What's everyone's home/work/childcare situation like?

Comment below your childcare situation/work/home life balance. Do you have family nearby to help? Grandparents nearby? How do you make family life work?
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I work part time, husband works full time, my little one has started nursery 15 hours too. My family live far but hubby family is nearby

Both work from home. I work as and when I want and my fiancé works full-time. We're both at uni and starting our next year in October. Our son goes to nursery for 15hrs a week so far, but thinking of upping it as he seems to really enjoy himself. My family are 250miles away but my fiance's family are close. Our schedules work for us as my fiancé mainly works in the evenings and we'll be studying on the days our son is in nursery. As I work whenever I want, I can still spend as much time with my son as I like and my fiancé doesn't start his work until our son is in bed ☺️

Both work full time. Nursery 5 days a week 8-5:30 We share pick ups and drop offs. I wfh 2 days a week the rest we commute into London. No family nearby. We just make it work and have great routine. It’s exhausting but LO has always been a sleeper and a very content baby and toddler

I work 5 days in 4 mon-thurs Childminder on Monday and Tuesday - I drop, husband picks up Nursery Wednesday and Thursday - I drop and pick up When I work from the office on Wed and Thurs, Grandparents are on standby if we’re called to collect so I don’t need to leave work.

I work full time hours fit into 4.5 days and partner works full time. My little boy is at the childminders mon-thurs 7.30-5.30, I do drop offs and pick ups and then he is with his nan on Friday morning. I have Friday afternoon off with him and we have the weekend together as a family

I work part time (4 days ) my partner is full time, our LB is looked after my family twice a week, and goes to nursery twice a week x

I work part time, hubby works full time. Little one goes to child minder 4 times a week from 830-330 and I don’t work on a Tuesday so that’s me and little one day together. I don’t have any family and my husbands live 4 hours away so the only person we have is our child minder. She has her over night one night a month so we can have a date night but it’s ob chargeable so before we even go anywhere we are £70 out of pocket before we even think about going anywhere 🤷‍♀️ I do all drop off and pick up and if she is poorly then I can work from home but hubby can work away 1-2 nights a week also x

I don’t work as just had my youngest, partner works part time, 2 year old goes to nursery once a week 9-4 on funded hours but hoping to increase that to two times a week when he’s more settled and a space opens up. I plan on being a SAHM until both of mine have started school but we may have a 3rd child in which case I’d go back to work once they go to school. Family (grandparents, aunties, uncles) are all a 10 minute walk away and see us almost daily

I work 4 days a week, my husband is full time. Little girl is in nursery on the days I work. We used to have MIL on hand but she’s not 100% so doesn’t have her anymore. My parents are 2 hours away and all friends have their own families or are 2 hours away. I used to live in Wiltshire before moving to Devon so family aren’t close by. Husbands family are more local but either work full time or aren’t well enough to help. We’re a bit stuck 😞

I work part time 4 days in 3.5, husband works full time. LG goes to nursery the days I work and the rest is our mum and daughter time. Once a month my in-laws come to look after her Wednesday afternoon instead of doing nursery (cause we can save that money from nursery) but they are 1.5h away and a bit old.. so not much help. My family is all in Spain so yeah we don't have the support we would like.. hoping to use the babysitter a bit more often now that we have the 15h at nursery and can afford things a bit again😅

I work flexitime hybrid it’s an absolute nightmare but I do manage to squeeze in 40 hours Monday Wednesday Friday 5-7 8:30-16:30 8-9 Tuesday Thursday 5-7 11:30-1 8-9 I put in over incase of emergencies 🤣

Single parent, two and three year old, work full time, 3 year old goes four days a week, 2 year old goes three days a week. Grandparents watch them on the three days when either one is at home. Work 7-3 Mon— friday

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