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2-2-5-5 custody schedule a printable 2027 calendar

In a 2-2-5-5 each parent keeps the same two weeknights every week, and the weekends alternate as five-night stretches. It's 50/50 with steady weekdays, which makes school and work easier to plan.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Week 1	Home A	Home A	Home B	Home B	Home A	Home A	Home A
Week 2	Home A	Home A	Home B	Home B	Home B	Home B	Home B

7–7 nights in 14 4 changeovers longest away 5 nights

Home A 183 nights (50.1%) Home B 182 nights (49.9%) 105 changeovers in 2027

This schedule as a packet for both homes A month a page for each home with every changeover and holiday, the year's totals, and a calendar the children can read. One payment, no app or subscription. Make the packet

Year

2026 2027 2028

The schedule starts The first night of a stretch at Home A, as your plan counts it.

First nights at

Home A Home B

The two homes Plain nights, then boxed nights. Kept on this device only.

Holidays

New Year's Eve (the night of December 31) Easter weekend (Friday and Saturday nights, back Sunday evening) Mother's Day weekend (Friday and Saturday nights, back Sunday evening) Memorial Day weekend (Friday to Sunday night, back Monday evening) Father's Day weekend (Friday and Saturday nights, back Sunday evening) Fourth of July (the night of July 4) Labor Day weekend (Friday to Sunday night, back Monday evening) Halloween (the night of October 31) Thanksgiving (Wednesday to Saturday night) Christmas Eve (the night of December 24) Christmas Day (the night of December 25) The child's birthday (the night of the birthday)

The child's birthday Optional: for the birthday holiday.

Summer, breaks and trips

From the first night to the last. Holidays still win over them.

Week starts on

Sunday Monday

Your schedule and names stay on this device and print as you see them.

2027 Custody Calendar

2-2-5-5 schedule from Jan 4

Home A: plain · Home B: boxed · month: nights at each · notch: changeover · underlined: holiday or stretch

Home A 183 nights · Home B 182 nights

January

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1 : night at Home B	2 : night at Home B
3 : night at Home B	4 : night at Home A, changeover	5 : night at Home A	6 : night at Home B, changeover	7 : night at Home B	8 : night at Home A, changeover	9 : night at Home A
10 : night at Home A	11 : night at Home A	12 : night at Home A	13 : night at Home B, changeover	14 : night at Home B	15 : night at Home B	16 : night at Home B
17 : night at Home B	18 : night at Home A, changeover	19 : night at Home A	20 : night at Home B, changeover	21 : night at Home B	22 : night at Home A, changeover	23 : night at Home A
24 : night at Home A	25 : night at Home A	26 : night at Home A	27 : night at Home B, changeover	28 : night at Home B	29 : night at Home B	30 : night at Home B
31 : night at Home B

February

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Home A, changeover	2 : night at Home A	3 : night at Home B, changeover	4 : night at Home B	5 : night at Home A, changeover	6 : night at Home A
7 : night at Home A	8 : night at Home A	9 : night at Home A	10 : night at Home B, changeover	11 : night at Home B	12 : night at Home B	13 : night at Home B
14 : night at Home B	15 : night at Home A, changeover	16 : night at Home A	17 : night at Home B, changeover	18 : night at Home B	19 : night at Home A, changeover	20 : night at Home A
21 : night at Home A	22 : night at Home A	23 : night at Home A	24 : night at Home B, changeover	25 : night at Home B	26 : night at Home B	27 : night at Home B
28 : night at Home B

March

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Home A, changeover	2 : night at Home A	3 : night at Home B, changeover	4 : night at Home B	5 : night at Home A, changeover	6 : night at Home A
7 : night at Home A	8 : night at Home A	9 : night at Home A	10 : night at Home B, changeover	11 : night at Home B	12 : night at Home B	13 : night at Home B
14 : night at Home B	15 : night at Home A, changeover	16 : night at Home A	17 : night at Home B, changeover	18 : night at Home B	19 : night at Home A, changeover	20 : night at Home A
21 : night at Home A	22 : night at Home A	23 : night at Home A	24 : night at Home B, changeover	25 : night at Home B	26 : night at Home B, Easter weekend	27 : night at Home B, Easter weekend
28 : night at Home B	29 : night at Home A, changeover	30 : night at Home A	31 : night at Home B, changeover

April

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1 : night at Home B	2 : night at Home A, changeover	3 : night at Home A
4 : night at Home A	5 : night at Home A	6 : night at Home A	7 : night at Home B, changeover	8 : night at Home B	9 : night at Home B	10 : night at Home B
11 : night at Home B	12 : night at Home A, changeover	13 : night at Home A	14 : night at Home B, changeover	15 : night at Home B	16 : night at Home A, changeover	17 : night at Home A
18 : night at Home A	19 : night at Home A	20 : night at Home A	21 : night at Home B, changeover	22 : night at Home B	23 : night at Home B	24 : night at Home B
25 : night at Home B	26 : night at Home A, changeover	27 : night at Home A	28 : night at Home B, changeover	29 : night at Home B	30 : night at Home A, changeover

May

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
						1 : night at Home A
2 : night at Home A	3 : night at Home A	4 : night at Home A	5 : night at Home B, changeover	6 : night at Home B	7 : night at Home B	8 : night at Home B
9 : night at Home B	10 : night at Home A, changeover	11 : night at Home A	12 : night at Home B, changeover	13 : night at Home B	14 : night at Home A, changeover	15 : night at Home A
16 : night at Home A	17 : night at Home A	18 : night at Home A	19 : night at Home B, changeover	20 : night at Home B	21 : night at Home B	22 : night at Home B
23 : night at Home B	24 : night at Home A, changeover	25 : night at Home A	26 : night at Home B, changeover	27 : night at Home B	28 : night at Home A, changeover, Memorial Day weekend	29 : night at Home A, Memorial Day weekend
30 : night at Home A, Memorial Day weekend	31 : night at Home A

June

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
		1 : night at Home A	2 : night at Home B, changeover	3 : night at Home B	4 : night at Home B	5 : night at Home B
6 : night at Home B	7 : night at Home A, changeover	8 : night at Home A	9 : night at Home B, changeover	10 : night at Home B	11 : night at Home A, changeover	12 : night at Home A
13 : night at Home A	14 : night at Home A	15 : night at Home A	16 : night at Home B, changeover	17 : night at Home B	18 : night at Home B	19 : night at Home B
20 : night at Home B	21 : night at Home A, changeover	22 : night at Home A	23 : night at Home B, changeover	24 : night at Home B	25 : night at Home A, changeover	26 : night at Home A
27 : night at Home A	28 : night at Home A	29 : night at Home A	30 : night at Home B, changeover

July

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1 : night at Home B	2 : night at Home B	3 : night at Home B
4 : night at Home B, Fourth of July	5 : night at Home A, changeover	6 : night at Home A	7 : night at Home B, changeover	8 : night at Home B	9 : night at Home A, changeover	10 : night at Home A
11 : night at Home A	12 : night at Home A	13 : night at Home A	14 : night at Home B, changeover	15 : night at Home B	16 : night at Home B	17 : night at Home B
18 : night at Home B	19 : night at Home A, changeover	20 : night at Home A	21 : night at Home B, changeover	22 : night at Home B	23 : night at Home A, changeover	24 : night at Home A
25 : night at Home A	26 : night at Home A	27 : night at Home A	28 : night at Home B, changeover	29 : night at Home B	30 : night at Home B	31 : night at Home B

August

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1 : night at Home B	2 : night at Home A, changeover	3 : night at Home A	4 : night at Home B, changeover	5 : night at Home B	6 : night at Home A, changeover	7 : night at Home A
8 : night at Home A	9 : night at Home A	10 : night at Home A	11 : night at Home B, changeover	12 : night at Home B	13 : night at Home B	14 : night at Home B
15 : night at Home B	16 : night at Home A, changeover	17 : night at Home A	18 : night at Home B, changeover	19 : night at Home B	20 : night at Home A, changeover	21 : night at Home A
22 : night at Home A	23 : night at Home A	24 : night at Home A	25 : night at Home B, changeover	26 : night at Home B	27 : night at Home B	28 : night at Home B
29 : night at Home B	30 : night at Home A, changeover	31 : night at Home A

September

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1 : night at Home B, changeover	2 : night at Home B	3 : night at Home A, changeover, Labor Day weekend	4 : night at Home A, Labor Day weekend
5 : night at Home A, Labor Day weekend	6 : night at Home A	7 : night at Home A	8 : night at Home B, changeover	9 : night at Home B	10 : night at Home B	11 : night at Home B
12 : night at Home B	13 : night at Home A, changeover	14 : night at Home A	15 : night at Home B, changeover	16 : night at Home B	17 : night at Home A, changeover	18 : night at Home A
19 : night at Home A	20 : night at Home A	21 : night at Home A	22 : night at Home B, changeover	23 : night at Home B	24 : night at Home B	25 : night at Home B
26 : night at Home B	27 : night at Home A, changeover	28 : night at Home A	29 : night at Home B, changeover	30 : night at Home B

October

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1 : night at Home A, changeover	2 : night at Home A
3 : night at Home A	4 : night at Home A	5 : night at Home A	6 : night at Home B, changeover	7 : night at Home B	8 : night at Home B	9 : night at Home B
10 : night at Home B	11 : night at Home A, changeover	12 : night at Home A	13 : night at Home B, changeover	14 : night at Home B	15 : night at Home A, changeover	16 : night at Home A
17 : night at Home A	18 : night at Home A	19 : night at Home A	20 : night at Home B, changeover	21 : night at Home B	22 : night at Home B	23 : night at Home B
24 : night at Home B	25 : night at Home A, changeover	26 : night at Home A	27 : night at Home B, changeover	28 : night at Home B	29 : night at Home A, changeover	30 : night at Home A
31 : night at Home B, changeover, Halloween

November

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
	1 : night at Home A, changeover	2 : night at Home A	3 : night at Home B, changeover	4 : night at Home B	5 : night at Home B	6 : night at Home B
7 : night at Home B	8 : night at Home A, changeover	9 : night at Home A	10 : night at Home B, changeover	11 : night at Home B	12 : night at Home A, changeover	13 : night at Home A
14 : night at Home A	15 : night at Home A	16 : night at Home A	17 : night at Home B, changeover	18 : night at Home B	19 : night at Home B	20 : night at Home B
21 : night at Home B	22 : night at Home A, changeover	23 : night at Home A	24 : night at Home A, Thanksgiving	25 : night at Home A, Thanksgiving	26 : night at Home A, Thanksgiving	27 : night at Home A, Thanksgiving
28 : night at Home A	29 : night at Home A	30 : night at Home A

December

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1 : night at Home B, changeover	2 : night at Home B	3 : night at Home B	4 : night at Home B
5 : night at Home B	6 : night at Home A, changeover	7 : night at Home A	8 : night at Home B, changeover	9 : night at Home B	10 : night at Home A, changeover	11 : night at Home A
12 : night at Home A	13 : night at Home A	14 : night at Home A	15 : night at Home B, changeover	16 : night at Home B	17 : night at Home B	18 : night at Home B
19 : night at Home B	20 : night at Home A, changeover	21 : night at Home A	22 : night at Home B, changeover	23 : night at Home B	24 : night at Home B, Christmas Eve	25 : night at Home A, changeover, Christmas Day
26 : night at Home A	27 : night at Home A	28 : night at Home A	29 : night at Home B, changeover	30 : night at Home B	31 : night at Home A, changeover, New Year's Eve

Holidays and set stretches

Mar 26–27 Easter weekend: Home B
May 28–30 Memorial Day weekend: Home A
Jul 4 Fourth of July: Home B
Sep 3–5 Labor Day weekend: Home A
Oct 31 Halloween: Home B
Nov 24–27 Thanksgiving: Home A
Dec 24 Christmas Eve: Home B
Dec 25 Christmas Day: Home A
Dec 31 New Year's Eve: Home A

How the 2-2-5-5 works

Home A always has Monday and Tuesday nights, Home B always has Wednesday and Thursday. The weekend alternates: one week Home A keeps the children from Friday through Tuesday (five nights), the next Home B has them from Wednesday through Sunday (five nights). Each home has seven nights in fourteen.

That's four changeovers every two weeks, and the longest stretch at either home is five nights.

Who it suits

School-age children and parents who want fixed weekdays: each parent can commit to the same practice or late shift every week. Five nights is a long time for very young children to be away from a parent, which is where a 2-2-3 often comes first.

Pros and cons

For it: the same weeknights at the same home every week, so practices, lessons and work shifts can be planned; long weekends alternate; four changeovers a fortnight.

Against it: five nights is a long stretch away from a parent for young children; both homes need to be near school for the weekday nights.

Questions

Is it the same as 5-2-2-5?

Yes. 5-2-2-5 and 5-5-2-2 are names for the 2-2-5-5 counted from a different day. Start the calendar on the first night of a stretch as your plan counts it.

How do holidays work?

Holidays come first: set each one to alternate by odd and even years, to stay with one home, or to follow the schedule, and the calendar moves those nights. The holiday schedule page explains the usual rotation.

Can I add summer or a trip?

Add the stretches that differ from the regular schedule (summer weeks, a school break, a trip) with their dates and whose they are. They show underlined on the sheet and listed under it, and the nightly totals count them.

What prints?

Print it from the page and it prints exactly as you set it up, names included, on one Letter or A4 page. The PDFs are the example on this page. For a copy for each home and a month-by-month version with room to write, there's the packet.

2027 night by night

Home A has 183 nights (50.1%) and Home B 182 nights (49.9%), with 105 changeovers.

Month	Home A	Home B
January	14	17
February	14	14
March	16	15
April	15	15
May	17	14
June	15	15
July	14	17
August	16	15
September	14	16
October	16	15
November	18	12
December	14	17

Add it to your phone. Each home's nights as a calendar file, one event per stretch, for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Made on this device.

2-2-5-5 custody schedule, 2027: every night of the year at each home, on one printable page — The printed page, as the PDF prints it. Save to Pinterest

This applies a schedule as it's commonly written. It isn't legal advice: your court order or parenting plan controls, including its exact times, holidays and exceptions.

The 2027 calendar, a night to a day

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Holidays and set stretches

How the 2-2-5-5 works

Who it suits

Pros and cons

Questions

2027 night by night