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February 2012 Moms
DCchic610
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Anyone else's DH slacking???
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I finally cleaned up our spare bedroom that will be the baby room. What's left in there is now are the matresses from the bed that used to be in there (which need to be thrown out b/c they are old) and an old armchair that our dog chewed up. In addition to that mess, our living room looks like a mess because we have our old couch that STILL hasn't been thrown out (it's been sitting there for a month now I think since we got a new couch) yet, plus the nursery furniture (crib, changer, dresser) has arrived so we have that big box also in the messy/crowded living room.....and DH is just letting this all sit there not moving a finger. I don't know how many times I can nag him but its driving me crazy!!!! I don't any other approach I can take with him (besides the lashing out and getting an attitude approach). Needed to vent that out!
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Re: Anyone else's DH slacking???
Ugh I'm sorry. I can't get mine to read the stupid Daddy book I bought him. He's all bent out of shape that I bought him an actual book and didn't get it for his Kindle. It isn't available in the Kindle.
I could kill him for not reading that damm thing!
I'd cry, when the nagging doesn't work crying does. Good luck!
Um...do we have the same house?! My DH just finished painting LO's room, thank GOD!! b/c our living room (which is quite small) has a futon box, a changing table in a box, a stroller in a box, an infant carseat in a box, a glider and ottomen in a box, and a ton of Christmas presents in shopping bags...most of this can be set up in the nursery as soon as it's done. The floor is still covered in paint supplies / carpet protection, so nothing can be moved in yet.
I feel your pain.
Hmm, I bet you could make this fun. Why not stack a bunch of stuff that needs throwing away in the kitchen so you (or him) can't access it to cook dinner? And then crowd the TV with boxes so that if he wants to watch, he'll have to move them (and while he's moving them, he might as well put them in the baby's room!). Computer in the way of progress? Bury behind other stuff and tell him you lost under a pile of junk while cleaning.
I've had to use this strategy before and it work wonders ^.^
Oh yeah. But he works six days a week so I'm trying to give him a break.
He has piles of things in our bedroom and our living room that are slowly growing out of control. He keeps saying he's gonna check my oil and do something else to my car, but he never does. He has not read the birth partner book I bought him.
Breathe in.... and out....
Okay I feel better, thanks.
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THIS!!!!!!!!! I even got the book for FREE..it's collected dust. Sigh.....
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This is definitely my situation, too. Hubby has been working 7 days a week the last few weeks, and not just part days, but full days! His regular job keeps him busy for at least 10 hours a day, and our cleaning company keeps him going for at least six hours on the days he's not working his regular job. So, trying to get him to help with anything around the house is next to impossible, and when I do manage to get him helping, I feel so guilty about cutting into his relaxation time! I'm not so concerned about the baby's room yet, but we have lots of other things that need to get sorted out by the end of the month, and the time to do those things is slipping away... I've tried the "bury" method, and the "hide the cords and controllers for electronics" method... the crying method, the yelling method... even the, "lets be reasonable adults and get this done" method. Nothing seems to work for me!
Yep. DH and I were joking around talking to his cousin the other night and he mentioned I'm like his boss constantly nagging him and giving him deadlines lately. I told him if I were his boss, I'd have fired him a long time ago.
He did great with DD's room and the whole thing (wiring electric, new flooring, wainscoting, painting, custom closet) was finished at 28 weeks. This time around, the room has been painted, and that's it. He needs to do electric, flooring, wainscoting, trim, a closet and finish refinishing the furniture we bought for the nursery. He's banking on the fact that this LO will sleep in our room for a couple of months like DD did, but I keep trying to explain that I need the room finished before I can bring up any clothes or baby items. grrrrrr!
You know what? This was actually the next idea I had in mind....I think that one might actually do the trick! (cue the evil laugh)
My SO didn't even offer to start doing anything in the room until I got in there and started "messing" with his stuff and then he finally got off his rear end and did something. He didn't finish and left a few things in there, so this weekend we my sister and I painted the room everything went in a box and to the storage closet on the porch and the furniture that was in there (which was going in the trash anyway) got set on the porch so he'd have to do something with it. Now the only things he has to do are replace the flooring and build a wall....yeah, I'm pretty sure hell is going to freeze over before these 2 things get done! I've really quit stressing it. I know that Ian can come without there being a wall built to make his room a separate area, and the floor-well I'd really like for it to be done but know that life will go on if it's not. I think it will SO last minute that oh crap there's a baby coming and he might get it done but like I said, it's not the end of the world if these 2 things don't get done. I have painted, which I wanted done before my shower so that I don't keep piling stuff in the room and have to move it all to paint, so I'm glad that's accomplished. Now, all I have to do is wash stuff, find a dresser, and finish with deocrations - which can't be done until after my shower because my mom and sisters are using the paintings they've made as part of the shower decorations.