People with kids and full time jobs, what does your schedule looks like?

We only have daycare twice a week, and my partner and I both work full time. I’ve been working from 6–10 AM, spend the day with my son, and come back 4–8 PM, but I wonder if there’s a better way?

@rafa The past two years have been absolute chaos for us: FT daycare is simply not available (not enough people wanting to work in the field I suppose) but it'd be around $1.2k and we're not even living in the Bay Area anymore.

My wife ended up leaving her job and we're still struggling. It really is all improvised on a daily basis depending on mood of the kid, our energy levels, and possible sickness.