Do any shift workers have reccomendations for how to share workload of baby during the night?
Hi,
I'm returning to work this week as my paternity leave has come to an end. We're currently trying to work out the best way to make it fair in regards to looking after the baby during the night.
During my paternity we have taken in turns doing shifts which has worked well (I would do 21:00 - 03:00 and my partner would then do 03:00-21:00). This unfortunately won't work once I return to work as I do variable shifts (combination of earlies and lates which finish at around 23:00). I'm also on call one or two nights a week where I could be called out.
We are curious what other people in this situation have done. Did you do shifts like above? Did you just both take in turns waking up for baby?
I travel for work and can sometimes work long hours so am a bit concerned about the lack of sleep and my wife is also worried about it too.
Our baby is formula fed so not reliant on breastfeeding.
Any ideas would be welcomed!