Daddy boot camp?

agilber3

Any of you put your husbands/SO's through a "day in the life"?? Yesterday my husband told me I should talk to my dr about PPD because I'm "tired all the time." It's been 5 weeks and I had a 12 hour labor and this is our first baby! I so badly want to leave baby with him all day and show him why I go crazy if baby hasn't napped or why I'm so "tired". I think pinching clothespins on his nipples every 2 hours will get the point across of how physical breastfeeding is lol! Sorry to rant but how can I make husband more empathetic?? He is wonderful and we have an awesome relationship, just hard to transition to these new roles sometimes.

agilber3

Also the fact that I can't sleep more than 6 hours without my boobs being rock hard.

bethanylga

Completely get this. I thought I had a stressful job before I had LO - now I would give anything to switch roles with DH for a week and get back to work! He is "tired" as he goes to bed around 11pm, up at 7am and is away from the house from about 8:30am - 8pm. I go to bed later (have to pump before sleep), get up if LO cries during the night, have to pump during the night and am up in the morning at the same time as him. He doesn't understand why I don't sleep when baby sleeps, and keeps asking what I've watched on Netflix...like all I do is sit around watching TV! I've tried so many times to explain it and he just doesn't understand....so frustrating! Any tips you have would be appreciated!

quirkyEM

My hubby worked from home one day and it was a day when LO was pretty fussy, and he saw how little I got done and how little she was napping. Since then He doesnt make any comments about what I do all day or how nice it would be to be a stay-at-home dad.

He does comment on how tired he is often though and I just roll my eyes. He hasn't been up at night with LO once!

MrsWhiteToBe

My DH scolded me once for "yelling" at the baby, because I hadn't slept in 19 hours and had hardly got a chance to eat because she was screaming all day and I could figure out what was wrong. I didn't even yell at her I just started crying and asking "What do you want?" He took her and said I was making her feel unloved. Well a few days later he had the day off and let me sleep all day (for like 6 full hours) and when I woke up he was losing his mind and was doing the same thing he scolded me for doing! I got to have my "I told you so!" Moment and he hasn't criticized me since.