Where to begin?
 
 I work full time, was working 2 jobs, but now only one... however my wife now works 2 jobs.
We have a 19 month old son, that i take care of mon-fri. 4:30 p.m. till bed time.
 
I also need to wake up, and get him ready for and take him to daycare mon-fri. at 6:30 in the morning, then i head to work.
 
The weekends are mostly shopping, cause the wife feels like she is trapped if she has to stay home at all.
Wake up, shower, get ready, get my son ready, leave between 10-11 am, return about 4-5 p.m.  Cook dinner, eat, clean up, get son ready for bed, get myself cleaned up and ready for bed.
This goes on every week the same way.
Trying to find time for anything else is difficult, However i never mind taking care of my son, he is my #1 priority, and will do whatever it takes to care for him.
 
I have some of the newer games, Destiny2.. installed, Level 1.  Battlefront 2.. installed, havent played., Grand Tourismo sport (ps4).. raced arcade, 2 laps.
That is the extent of my gaming the last month.
 
So help me my brothers.. how to make time for gaming?

Children --> the Toughest Job you'll ever Love   I do really love it though.. but started late.
Besides marriage.
 
Well i may have figured out what i can do... thin king about it, i completely forgot about Nvidia Shield.  
I mean i have a pretty good pc, Always thought.. i have that, no need to ever have a Shield.
 
I do get about 5 hours every other weekend, give or take a week or 2 for Magic the Gathering,  Been collecting and playing since its release.
Probably have one of the biggest personal collections in the state.
So there is that.
 
It is also true the older he gets the less supervision he needs, but he is a papa's boy.. he needs me around every time something is not right for him.
My wife also has a hard time taking control of him.. and when he gets fussy, she doesnt handle it well.
Its not like she hits him or anything, she is to caring for that.. but you can see she becomes frustrated by him not really being able to understand some things.
 
My wifes downtime is not really down time, its her naps everyday between her 2 jobs.  6am - 2:30pm she works m-f. then naps about 5:30pm to 8:30pm m-f, and works m-f 8:30pm -12midnight.
I see why she wants to get out of the house on the weekends, but leaves me little to no time to take care of projects, or duties around the house... that in turn leads to no gaming.
 
Maybe im thinking too much about myself.. but have been an avid gamer since Atari 2600.
PC gaming since AMD K6 266. Grim Fandango... cant even imagine pc gaming on that kind of cpu anymore.

All I can say is.... hot high school chick baby sitter.

Slimshiesty

wmmills
All I can say is.... hot high school chick baby sitter.

Dont think that would go over well with the wife... but its worth a shot.. if i actually had money to pay for one.
Daycare is hella expensive... $1000 a month. 
Also, since he started Daycare Nov. 8th. He has been sick 5 times, been to ER 3 times... He is finally getting better now. Poor little guy.

Lol, yeah, it never does but the way around that is to let her think shes picking and approving them. :P  Yes, kids and germs kinda go hand in hand, unfortunately.

XrayMan
 
Simple. Just play when you have some spare time. Gaming is not the most important thing.

You are correct, thats why i think im going to get a Nvidia Shield, So i can watch my son in the living room, and play a little pc games too.

MSim
You need some nice grandparents that are willing to help out a few hours a week. 
 
$1000 a month for daycare is expensive.

We had my wifes parent here for a while.. that helped me to start my business, but they went back to China, and wont be back till spring.
When they get back, i will have some time... mother in law watched him all the time for us.
That would save us some money too.  get me some new puter parts.
 
Outside of them, my mom will watch him sometimes, but dont like to ask her, as she is taking care of my 2 teen nephews full time while theyre father is away.
 
I dont have any relatives in the state besides my mom. Dad passed in June.

yeah yeah yeah

no way, you either quit your job or quit gaming. 

Buy a DS and lots of games and be homeless with your charger and just beg for food? :)