Do your husbands give you sleep-ins? I'm not sure if my husbands behaviour is normal or selfish. My husband does 12 hour shifts 3 days a week. I work two days a week. We have an almost 2 year old. I'm always the one getting up with her. I get that he gets up early on the 3 days he works but should he get a sleep in everyday he's not at work? He hasn't offered me a sleep in in atleast a year and even then it was when his parents were visiting to look like he did more which aggravates me. He stays up until 1-4am on the nights he's not at work and sleeps in until 9am most days. Yesterday he slept un until 1030 when our daughter and I were up since 7. And she does suckle for comfor at times during the night so I'm the one doing that also. Is this expected behaviour? I did tell him the other week I'd like to be offered a sleep in. And last week I was sick and he never did anything to help. And incase anyone does ask; he's not very attentive with her when he is up. He likes doing his gardening and she can just watch him, he's not very good with playing.
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My husband wakes up with my 17 month old twin sons every day and let's me sleep. He will get up whenever they wake up, could be middle of the night, 5 am, 6 am, 7 am. It's usually around 6 am though. He let's me sleep until 8:30 am, which is when we begin our day. Definitely talk to your hubby! You deserve support too.

Yes, I’m a Sahm and my husband works an 8-5 job. I get up early on Saturdays while he goes on a run or sleeps in. On Sunday it’s my day to sleep in. When I get up my daughter is fed and her hair is done.
I did have to tell him “hey I’m sleeping in on Sundays and you’re doing this”

My partner do all nights with our 18 months old. I did all of them before 1 year and now my baby sleep better when I m not around (he can smell me I think). So now I do sleep on my own and sleep in if needed. If fits our needs. My partner needs less sleep than me usually

My husband works Monday-Thursday, and the occasional Friday. He leaves the house at 4 am and gets home at 4 pm. On Saturdays he sleeps in until 730, and on Sundays I get to sleep in until 9. Our 19 month old usually gets up around 6/630.

Damn I sleep in nearly everyday too. To be fair my husband wakes up at 6am EVERYDAY and he knows I will not wake up that early unless our babe is up, vacation, or an emergency. But this is a reminder for me to do better and let my husband sleep in. He usually gets our toddler up. Word of advice - what my husband does to me. He won’t get out of bed and will turn over and greet me kindly (making sure I’m awake and looking at him) and then ask if I’ll go get Gigi this time. I usually do or we rock paper scissors. I’m sure it’s frustrating but make it a romantic/fun thing vs more tension.

My partner works full time... even on working days if he can go to work later, he will get up with our daughter so I can have another hr since our 20 month old still BF during the night, he knows how tiring it is. Although he is tired too. On the weekends we take turns who gets up with our girl.
My husband also encourages naps and me time... he's amazing. Sorry your husband is a like this :(

I work 3 12s and my partner works 4 8s, both overnight. We work opposite days of the week ( I work sun-tuesday nights, he works wed-saturday nights) and when one of us works that night the other takes over all parenting during the day/night. I.e. if I work Sunday night, my partner has our son all Sunday during the day and overnight so that I can sleep before work.

My husband has always given me a lie in at the weekend. I’m now back at work 4 days. He has the more stressful job with longer hours but he still helps when he can on weekday mornings and through the nights as well.

Talk to your husband. Is not to be expected.
Parents are expected to step up.

What is he doing awake until 4am?! Sorry but it doesn’t sound like he is being a good partner at all. You’re supposed to be a team. If my husband wasn’t at work 4 days a week then I would expect him to be doing all the parenting the 2 days I was working and then sharing it with me the other two days. Including letting you have a lie in 2 days a week would be the most fair. And then he can also have a lie in 2 days a week not every day.

SAHM and my husband also does 13
hour shifts 3 days a week, and almost always works a triple shift after that first day. on the days he’s home he always lets me sleep in. he knows i get up to nurse the baby and how much it takes out of me. you deserve sleep ins

My husband also works 3 days a week 12 hour shifts. I work 5 days. He doesn't get up with our son overnight (2yo but wakes sometimes) and I'm always up first. I have to get him up the days I go to work, but I've already done diaper, started breakfast, etc. It's very frustrating and I have no idea how to "fix" it. There's been multiple discussions about it with him. I understand the feeling your having though.

My husband works 5 days a week, if our son has the devil in him and decides to wake up at 2/3am and be awake awake he will stay awake too even if I say I’m going downstairs he will say no it’s ok and he will also try and comfort our son back to sleep. He’s a driver so I’m not comfortable with him staying awake as I worry about him being tired at the wheel.
Weekends we either get up at the same time or if we’ve had a bad night he will get me to stay in bed.
Sorry but if he only works 3 days a week there’s no excuse for at least two days off not to let you sleep in I personally think it’s really selfish to expect the mom to do everything when both of you brought this child into the world and it’s not like you don’t work either. I’m at home at the moment until I go back to work later in the year and my husband still helps me with everything

Saturdays and Sunday’s yes he’ll take the baby all morning and give baby back to me around noon when baby is getting tired again. I’ll either then BF him and we both go back to sleep, or we get ready and go out and baby has a nap in the car otw to wherever we’re going that day since we go out on weekends we’re never home but usually head out for baby’s nap, he sleeps easily in the car or pram so we time his naps for the car and transfer him to the pram when we get there.

We wake up with the baby every day, working or not. My husband does every middle of the night waking and if he can’t settle him; then I nurse. I think it’s just a matter of having a conversation with him and letting him know your feelings about it. You guys are a team and should find a system that benefits both of you.

We both work full-time jobs. But I work from home and my husband is an electrician. I wake up with the baby Monday through Friday and my husband takes Saturday and Sunday.

My husband and I work 9-5 during the week. We have a three year old. Since he started sleeping through the night, my husband suggested we each get a day on the weekend to sleep in. He gets Saturday and I get Sunday and switch it up whenever necessary. It's a great system, but it needed to be communicated and agreed on.

We have two kids and since the second was born, daddy takes toddler wakeups (which only happens sometimes) and I take baby since he is breastfeeding. Husband tends to let me sleep in on Saturdays. He works normal 40 hrs a week though.

Just ask him to give you a day! Usually I have to ask but if I do, babydaddy steps up for me :) he loves to sleep lol

Yep I never get to sleep in and my partner stays up late too then sleeps in. Never offers to get up with our son

Yes he's selfish, tell him!! My partner works 4 days a week he's up at 5am and on a weekends I always get lie ins always

Men need telling but I'm a sahm and we still share sleep ins

He's 100% being selfish! My fiance shares nights and wake ups with me, as he understands how sleep deprivation has a serious affect on you after a long period of time.

My husband teaches part time 2 to 3 days a week, works a full time job until 1230am Monday-Friday and still let's me sleep in on Saturdays sometimes.
You deserve a break mama. Dad needs to step up.