Daddy duties whilst working full time
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My OH works full time, but does 3 days at home and 2 in the office. On the days he works from home, he has our LG in the morning ,during his lunch and the bathtime in the evenings. On the days he works in the office, I get 2hours before the bedtime routine to go for a walk, or do what I need to do to unwind.
My partner works from home most days and his job isn’t particularly stressful atm. He helps 50/50 mostly when he’s off work and he has the baby from 10pm when I go to bed and he brings him up around 1 - 1:30am, then he goes and sleeps in the spare room and is up at 8 ish for work. I do the 3am and 6am night feeds (exclusively pumping) and then obvs I have to get up with baby 🙁
My fiancé tends to come home and sterilise anything that needs sterilising and then takes baby and toddler while I cook dinner. We then bath toddler together as a family and put him to bed, though sometimes I miss this to feed and settle baby. Once baby wakes up for final feed, he changes her and puts her in pyjamas then gives her a bottle of expressed milk as her final feed! I don’t disturb him during the night and he only steps in if baby is struggling to go back down. This is our routine every evening and obviously during the day I’m alone with both kids from waking up till 5.30pm. Weekends he is SO hands on and it’s 100% 50/50 💕
Mine started teaching in September so is shattered when he gets home too. He shares parenting when he gets home at 6pm-8pm, basically gets our 3 year old bathed and in bed and I take care of the baby. I do nights myself, bf, but he gives baby a bottle at around 6:30pm after dinner. Weekends totally shared and he asks me if he wants to do something that means I'll be left with both children myself. It is hard for him to know what to do with the baby and this is our second 😂 During the week 3 year old is at nursery full-time so I just have the baby.
My husband works 3 days at home and 2 in the office. On the days he works at home he will get up with her around 6/7, feed her and then start work for 9. If work isn’t busy he usually takes her for a walk at lunch time and then helps me in the evenings. If he’s working in the office I will do the morning feed. He always does the evening feed around 10-11pm settles her and brings her up and I do the feeds throughout the night. My husband still plays football on a Saturday so will help with her in the morning and evening but will be out pretty much all day. Sunday he helps all day! Everyone is different, but you also need to remember that yes he is tired from work but you’re also tired from being constantly needed by your baby 24/7 and he needs bonding time too!
My partner works 15 hour shifts a few days a week, 8am - 11pm. If our baby is not settled when he gets home, he will take him and get him to sleep so I can lie down and sleep, i do night feeds because breastfeeding. Any day he's off, we look after the baby and 20 month old pretty equally
My OH works full time and then is so hands on as soon as he gets home. I would say we do 50/50 duties when he’s home as looking after kids is a full time job too! I do all the night feeds as I breastfeed but apart from that it’s equal