I feel like my husband gets amazing sleep. When he’s working I ensure he’s well rested, but when he has days off it seems to be putting baby back to sleep at all hours of the night and he just sleeps and doesn’t want to help.

During the day he will help, but at night when it’s hardest it’s all on me. Is this fair?

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No this isn’t fair on you. You have to be on 24/7, and he’s just on 9-5, least he could do is help out on the weekend night times to give you some relief! Maybe he’s just got used to the routine though so worth just having the chat with him :)

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Absolutely not fair. This guy sums us up quite nicely:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8036wPOiRb/?igsh=MTJ1MjNlZm93YXg1bA==

You are doing arguably the most important job in your relationship - looking after your precious baby. If anyone’s sleep needs to be prioritised, I’d say it is yours, especially on the weekends when he has absolutely zero excuse.

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I have 4 children with my husband never not even one day did I let my husband help me with my baby, and he has never even really felt much of the difference that they is a baby at night, because I train my babies from while at hospital how to sleep, I wake up I breastfeed and back in her bed and same with when we get home I breastfeed and bottle feed and put them back in bed once the settle and stop crying my husband will not be disturbed all. That’s just me and enjoy it, I don’t find it hard work, by the time they are 8/9 months they even sleep in their own room just put cameras, and all my kids can sleep so well and all of them are so independent, they even manage to go for sleepovers when they are very young because they sleep all night, because it all started with their routine at first when they were babies. When alone you train them while still babies than if you involve the husband to me that’s what has worked for me.And am expecting my 5th and he is not worried because of that

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It’s less about fairness and more about doing what works for your family. My husband developed vertigo from helping at night so he could only take part of the morning shift so I could get 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Eventually baby only woke up once or twice at most a night and he has helped with that. He also helps during the daytime as much as he can. Talk to your husband and figure out a plan to make it work and express how you feel. 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep is not too much to ask for.

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i actually prefer to do everything at night, he’s a bloody pain in the arse to wake up in the night he gets really delirious and doesn’t know where he is or what he’s doing. he actually drank fabric softener once whilst making a bottle for our now 3 year old - he thought it was water 🙃

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I could have written this!
I'm currently cranky that his snoring has started shitting me off (it never bothered me prior to baby) and tonight (Saturday night). He's decided to go and get himself some uninterrupted sleep in the spare room and left me with bubba.
It seems that I have to do all the weekend work too which has officially pissed me off. It should be me in that room because I too let him sleep all week for work and now he's having the sleep of his life whilst I'm about to give our baby a bottle.
First time I've ever felt so mad towards hubby because weekends should be when us mummas get a proper rest.

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