I honestly feel for you! It’s the exact same here and it’s never ending. I’m due back to work soon and I’m dreading it. I clean clothes, dishes and make my sons lunch for school as well as trying to manage meals for us and baby but the place is always still a mess except the sitting room so that baby can play and get his time on the floor to play and meet all his milestones. It’s getting so hard that I’ve now started to leave my partners rubbish and dirty clothes where he leaves them because I’m already picking up after me, baby and my 9 year old (he’s autistic so that’s a whole thing). I wouldn’t mind so much if my partner left his dirty things where they should go. I might have to get a whiteboard like Amy has said. Hopefully that helps. These “men” have most likely been raised by mothers who have done everything for them. It’s a tricky one to work with but we can only try and hope it gets easier. 🤞🏼
The whiteboard is a damn good idea 👍🏽 might have to try that myself. My husband is the same. Married single mother is the term I’ve heard. MIL did everything (house, work and raised 3 kids) so my husband grew up seeing his dad not doing a damn thing so thinks it’s the norm. MIL really struggled with it all and her mental health suffered. It’s the running to-do list in your head that never ends and everyone needs you to do everything for them 24/7 😓
We have a whiteboard in the kitchen that I write on for my partner to help with around the house like dishes , folding away dry washing etc. If your baby just wants to be held, do you baby wear? How old is your baby? One thing I've learnt having a baby is you can only do what you can. I hope it gets better.fpr.you