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    Default Moms of small children, talk to me...

    I've got a 20 month old. I stay home with her and am the typical housewife (although unmarried and aspiring to be a stripper LOL). I do a lot of housework, cooking, breastfeeding... all that shit.

    What I want to talk about is, how do you keep it all balanced?

    My plan is when I start working to work every other night and 3 nights a week to start off. I'd like to go in late, but am worried about getting enough sleep. She usually wakes up between 7:30 and 8:00. My boyfriend would be watching her at night and he works during the day. She's very attached so in the short term we weren't planning on other daycare/babysitter.

    Can it all be done, fellow mamas?

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    Default Re: Moms of small children, talk to me...

    I'm in a similar situation, my son is 2 and I work 4 nights a week. Does your boyfriend work on the weekend? If not, a Friday/Saturday/Sunday combo could work. He would be home so you could sleep in some, and you would still have the week to go back to "normal" life and spend time with your daughter and your home.

    If you want to work every other night, it can be done. You will be tired! But nap when your daughter naps and do lazy day activities during the morning, and you'll be okay. Just go to sleep early on the nights you don't work. But you won't be able to do it ALL, you will need more help with housework! It's like any other job, and it can drain you. Goodluck!

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    You can do it!

    I have two boys, 4 and 3. I am up at eight with them every morning, I cook and clean and all that crap plus Im a full time student. I typically work three night a week as well, Monday Wednesday, Friday and sometimes Sunday.

    I like working every other day because I can catch up on sleep and stuff on my day off.

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    Thanks ladies!! My boyfriend is off on the weekends so he'd be here to help out, if I didn't Friday, Sat, Sun. I'd hate to give up my whole weekend like that though.

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    Ha! Balance? Whats that!
    I did it, though it drained me. I put her in daycare asap, and slept all day..otherwise Id be too worn. This was after she was older though..... in the beginning when she was a lil baby, i just made it thru my days somehow! lol

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    Daycare is a wonderful thing!!! I didnt want to do it at first, but she really enjoys going there and interacting with other babies, and I dont feel guilty for not being able to be fully attentive to her those early mornings when she gets up after a late night of work. I only work every other weekend or so, when my fiance/her dad is off, so he keeps watches her so I can sleep in. If I do work during the week, and he has to work, we bring her to daycare.

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    When I danced full-time and my hubby was home, he would watch her at night and when she woke up in the morning, I took her to daycare and resumed my sleep. Sometimes, he would take her to daycare for me! So sweet... It was only part-day daycare, so we saved money on that, and I would go to the gym if I got up early enough while she was at the daycare, or I would take her to the daycare at the gym, or put her in front of Dora for an hour while I did a work-out video.

    Now, I have some friends who will watch her at night and give her breakfast on the days I work, and I will pick her up when I wake up. The husband is a SAHD, and they have a little son, so it works out nicely.

    Good luck balancing!
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