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Babies: 3 - 6 Months
anyone else have a HUSBAND that is barely home?
Works 2 jobs. gone from 8 a.m. till midnight....trying to make ends meet.
i feel like a single mom. it's really hard.
i wish i had that cookie cutter 9-5 routine husband down but i barely see mine and he barely sees the baby.
it tough and i feel like im the only one.
God Bless our sweet baby James.
Our son, born 11/22/09.
Unplanned, Emergency C-section
"Wearing his BING CROSBY clothes and crooning...buuuh buuh buuuh"
"Wearing his BING CROSBY clothes and crooning...buuuh buuh buuuh"
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Re: anyone else have a HUSBAND that is barely home?
You are not alone. My DH leaves the house at about 5am every day and gets home between 7:30 and 8:30. and he works most weekends. Sometimes Saturday only but usually at least 6 days a week if not 7. and yes it is VERY hard. I def feel like a single mom sometimes too
I'm right there too. DH leaves the house around 5am and gets home around 10:30pm. Not every single day, but about 3-4 days a week. Cora is in bed before he gets home almost every single day.
He only had one day off this week, but we really made it a family-centered day. Sometimes I feel so lonely and like a single parent, but I am so glad that he is willing to put in the extra time at work (even if it's not a choice) so that I can stay at home with our daughter.
this is me too!
Trust me, you're not alone. DH leaves for works anything over 12 hours a day (at one job, salary... tell me that doesn't suck). Lately he's been working between 6 to 7 days a week. And when he's home, he's sleeping because he works midnights. I won't dare wake him because he has Degenerative Disc Disease (his discs in his back are really messed up) and he doesn't get much sleep due to the pain. So he goes in the room and stays there in hopes of getting some form of sleep. Out of the 8 hours he's supposed to be sleeping, he may get 4.
He does what he can. But I'm overwhelmed and frustrated. The only time he gets to spend with LO is when I'm in classes. The last time we had any family time was in March (maybe?). Sucks.
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Me! I felt like I was the only one. My husband works 2 jobs, so 2 days a week he is gone from 730-8 or 9 and he works every Saturday. On Sundays he usually sleeps in or when he is up he just hangs around the house. During the week I do everything for the baby....can't remember the last time he gave a bath or feed the baby a bottle. I go back to work soon so I can only imagine how frustrated (on top of being so sad that I have to go back to work) I will be feeling then. I do get a lot of help from my mom and sister, but i feel like they are helping me raise my son, not my husband and it sucks.
Didn't mean to vent..lol. But you are definitely not alone!
This. My husband is in Iraq. He has seen our baby boy for a total of about 3 weeks since he was born. He hasn't been home for over a year and won't be for about 6 more months. Please, kiss your husbands and be grateful for what you have.
Your definitely not the only one. Mine works from 10-7 which sounds good on paper but over here there is something that is basically unpaid required overtime so I have never actually seen him get off work at 7.
He wakes up at 8 but is gone by 9 (whereas I am lucky if I can get my butt out of bed by 9), he usually comes home between 9-11. If he arrives home before 9 I think its really early.
I try to get my butt in bed by 11 but that only helps if DD actually decides she wants to go to sleep then. I spend perhaps an 20 mins a day with him as by the time he comes home I am trying to get munchkin off to bed and enjoying some me time in the bath while he watches the baby.
It is hard, the best thing I have done is make friends with other moms who are in the same boat, easy here as no one has a husband who works 9-5.