The Alternating weeks (7-7) for 6 to 8-year-olds
How the Alternating weeks schedule runs for 6 to 8-year-olds: 2 changeovers every two weeks, a longest stretch of 7 nights and 183 and 182 nights a year.
Alternating weeks at a glance
- Nights a year
- Home A 183, Home B 182
- Changeovers every two weeks
- 2
- Changeovers a year
- 52
- Longest stretch at Home A
- 7 nights
- Longest stretch at Home B
- 7 nights
- School nights every two weeks (Sunday to Thursday)
- Home A 5, Home B 5 of 10
- Weekend nights every two weeks (Friday and Saturday)
- Home A 2, Home B 2 of 4
Handoffs with 6 to 8-year-olds
- Put school things, kit and homework on a list that travels with the child
- Time changeovers for after school or the weekend so nobody rushes a morning
- Keep the same bedtime routine in both homes
Everyday suggestions, not advice for a particular family.
The cycle
- Pattern
- A full week at each home, changing over on the same day every week.
- Usual split
- 50/50
In TaskFamily both homes see the same schedule, handoff reminders and a packing checklist that travels with the child, so the Alternating weeks pattern is easy to follow.
Free for one household. The Co-parent plan covers both homes for $19 a month - $9.50 each when two parents split it.
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Nights are worked out from the schedule's own cycle and the holiday date rules. This is general information, not legal advice: your parenting plan or court order decides. The guide text is drafted with AI from these numbers and checked automatically before it is published.