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Back to work and nights: how do you guys handle the rotation?

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Tell me you get used to the fatigue!! At night, how do you manage when you've gone back to work? Do you leave the baby care entirely to your wife who is still on maternity leave or do you manage to do a rotation?

DaronDuDrac🇫🇷19/8/2026
marc78🇫🇷20/8/2026

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Last midnight bottle and then rotation on weekends.

Julien_P🇫🇷20/8/2026

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My wife would hand over our daughter at 6:30 PM when I got home, we'd eat at 7:30 PM, then she'd go to bed and I'd do the shift until midnight, then same thing again at 6 AM. Honestly, that period when you go back to work while she's on maternity leave sucks: you get hammered at work with the daily pressure, then you come home and your girl is a pressure cooker because she's been dealing with the kid's screaming all day, and you just have to shut your mouth and take over without flinching.

DaronDuDrac🇫🇷21/8/2026

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Basically that's it... though his day solo is tough. But it reassures me to know that it's 'classic'. And I imagine that with daycare and your wife going back to work, this period is behind you.

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