Official stay-at-home dad
Grandpa M giving SFDad a break
It’s official! As of two weeks ago, SFDad officially became a “real” stay-at-home dad. I write “real” not because SFDad wasn’t a real dad previously, but rather, because SFMom went back to her old work on the 17th. While we had been sharing child-care duties until that point, there is certainly a big difference between 50% childcare and 100% childcare during daytime hours! Nonetheless, D had sufficient quantities of diapers, burps and feeding sessions under his belt to feel quite at home.
We got a bit of a reprieve during the first week when Grandpa and Grandma M showed up for two weekdays to hang out and babysit the little one. For the second week, SFDad flew completely solo! Aside from a little bit of fussiness, both he and SFBaby have been having a good time.
The next big item up on the “daddy daycare” agenda is establishing a more structured daytime nap schedule for the teeny baby. We had been letting SFBaby set her own sleep patterns and go to bed whenever she wanted, but it seemed like setting a constant bedtime would be a good idea. She currently only naps for a cumulative total of 1-1/2 hours during the day (versus a supposed average of 4-5 hours for her age group), although she usually pulls off 10-12 hour power sleeps at night. The latter makes mommy and daddy happy enough that they are not going to complain at all about the lack of longer daytime naps!
We are starting to get her into bed at a decent hour now, and we’re hoping that this doesn’t mess with our glorious through-the-night sleeps!
Tags: baby, naps, San Francisco, sleep schedule, stay at home dad
woohoo! yes there’s a HUGE difference between full time and half time!! Unfortunately, katie decided that all-night sleeping is overrated…:-(. At least she goes right back to sleep..but I’m hoping it’s the heat!
Howdy S.A. H. D. Glad you are liking the long night sleep throughs and the shorter day sleeps. Anyway, we did or Grandma M. sent a reply about coming in there for Friday. Grandma M. will phone sometime this week or maybe tonight to firm up plans details etc. Take that to also mean that you and M could have some similar type relief like you recently had. More about that later grandpa M.