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His first day back to work and he already said it...

LaurenNewphLaurenNewph member
in September 2015 Moms
Last night I mentioned I was tired. My husband says " well I went to work, and went for a run, and grilled dinner, so I should be tired." Despite the fact he knew he was wrong mid sentence, I went off on him!
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  • Knottie00400192Knottie00400192 member
    Mine is the same, tells me that I'm supposed to be up all day tired and caring for baby since that's my job and is always complaining that he doesn't get enough rest when he sleeps well throughout the night. Smh I'm ready to attack him
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  • jwebbbber45678jwebbbber45678 member
    My poor husband cannot sleep through the crying and my baby always has at least one middle of the night meltdown that lasts 2-3 hours. Even though he has to wake up and work two different jobs the next day and take online classes, he wakes up to help with the baby every night. He's a champion and is probably actually more tired than I am because the baby does his sleeping in the morning and afternoon and I actually wake up feeling refreshed! It's amazing that so little sleep can be satisfying!
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  • jen83mnjen83mn member
    I asked my husband last night if he even hears the baby crying when he wakes up at 3 or 4 in the morning ... he said only sometimes, but not always. Baby is in the same room as us, lol. That being said, he doesn't have the best hearing and never heard my dog in the night when he started whining either. I have the mother's intuition with both.

    Thankfully he never complains about being tired (and the one time he did he learned not to do it again!). He was also home with me for 4 weeks though so he understands how much work it is to watch a newborn ... that helps! I let him sleep at night now that he's back to work but don't hesitate to wake him up on weekends if baby wakes up early and I want a little more sleep. Thankfully baby is sleeping 8-10 hours at night now (in 2-3 chunks), so I'm probably getting more sleep than my husband is now.
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  • mel0601mel0601 member
    Remember ladies.... All we do is sit on our butts all day cuddling a baby! Oh and we get a minimum of 9 hours un interupted blissful sleep each night too! ;)
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  • PregNancyClarkPregNancyClark member
    My husband knows better. He's even been bringing me milk or orange juice and breakfast in bed and letting me stay in bed when he gets the big kid ready for school. :)
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  • cmlsucmlsu member
    He texted me that he was leaving work asap, and I responded with I'm thinking if going to the grocery store... he took that to mean I was taking baby with me and he could go to the bar. I called an hour and a half later wondering how he got stuck at work and lost my mind when he said where he was... still fuming in separate rooms!
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  • LaurenNewphLaurenNewph member
    @cmlsu I would be beyond furious! I was hospitalized for a month before my son was born. One night he didn't show up to the hospital until late and when he did he was telling me all about this great new bar in our neighborhood that he checked out. He decided that since his fun times would be ending soon he would let loose. I was furious and jealous because my fun times ended and I never got to let loose!
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  • SemattiSematti member
    Tonight my husband said to me "well I don't get to nap during the day like you do"....I could have killed him. I stay up with baby all night so I don't get to sleep during the night like HE does. And I'm lucky if I get a quick nap in in the morning with my daughter. She's very clingy so most of the day I'm rocking her, walking laps around the house with her, taking her for walks outside, or just holding and bouncing her. We're both exhausted for different reasons so it should never be competitive!! X(
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  • v1wwov1wwo member
    My husband had his second day of work and he said around noon he hit the wall. That is because he feeds the kid at night while I pump. So I totally understand that. And offered to take one feeding out of the two.
    He called his mom today on FaceTime to show the little girl and mentioned that he was tierd. His mom said (and she knew I was in the room) that I should take one shift at night to which I replied, " he wanted a kid and you wanted a grandchild - I said I want to wait longer but I made your kid anyways." In short - no, she won't boss me around.
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  • LoveLee85LoveLee85 member
    My husband came home from work, showered, played on his iPhone, lazed around for an hour or more...then said he might go to bed extra early because he is just beyond exhausted. Oh dear God if looks could kill he would be dead!!!!! I slowly shook my head 'yes', my lips were pressed together..as I was giving him death rays!!! Then he had the nerve to say..."well are you not sleeping when the baby sleeps?!" I said you do the math really quick: 45 min to nurse, 20 min formula supplement, change diaper, burp several times in between all that, rock gassy baby to sleep...then the WHOLE THING starts again basically as soon as I'm finished. Not to mention, washing and preparing bottles, washing nipple shield, trying to get my glass refilled with water.....oh yeah that two second nap was SOOOOOOOOO relaxing. God I wanted to scream at him!!!! He knows I'm awake all day, and awake went he goes to bed, awake when he wakes up...how does he not understand?!?!?! Sorry...I'm sitting here nursing and my stomach is growling, so I'm stuck on couch with no food for the next hour! No wonder I can't seem to produce enough milk. I eat once a freaking day and can't seem to make it to the fridge for water.
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