Child care arrangements -how on earth do people sort them ?

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I have a particular case in mind .

Amicable split with 6 year old child. Partner A works only at weekends ,B works Mon to Fri .
A has child Mon to Fri ,B has child every weekend .

B is self employed ,sometimes needs to work part weekend .Grandparents involved in some holiday and extra care at weekends .

Is this the norm ? If there is one ? How do people manage ?

Please don't rip my head off if I'm being incredibly naive here ,I realise how fortunate A and B are in being amicable ,both having incomes and there being 2 sets of grandparents .

People spend a lot of money!

It’s a nightmare. I had seven different childminders at one stage (two children in different schools with different times) and couldn’t find one person to cover it all.

I don’t get what you are asking? Do you mean how do people who work full time and don’t have parents to help with childcare manage? Paid childcare of course.

Sorry Anonis ,for being vague .

I was looking for examples of how parents in this ( working only weekends + weekly working) sorted things .

My own thoughts are paying for childcare .

I don't think that's the norm.

There are a lot of different arrangements. Most of my friends both work either full time or 4 days a week with weekends off and pay for private nursery/wraparound care. Usually staggering hours so taking turns to do pick ups and drop offs. But most of my friends are office workers/WFH at the moment.

I’m not sure that’s a norm situation but I’d say pay for childcare or hope they have family who can look after the child on the weekends B had to work on weekends.

My old childminder often did Saturday or Sunday care and also overnights / early or lates for parents who did shift work but I don’t know any others that do!

Also depends what work b has to do? If it’s just paperwork then a 6 yr old can amuse themselves for a few hours

Thanks so much to those replying .It really helps .B's job is practical ,tools and workshop involved .