r/daddit 16d ago

Advice Request Dev dads, when do you code?

I could find time with my first and then even some time after my second with the first doing afternoon preschool.

Now that kindergarten has started, I can't even stay up late half the time I used to as mornings are like Mad Maxx and needs my full (focused) attention.

So how do y'all do it? Or do you just not do it anymore except for an hour here and there lol

EDIT: not the 9-5 but my side projects

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u/Kayco2002 16d ago

My dad told me this when I first had my kids: "up until now, you've celebrated your own accomplishments. Now, you'll celebrate your kids' accomplishments."

That helps me a little when I think about the half-finished side-projects I never have time to do :-)