right around 9 hours (7-4). My husband and I alternate pick up/drop off so that helps. We're home about 4:30, play/take a walk, eat at 5:45ish, then bath/books/bed and asleep around 7pm.
ETA: he's 17 months, but those have been his hours at daycare since 15 weeks.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
Dd is going to attend from about 7-515. Dh doesn't work normal business hours so I'm in charge of both pick up and drop off. Actually dh is going to be working in another state for awhile and only in town maybe half the month so there will be a lot of sooo parenting. I don't know how dd is going to get enough night sleep either. I may be able to end up doing pickup half an hr earlier.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
Do some of you work less than eight hours? Or does everyone else alternate pick up and drop off?
bananas / 9227 posts
LO's starting daycare in a week! Eek! For now, we have her scheduled for 7 hrs a day, but I may shorter her hours or have her home midweek.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
I drop him off between 7:15 and 7:30 and SO picks him up between 4:45 and 5:00. There were a few weeks this month when I had to do both because SO had surgery. Those days I dropped him off at the same time but he didn't get picked up until almost 5:30.
DH is able to pick him up kinda early because he starts work earlier than I do, usually around 6am.
kiwi / 729 posts
Drop off around 8:30-9am and pick up around 4:30-5pm. Dinner around 6 or 6:30ish, and bedtime around 7:30-8, depending on when his chart says he woke up from his nap.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@googly-eyes: I do both drop off and pick up. But I am at work 9 hours (hr lunch).
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
We're really lucky because my DH has a very flexible schedule and works from home a lot, so he does drop off around 9:30. I switched my hours around to get off at 4, so I pick her up around 4:30/4:45. So she's there for about 7 hours.
nectarine / 2797 posts
She's there about 8 to 5:45. DH drops her off, and I work out after work before I pick her up.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
7am-615pm. We have long commutes. It sucks but she is happy and very healthy.
honeydew / 7444 posts
8:30-4:30 or 9-5.
@googly-eyes: DD's daycare is in the same building as my work, which is how we manage the shorter daycare times.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
We typically drop off between 8 and 9 AM and pick up around 5:45. To make this work, often one of us does dropoff and the other one does pickup. Otherwise her day would even be a little longer.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
8hr ish. DH drops her off by 7:45ish and picks her up by 4pm.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
Most days she's 6:30-4:00. It used to be 9:00-4, which I loved, but when my job changed, we had to made some modifications. I try to only send her 4 days a week; if I end up with a weekday off, I keep her with me even though we pay for 5 days.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
6:30 - she takes him early b/c of my work schedule.
She's open until 5:30 - I try to pick him up anywhere from 4:30 to 5:00, but it is nice to know that if I need it she's open later.
She also offered to take him free on the weekends if I ever am scheduled to work although I haven't taken her up on it yet since I haven't needed to. Those days would be 7:20-2:00.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Xander's in daycare from 7:30 - 5:15. We get home at 5:30, dinner at 5:45, bath at 6:30, bed at 7:00!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
7-430 right now...I do drop off, DH does pick up. He gets off at 230 but comes home and studies and does homework before getting her after her nap. Dinner at about 530, bath right after, playtime, bottle at 7, bed between 7 and 730. DH and I each work 40 hour weeks
She loves daycare, though! So many little friends to play with and torment 
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
@Smurfette: @Freckles: @yellowbird: Got it, thanks for the responses. I'm still just estimating because I don't start til the end of March, but it's kind of worrying me. I've worked in child care (but won't be for this job) and I remember how long some of the days were and the other teachers talking about how hard it was on the kids. I just don't have any other option if I'm going to work eight hours. I can't really live close to my work, it's out of my budget.
honeydew / 7303 posts
@googly-eyes: do not worry yourself too much about it. You have to do what you have to do. I highly doubt my LO would be affected if she were in daycare 1-2 hours longer a day. Most working parents have to have their children in care longer than 8 hours.
My husband works nights, so he can just wake up and get her at 4. If he found a day shift job I would not hesitate to have her stay longer so he could have a normal life!
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
@yellowbird: Thanks. The wohm thing is almost totally new to me and this will be our first experience sending lo to daycare! At least dh can get her early on the days he is with us.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
We drop her off at 8am, and pick her up at 5:30 pm.
pomelo / 5621 posts
@googly-eyes: I'm going to be doing drop off and hopefully it will work that DH can do pickup. But whoever picks him up it will only be a difference of less than half an hour.
@DillonLion: That's what sucks for us the most is that we have longish commutes and will make his day long.
@MaisyMay: I get one weekday off a month and plan on keeping him home even though we will still be paying. I think it will be nice to have an extra day at home together.
@sera_87: That is awesome that she will take him for free on the weekends.
I'm glad to see these long hours are normal. I know he will be fine, it just sucks that we pretty much won't get time with him during the week.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
@ALV91711: My work schedule varies, but I try to keep her with me if there are no major errands to do. If I have a doctor's appt or need to go to the DMV, something like that, I'll take her to daycare for a short day.
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