How many DH's stay home with the kids? - my own spin off

moped wrote: Just curious how many other dads stay home with the children - 2 or more - LOL

I am a wee bit obbssessive today - can you tell!

stella6979 replied: Ok, here's how it works with us. I work from 8:00am-4:30pm every weekday and DH works 10:00pm-6:00am but his days off vary. His Dad comes over once a week and my Mom comes over once a week to let DH get some sleep but for the most part, the poor guy only sleeps when Avery takes her daytime naps. He's a trooper!

TheOaf66 replied: well after Tanner goes off to school it will be that way

lovemy2 replied: My hubby averages two days a week home all alone with two kids - an almost 5 year old and a 5 month old....he does very well....the house doesn't fair well and well sometimes clothes are on backwards or don't match but when I get home everyone is happy, healthy and had a wonderful day!!!

jem0622 replied: My DH has stayed home since Gabe (our #2) was born. He is amazing. He is a big schedule fanatic, and does a super job! Don't ask him to keep house, but he takes great care of the kids!

moped replied:
Same with Tom - he really is a great dad!

DansMom replied: DH watches Daniel weekdays while I work full time. DH and Daniel participate in two playgroups: one is all moms, and the other group is non-moms. I call the second group "two cute nannies and a grannie" (the grannie is the same age as DH, and the two nannies are both named Megan---so funny). Anyway, DH has managed to surround himself with women while I'm away, hasn't he? Daniel goes to preschool three mornings a week---I drop him off, DH picks him up.

I can't say the arrangement is great, because the labor isn't equally divided. I'm on Mommy duty the moment I walk in the door and throughout the weekend. I also cook all the dinners, buy all the groceries, prepare and pay the bills, do the taxes, wash the dishes (by hand---no dishwasher). These things cut into the quality time I get with Daniel, so they don't always get done unless I include him (which is good for his education, but not always practical---I don't always have 2 spare hours to wash dishes!) I'm trying to do a garden this year too---I'm crazy. If we could switch and I were the one staying home, I'd still be the one doing everything else... oh, I forgot, this isn't a gripe session. Forgive me

moped replied: Oh yes I could gripe the same way but I have to remember that we don't have child care expenses and Jack is very happy to be with him

Cece00 replied: DH stays home with 3 kids 1 day a week while I work out of the house. He does an OK job. I wish he'd do more around the house, but the kids are alive, fed and happy when I get home

My3LilMonkeys replied: DH is home alone with the kids from the time they get up until 4pm while I'm at work - he works an evening shift.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: It's all me, baby. But, ya know, Scotty has gotten great about keeping the kids at night or on Sundays if I want to go out alone.

Tom will do a great job with both kids. I don't think you have a thing to worry about.

maestra replied: My dh stays with our two until 2pm, when his mom comes over. I get home between 4:30-5:30, depending on what I need to get done. My dh is the same as some of the others- he takes good care of the kids, and gets a little housework done. Sometimes I think he likes the tv a bit too much, but he keeps them happy and healthy.

boyohboyohboy replied: I keep the kids 99% of the time, but dh has had them at least 6 hours before and did great with them.. now I think the trick is to not mind the mess of house when you get home, or that they didnt eat as healthy as what you would have fed them, they might not be as clean as you left them, but they are happy and healthy...
they are not mom's they are dad's and they do things their own way...
sometimes i think i get myself in trouble because i expect him to be super mom, not dad..

Boo&BugsMom replied: Once I find a job at night Troy will be the stay at home daddy in the evenings while I am the stay at home mommy during the day. I'm hoping to find something M-TH so we can have half the week together as a whole family. He gets off of work fairly early though, which is nice. Sometimes by 3:30, other days by 4:30.