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A real-talk guide for parents
The Solo Parent 5-to-8
A minute-by-minute plan for the hardest three hours of the day — with a newborn and a 5-year-old, when you're flying solo.
Buy now — $19.99For the parent who hasn't sat down since 4:55pm.
What's inside
- Why the 5pm–8pm window breaks parents (it's logistics, not values)
- The 5-to-8 framework — hour by hour
- The 5 PM hour — landing
- The 6 PM hour — dinner (with a newborn on you)
- The 7 PM hour — bath and bed (with two kids and one adult)
- When it falls apart — decision rules for the moments things go sideways
- 7 worked-out sample evening plans you can adapt
- The fillable nightly plan (printable)
- 90-second emergency kit (when one of them is melting down and you have ninety seconds to choose)
- Safety notes: bath, baby, leaving the room
Who this is for
Parents who are solo during the 5–8pm window with a newborn and a 4–6 year old. Your partner is at work late, traveling, deployed, shift-working, or no longer in the picture. The reasons don't matter for the next three hours. The plan does.
What you don't get
Career advice, marriage advice, or feelings advice. We have three hours to get through.
What you get
- Instant PDF download after purchase
- 42 pages
- 7 sample evening plans
- Fillable nightly plan template
- 7-day no-questions refund
Get Solo Parent 5-to-8 — $19.99
Educational guide. Not medical advice. 7-day no-questions refund.