Schedules
See the week before you choose the pattern.
Compare the nights, handoffs, and repeating cycles behind familiar schedule names. Use the examples to picture how a rotation would fit your week.
Count the handoffs as well as the nights
Write out two complete cycles with actual dates. Check school, transport, work, and any exceptions. An equal total can hide very different stretches in each home. In CoFam, the selected starting date anchors the pattern: a Monday example will fall on different weekdays if you start it on Wednesday. Review the preview before saving.
Use the free planner to put a pattern on actual dates, count the overnights, and print a copy to discuss. No account needed.
Open the free schedule plannerFind a guide
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The 2-2-3 schedule
Two nights, two nights, then three. The parents swap those blocks the following week, so each has seven nights across a full two-week cycle.
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The 2-2-5-5 schedule (5-2-2-5)
The same two weekdays in each home, with alternating weekends. See how the two-night and five-night stretches make a full two-week cycle.
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The 3-4-4-3 schedule
This repeating pattern gives each parent one three-night block and one four-night block over two weeks.
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Alternating weeks
One week in each home, with the same handoff day every week. The rhythm is simple to describe; the practical details still need agreement.
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What a 50/50 schedule tells you
An equal overnight count is a total, not a complete plan. Several very different weekly rhythms can produce it.
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Every other weekend
The name tells you how weekends alternate. It does not tell you when they start, when they end, or what happens on school breaks.
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A schedule for a shared nest
When the children stay in one home, the care schedule still changes. Make the adult handoff as clear as a change between two addresses.
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