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Those on maternity leave..

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Does your DH feel like you just stay at home eating bon-bons all day?
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  • disbride061103disbride061103 member
    I've been back to work for about 6 weeks now, but DH definitely did not think that I was eating bon bons all day.  He stayed home for 2 weeks after ds was born and for a while he only worked 4 days a week so he was home during the day quite a bit.  He knows how much work a newborn is and that my entire day was consumed with taking care of him.  Even to this day, he understands how hard I work (at home and at my job).  He still encourages me to nap if DS is asleep.
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  • margarita1365margarita1365 member
    No, and I'd have to throat punch him if he did.  He knows I'm really busy all day caring for J.
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  • megs042107megs042107
    nope. ?he sees that i'm able to iron shirts, get cleaning done, do the grocery shopping, etc.... most of which i used to do on the weekends. ?so now that he no longer has to do any of that, he knows i'm not eating bon bons all day. ?
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  • frecklygrrlfrecklygrrl

    Nope. I think he enjoys coming home and seeing that the house is clean and not having to worry about it. He also knows how busy I am with Jude because I am nursing and noone can really help with that. I feel like I am more productive now than before when I was home for two weeks before the baby came. All I wanted to do was lay around.

    Its nice being home.

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  • naburrnaburr
    I'm not sure my DH feels that way, but sometimes I think he does.  I am not like the posts above.  I don't know where you guys are finding the energy to iron shirts, clean the house and grocery shop--God bless you for it.  I feel like the only thing I'm able to do all day is feed DD, do the dishes from the night before and try to keep up with the constant laundry. 
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  • Liz342Liz342 member
    Sometimes.......I will catch him saying things like "well I still have to work all day and I'm tired"  but then I remind him of all I do around here and he always says that he knows I am busy too, just in a different way.  I think he is a bit jealous though, that I stay home all day and he has to go to work (even though I am just as busy, if not more so!!)
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  • marisahullmarisahull
    According to DH, I do nothing all day.  I really want to smack him!  When he gets home from work, he expects me to take care of both kids, he barely lifts a finger.  Boy is he in for a rude awakening once I go back to work!! 
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  • YouAreMyILoveYouYouAreMyILoveYou

    Heck no, and I think it's because he has been left alone with both girls for 2 days while I was in the hospital to have my gallbladder out last week.

    He knows that I work harder at home than he does at work -- he stayed home for 10 days after #2 was born and he said he couldn't wait to go back to work to get a break!!!

    Sorry your DH is acting like that.

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  • SolelleSolelle member
    No.  I nurse my DD and he knows how much time that consumes out of my day.  I pick up around the house when I can and I take my dd for walks outside, etc.  We split the chores in the house for the most part so neither one of us is really overwhelmed, but I definitely care for the LO more since I'm the only one who can feed her.  =P 
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