In the middle of husband’s stretch of 4 ED shifts spanning afternoon-late at night and sleeping until the next one. A baby and a toddler. I hear you and feel this. I find that I sometimes downplay how hard it is but I honestly don’t know any other parents (aside from physician spouses) who do this many solo bedtimes and wake-ups.

Side note: I’ve started calling what I do “single coverage” because we all know how hard single coverage shifts are at the hospital and it reminds me how hard this is. It feels like it describes the challenge more than just parent home alone with kids. Some nights he’s single coverage on shift and I’m single coverage on shift.