We were lucky to have some flexibility to spread the load. My wife and I both dropped down to 4 days a week, and my Mother-in-law looks after our son one day a week, so he has a Dad day, a Mum day, a Nana day, and 2 daycare days.

To us it feels like the optimal setup, he gets some valuable one-on-one days with all the important people in his life, gets socialised at daycare, and no one gets too exhausted looking after him all the time. I absolutely love Dad days, I don’t think I could ever give them up now.