QUOTE(liwern @ Apr 28 2024, 06:11 AM)
I'm not comparing the kids when they go to school. Those are the times when life is easier compared to newborn.
I'm comparing newborn.
When your kids were babies what was your schedule like?
0-3years old - would send my baby(s) to my mom in the morning before work, finish work have dinner at mom's house and bring baby home, wife takes care of baby while i clean the house, do chores until bedtime, wake up 2-3 times every night to make milk for the baby. At the time my daughter was born, we had to bring in a maid just to help around, she follows wherever the babies went
4-6 - send kids to kindy, mom fetches them in the afternoon, finish work have dinner at mom's house and bring the kids home, playtime watch TV while we take turns doing chores until bedtime, wake up once a night to make milk for the younger one sometimes both
7-12 - send kids to school, they go to daycare tuition after school and i fetch them from there after work, go back to mom's for dinner and go home to clean up, check homework etc, playtime before bed. No longer need to wake up to make milk but due to 6 years of doing that, i've gotten used to sleeping very late, i'd wait for the wife to get home and i go out to workout until 1am
13-now - I have much free time after work now, arranged transporter to take my kids to and fro school, i'd go buy some food for dinner, go home and hit the gym for some training before dinner, after that, do some chores or go out to socialize for business networks or job opportunities for 2 hours and go home before 11pm to sleep