Snacks -- i worked permanent full time night shift for 8 months a while back - was a 6-11 shift i think. how much it sucks really depends on each individual. it didn't bother me so much because i'm a night owl. as long as i get one decent night a week, i can survive on maybe five hours sleep a night. i got into that sleep pattern at uni, and it seems to work ok for me. i guess it would be different having a toddler as well as a bubba - but if you could make a concerted effort to REST when Natty is in day care, it should be fine - esp if you're not working long night shifts kwim?
I have to say, I LOVE nightshift! My shifts (when I was doing them) were 9pm to 730am. I loved them because of the kind of work I do plus I'd get THE best sleep ever when I got home. XDH would watch DD and keep her relatively quiet if it was the weekend (not that I would have known otherwise because I'd seriously crash!). Weekdays DD went to creche. Initially I'd sleep from when I got home (about 830) to around 6pm but once I got into the swing of things, I'd actually come home and either go out for breakfast with XDH and DD or go for a run.
THe only down side for me was that I'd be too tired to drive home (seriously - nearly crashed one day) so I'd either have to catch public transport or XDH would drive me. And we only have venetians on our windows so sometimes it was too light to sleep (I invested in one of those eye masks though )
Hmm I gotta say I'd never do night shift again as a Mum, esp if you're doing it part time. It really knocks your body clock out and you never ever feel fully rested. Do your little ones still have a nap? Maybe you could grap a sleep then?
Otherwise, could you work weekends? Not great for your social life I know. Or ideally afternoons/evenings? Perhaps something in retail?
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