DP spending time with baby

[JollySergeantJackrum]

I'd appreciate it if you could let me know how much time your DP gets to spend with your baby each day he's working, and how old your baby is. It'd be good if you could say what time bedtime is too.

E.g. how much non-sleep time your DP is home for.

Thank you.

[blowthewindsoutherly]

Roughly half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening - DD2, 13 months.

When DD1 was born we lived on the doorstep of DH's work and he had a less demanding job. He used to have an hour before work, an hour after and come home for an hour at lunch!

Honestly, I don't think it's affected their feelings for him/bonding - they both adore him.

[Yama]

Baby is 11 months.

Dh oversees ds eating his dinner (blw), then plays with both dc. Dh baths ds and puts him to bed for 7.30pm before putting dd (5) to bed.

Weekends we all spend together. Dh and I each get a lie-in until about 9.30.

[Yama]

Ah, I see you have posted again.

At that age, my dh would put ds in a sling when he got home from work. I would say that this really created a strong bond between them. He has always done the bath routine. He took over bedtime routine when I stopped feeding to sleep.

[chirpchirp]

DS is nearly 9 months. DH sees him for about 1/2 an hour in the morning (before he has to concentrate on getting ready for work and out the door). He gets home at 6.30pm and takes over straight away usually has about an hour to play/bath/bottle/bedtime story. He would love to spend more time with him during the week but by 7.30 DS gets ridicously grumpy and cries for his bed.
Then at weekends it's completely split between the two of us. He gets a lie-in on Saturday and I get one on Sunday.

[Paschaelina]

My DH feels the same JollySargeantJackrum (good name). He texts us during the day and weekends, especially Sundays are family time. We tend to protect Sunday unless there is something big going on. DH always does bedtime, it gives him another 20 minutes or so.