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We go in earlier (less traffic at that time) and come home earlier, it's seemed to work out really well. The downside is that it requires us to wake up at 5:15.
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I wake up sooo early but my commute is short.
I am up at 4:00am so I can guarantee a shower (OH leaves at 4:30). Between 4:15 and 6:00, I feed DD, exercise, pump/eat breakfast (I EP), and get ready. I leave at 6:30, drop off DD at daycare, and get to work by 7. I actually back track and pass my development on the way to work from daycare. I love my commute!
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I wake up at 4:30, have a 30-40 minute commute, and get into the office by 7:00. I also do NOT do daycare drop-off.
Hubs gets up around 6:30, gets the kids to daycare around 7:45, and gets to his office around 8:30/9:00.
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@LindsayInNY: It's hard, isn't it? How do you do your commute? Do you drive or take public transport? I drive and the hardest part for me is accepting the fact that it would take half that time if there wasn't any traffic! If I let myself think about that, I get so mad!! What has helped me is seeing my commute as my "me-time". Once I've dropped DD at nursery, I crank up my music or listen to an audio-book - it's the only chance I get to do either!!
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It's so hard but it does get easier. I think the beginning is just painful.
I don't have as tough of a schedule as some. I wake up at 6, leave house by 7, drop baby off at 7:30, get to work around 8, work until 4, pick baby up at 4:30 and get home around 5:15 for dinner and play time. It's a long day for me, I feel like I have low energy but I do get time to relax in the evening since baby goes to bed early!
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@DillonLion: Sounds like my routine... I was up at 5: 10-15ish this morning, out the door at 7:00 and to work around 9:00. I've been leaving around 5:00 p.m. and getting home around 7:00 p.m. too.
Does it get easier? Will I adjust to the early wake ups?
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@Cherrybee: Both... Drive to daycare (and we don't park right outside home so there's a short walk to the car too), shuttle or bus to subway (only a mile away but depends on timing of shuttle or bus as to how long it takes) and then subway to work. It doesn't FEEL like two hours, because it's broken up, so I guess that's a plus? It's just long. Then I come home and have home stuff to do... LO to bed, dinner, etc.
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I'm sorry it's rough. I have been there.Wake - 6:30am
Leave house - 7:45am
Arrive at daycare - 8am
Arrive at work - 8:30am
Leave work - 5pm
Arrive at daycare - 5:25pm
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Sorry the adjustment has been rough! It definitely gets easier over time. DH & I split duties - he does mornings and I do afternoons, but this is our rough setup:
- Wake - DH & I between 6-6:30am, DS between 6:30-7
- I leave at 7:15, get to work around 8 (depending on traffic)
- DH does drop-off/nanny handoff (we have a nanny share that rotates btwn our house & the other family's a few blocks away) around 8:15am, gets to work between 8:30-9am
- I leave work around 4-4:15, get home for handoff/pick-up a little before 5pm
- DH usually gets home between 6-6:15pmThe key for me is being able to work earlier hours so I can miss the truly heinous traffic and my commute isn't any longer than necessary. Having staggered schedules so we can split drop-off/pick-up duties is also key. DH is the "morning czar" and does essentially all of the baby care in the morning (while I was still nursing I did that and that only) and I'm the "evening czar" for the most part.
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When I was nursing a newborn I woke up at 4:00 in order to leave the house at 6:00-6:15 to try and get to work by 7:30. Now that he's over a year I get up at 5:00 to leave by 6:30 and get to work at 8:00. Trying to get to work by 7:30 meant there was less traffic but it was killing me . It does get better as they get older! I give him a cup of milk or water in the car and they feed them breakfast at day care, which saves me about an hour compared to nursing a baby.
Does it get easier? Will I adjust to the early wake ups?
I'm sorry it's rough. I have been there.
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