Which 3 days of the week would you work ?

I also do 3 days a week, and have to work Mondays (childcare issue) but working Monday completely screws my holiday allowance due to the vacation adjustment, so I go with the other posters and say avoid Monday if possible.
I like working Fridays, it's quieter, and a lot of people are on a bit of a go-slow, so they send fewer mails and make fewer calls, so I get LOADS done.

Depends on the job. For my job 3 consecutive days would be easier so I wasn't playing catch up twice from the two missed days but others that wouldn't matter.

Ibe done various digfeeent options. My favourite was MWF. Most people except a response to emails within 48hrs, so with those days I never needed to check on my off days. Likewise decisions never needed to wait long, so nobody felt inconvenienced by having to wait much for me.

I also found that always made home a break from work and work a break from home. Kids being ill for 2 days only meant finding one day of childcare or missing one day of work. I was breastfeeding too, and had no issues keeping that up.

Downside is obviously you can't travel for long weekends etc.

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

Tuesday- Fri or Wed - Fri

Against the general grain here, but I work 3 days a week and have one day off in the middle of the week and a Friday off. Absolutely love my mid week day off for a few reasons.

It breaks up the week for the children - pre-school and childminder.

Give me a break from doing the pack ups / manic getting out the house in the morning on time etc

The night before my midweek day off is an amore chilled bedtime because I'm not stressing about getting them asleep by a certain time.

Spreads out the time I have with them, and like you means I don't have a gigantic chunk of time together -
It makes it feel more enjoyable to me to have this time with them.

If I was you I would work M/W/Th or T/W/F . Either way you get 3 days off together and you get a break in the week which breaks it up.

They get VERY tired and grumpy after the second day in a row childcare so I think a day off for them is nice.

100%

This!

What's the big deal about having the children?

I would do Weds, Thurs and Friday.

From someone who's worked with children for decades, if they're in a childcare setting I'd pick 3 days in a row for continuity for them.

Another one that would do TWT

I do Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and think it works really well!

Dont work mondays, you'll lose half your bank holidays to annual leave.

I would say tues/wed/thurs if you can

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, no question! Bank holidays and insets usually Monday and Friday and often throw a spanner in the works! I understand yours are under 3 but soon they won’t be. Good luck!

If the school your kids will attend has a lot of Monday holidays I'd avoid that day. It is hard enough covering all the school holidays but if you work on a Monday it is even harder as Mondays are often tagged on to other holidays as in service days.

Tues-Thurs definitely, it's what I do.

I think Tue, Wed, Thurs would be the nicest as an adult.

But I found that Mon, Wed, Fri worked best for my dc when they were little so they weren't in childcare multiple days in a row.

Mon, Tues, Weds. That way you get to appreciate bank holiday Mondays.

I've done both M/Tu/W and W/Th/F.

Much prefer to finish up for the week on Wednesday.

I also have 3 DC (they aren't all under 3 though 😳)

Are you saying you don't want the 4 days in a row off?

I'm currently on mat leave but prior to that and when I return I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I'd rather not work Monday but my wife does condensed hours and her employer would only offer Monday off, it means we only need 2 days a week nursery/wrap around care so it's fine. If I had free choice I'd do Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Tues/Weds, Friday

Most offices more chill on a Friday so will never be truly terrible

You avoid the Monday rush in and have a day free then to gather your wits, and then Thursday as day for appointments and sanity on Thursday.
Most part time workers do TWAT so I find Thursday is the new Friday.

I did Tues, Weds and Thurs and I think it's definitely the best option. Especially if you get pro rata bank holidays added to your leave allowance as I did.

I recently increased to 4 days and chose to work a Friday, still keeping the Monday off!

I also like the fact that I'm at home on Mondays and Tuesdays to help them with their homework (they're still quite young) so am only relying on others overseeing homework's (family member or afterschools club) on Wednesday and Thursday, and of course there's no homework on Fridays anyways.

I do Mon/Weds/Thurs and really like it- you’re never gone for too long so stuff doesn’t pile off and it breaks up the week nicely. Tues/Weds/Fri would give the same sort of vibe and work a bit better for bank holidays too

I work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There are so many bank holiday Mondays that I don't want to lose lots of annual leave for them (I have always phrased in a positive way to employers to not be losing a third of my working week).