Opinions on this childcare set up?

[Hopskipjumping]

Starting a job soon after being a SAHM to 2&7 year old.

Thinking about summer holidays for the 7 year old (and other school holidays).

Do you think it is suitable that he stays at home for 2 days a week with OH who works from home?

He would spend the day playing in the garden with his friends on the street, playing PlayStation or watching films.

OH works in IT so he can bring laptop downstairs or go to his office upstairs for conference calls.

On the other days of the week DS will go to family.

My DH works from home, our kids are 11,9 and 6. I only work about 8 days in the summer holidays and use a mix of holiday club, relative and staying at home with DH (while he is working) to cover those days. Sometimes DH does have to tell them to shut up while he's on a call but otherwise it's fine.

2 days a week might be a bit much for all 6 weeks, more from a point of view of ds getting lonely, having no one to talk to etc, he's more likely to start bugging your dh which could get annoying.

From a DH working point of view at that age it should be fine, he's old enough to entertain himself/watch TV/get a drink/sandwich etc without any DH input.

Does your dh have fixed hours? If flexible I'd suggest starts early and has regular breaks to kick a football or chat over lunch, doing more after bed if necessary.

But you'll so i presume therell be a family holiday and you can each cover a couple of days to make it more manageable.

It really depends on whether your dp is self-employed or employed by someone else. It seems unfair to his employers if it is the latter as he won't get the same amount of work done, working from home does not mean doing childcare generally.

It also seems rather unfair on a 7yo to be alone all day. There is no way my 7yo would play all day without bothering their dad.

I would book a holiday club to cover the days myself.

Thanks. I think I'll reserve it for emergencies rather than the norm then.