Sahm

If you're a SAHM does your partner help with chores or since he been working all day its all on you, I'm pregnant & slowly staring to stay home with a toddler before he would help but since he works long hours he goes upstairs, then off to bed & leave me with everything to do

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You both have jobs (yours is just unpaid). Why can he work 9-5 but you have to work 24/7?

I'm not a SAHM but I'm currently on maternity leave. My arrangement with my son's dad is that my job between 9-5 is to keep the baby fed, changed and happy. We do 1 outing a day together and I will try to do one chore a day (like cook a meal or a load of laundry).
Once dad is back home from work, we work as a team to look after the baby and do any other chores.

Good luck x

Being a sahm is just as much work as a real job, if not more. Parenting doesn’t stop just because you’re off from work that’s how a healthy household should work. My mom was a sahm and my father would come home and he’d hang out with us kid and then when my mom started to work it was still the same no different. Me and my fiancé do the same in our household with our 10 month old and it’s been pretty healthy but he stays home and I work, when I’m off I’m still reading books to my son and playing with him in his playpen if your partner doesn’t do the same and you want them to I’d suggest talking to them about how you’re feeling and see where it goes from there

I’m a SAHM mom and my husband helps with everything once he’s off work. If I’m still tied up with our toddler, he’ll make dinner. I’m also pregnant with our second, so my husband is in charge of bath time and putting our son down to sleep.

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Is it bad of me to think this or no?

My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

Post partum dad

I have a 2 month old. A few weeks ago my husband crashed out because he didn't feel like he was getting to bond with her. I started exclusively breastfeeding around that time and honestly didnt see the big deal. Baby and I left for a few days and when we got back home, everything was fine. He was extremely hands-on. He helped with my meals, her bedtime, bath, stories.....for a few weeks it was great. Then he randomly sounds depressed af. He says our lo is better off without him, he wants to sleep all day , he asks me not to watch tv then tried playing a video game. He refused to reply to me when i asked any follow-up questions. Then he woke up our baby trying to race me to the bathroom first thing in the morning . He's doing a weird mix of crying, trying, and giving up. Im starting to feel like I cant handle him not being able to handle life with baby and just want to be alone. Are there resources for men?

Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
How you reacting?