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I said no because he wouldn't be able to feed her. If that wasn't the case Id say maybe. She would survive just fine but I don't know how he would be after.
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Toddler yes baby no. He handles primary care for our older when we are all ad home and I mostly handle baby. He would have to ask me what times to do naps (7mo still has no schedule) and times for bottles and how many oz in each bottle (he's breastfed). He knows bedtime obviously and the bed time routine Bc we switch off but I always fill the bottles for him if the baby gets a bottle. Kinda sad because with our first he knew everything.
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@Dandelion: Me too! It drives me nuts when we take LO to the doc or somewhere and they always direct questions about her routine to me. I'm like "I don't know. Ask the parent that's with her 24/7? I love her but I'm not always sure of the answer."
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Totally. Several months ago I would say no but DD1 is 2 and is perfectly happy switching between caretakers and DD2 is only 12 weeks but I'm much more laid back with her and he now knows how to read a baby's cues. They would all survive!
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He knows his routines as well as I do. The house would be a mess though. He can't multitask at all.
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Bahahahahah no!!
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He could do everything w both except for nursing our 2 day old newborn
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Can I leave my boobs at home? If so he'd be fine. I know he wouldn't follow routine though. He'd turn on one princess movie after another. Honestly I'd do the same if I had toddler & newborn alone for 24 hours.
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No issues. He knows how to cart for her and is very involved in it. In fact, he gets every Sunday completely to himself because I work and up until 8 months old he also did half of all evenings by himself because I worked night shifts. It really blows my mind when I hear about Dad's who don't know how to care for their kids.
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They'd be 100% fine. DH knows what DS likes and when nap time and bedtime are. They may not eat as healthy but for a day that is fine.
In fact if I'm not around DS goes to bed so much easier.
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Toddler yes. Baby no.
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Yes and no? They would be fine but he'd probably do his own thing. I wouldn't bother leaving instructions unless there was something specific going on like a dose of medication at a certain time.
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Yup! He has them both when I have to work weekends so he's very used to caring for both kids.
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He would do just fine. He is just as involved with her as I am!
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Absolutely. He's home alone with her more often than I am at this point.
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@mrsjyw: 2 day old newborn? Yay!!!! congratulations!
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Yes! We're pretty equal in terms of our care of DD.
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He's a great caretaker and helps out a lot on the weekends when he's off so he'll be fine. I need my me time too so I run solo errands a lot whenever I can.
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Yep, no issue.
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