Initially I'd say that my DH was, in general, like yours. Especially when it came to the sleep thing. I honestly feel that sometimes he would feel that since I didn't get up til 8-9am on SOME work days I have therefore had my sleep ins, and then HE deserved them on the weekends. He seemed to forget that I'd be getting up a couple of times a night, for an hour or so at a time, to feed and settle DD. When I would ask if he could take DD on Sat or Sun morning when she woke (at say 6-7ish) he would mention that he hadn't had a chance to sleep in at all and that he is sooooo tired (I understand in the sense that this is our first baby and we were used to having that sleep in on the weekend, but it still didn't help me). ONE night I convinced him to look after DD overnight as I'd expressed some milk and I wanted a full nights sleep. Well, by the time it was 5:30-6am he was really struggling so I took over......in the end I got up with her and he slept, so it wasn't really what I'd envisioned. He then had the nerve to complain that he couldn't do that once a week every weekend as he would be too tired....(errrm....what about me???). I am really hoping that this was mainly all due to having a new bubs for the first time and that next time things will be different....
I will admit that these days he is pretty good at doing stuff with DD when he gets home.
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