Far out - I can't believe you can't get a spot!

I'm in the same boat re family - my folks are in the UK, DP's dad is in a nursing home and his mum died before DD1 was born. DP's a shiftworker so the silly thing is that even if I returned to work full-time, we wouldn't need full-time hours as sometimes he's home during the day but his hours and days are so varied that we'd have to book five days childcare anyway because he's never home between 9-5pm which is when I'd be working. Custody arrangements are going to be a nightmare. He works alternate earlies and lates. Early shifts could mean starting anywhere between 4am and 7am (so generally couldn't have them overnight because he'd need to leave before childcare opened). Late shifts mean he's not home till at least 8pm which is too late to be taking them over to him for dinner/bath/bed.

Anyhow, we're going to talk on Monday. I'm not sure he's even thought how custody will work around his shifts.