October 2012 Moms

Division of labor

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Re: Division of labor

  • There isn't really a division. Dh works 10-12 hours 6 days a week his only job in the house is to take out the recycling when it comes to house work. When it comes to DS he takes care of him once he is home ad loves doing it.

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    DH - Makes the bacon, takes out the trash.

    Me - Everything else.

    Not complaining though! I get to stay

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  • We both work, he drops off the kids, I pick them up.  He does breakfast, I make dinner.  He dresses one, I dress the other.  While one of us does the dishes and washes the bottles at night, the other feeds and walks the dog.  On the

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  • I'd say it's like 65/35, me.

    We both work out of the home full time. We both take turns dealing with her in the morning, and then I do give her a bath every night but bedtime bottle we each do every other night.

    We share most o
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  • Ours has been thrown off lately with DH's long commute.... he's gone 12 hrs a day during the week so I'm 100% baby duty, house duty, food.  On the weekend he does all the yard work and helps with the baby.  When he has his normal schedule back h
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  •  We split baby stuff pretty evenly when he's home. 

    I do the household stuff and he takes out the trash and does the lawn work.  I have to remind him to do these things, though, he won't on his own- he just is oblivious a

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    As far as household chores go, DH does the outside work (raking, mowing, etc.) and I do the inside work (cleaning, organizing, etc.).  DH will also vacuum once a weekend when he is home. I also pay our bills and schedule repair work on the house a

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  • Both of us work full time so its kind of split. We got in a huge fight after we first moved in together about household chores, so from that we sort of divided them up. I do the floors except the stairs, both vacuum and mop, dusting, the kitchen, and powd
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  • Since DH is still overseas and the new baby came after he left, I'm sure there will be some serious adjusting to who does what when he gets home.  I am a SAHM but I am not okay with doing ALL the housework ALL the time.  I already know he will c
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  • I was SAHW before, and now a SAHM.  So we do pretty much the same amt of house work now as before, except that now I do everything I used to do, plus take care of LO.

    having said that, DH helps out quite a bit.

    Me: all laundry, grocery

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  • I should also add, for like financial stuff we split it this way:

    DH does taxes, I do ALL of the landlord shizz with our stupid condo.  He pays house bills, I pay medical bills.   

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