I used to work 8 am - 1 pm and Mr. Babe worked 2-11 pm. Needless to say, we hardly ever fought! But it was the only way we could bring in two salaries and not have to pay for childcare. Then he worked the night shift for about 4 years, 11 pm-7 am. The advantage for that was you hardly ever had to make the bed! One of us was almost always in it! On his two days off, though, he would have to try and readjust to sleep at night, and then go back to sleeping during the day, and we had just had our youngest, who didn't sleep through the night until she was almost 8 months old and not having anyone around to share that with SUCKED. Plus, he had to work weekends and holidays, too. Not a fun time in our lives.