child care w/ crazy hours?

[httamli]

For those of you with young children, what do you do for child care when your spouse isn't able to watch them? My husband's schedule is totally unpredictable and when I start working, my oldest will be in 1st grade, and my youngest will be in a part time preschool. Pretty much all the hospitals in the area work 7-7 shifts (which is where I'll probably start out in). I am still going through the prerequisit classes but am thinking into the future here, wondering if I need to rethink some things. How do you balance child care with such crazy hours?

[ItsTheDude]

How do you balance child care with such crazy hours?

family and friends.