Then I need to ask for your thoughts. DS starts kindergarten next year. Right now I WOHM 3 days a week, have 3 days with the kids, and then 1 day to get things done while they are in daycare. Our schools have only half days on Fridays so I would pick DS up sometime between 12-1. I would like to have that afternoon for just "our" time without DD. On Monday, DD and I would get "our" time. But then there is no time "to get things done" and DS may end up in a school where I have to co-op. So I am thinking of decreasing to 2 days WOHM so I have one day with DS in school and DD in daycare.
Am I wrong in thinking that DS will want to spend time with me on Friday afternoon? Would he rather be at a friend's house? In general, when does the preference swing from parents to friends? Did you find that you needed more or less time when you had one child in school? I have gotten myself into trouble in the past by overextending myself so I am really trying to plan for being able to give less time to work and more time to my family for a couple of years. But, of course, I have no idea what the he#$ I am talking about because I have never been there!
I know I am trying to think about something that is going to happen a year from now and I am not sure where DS will go to school (looking at 3 public programs and 2 private schools). But there are some decisions that need to be about workflow at my job and now is the time to broach this subject.
I would appreciate your ideas, thoughts, stories of what worked for you, suggestions etc. Thanks!