Partner who sleeps through EVERYTHING
I'm planning a C-section. I'm not too worried about recovery as I've had 1 major and 6 minor surgeries before, I feel like I understand the severity of recovery, but my only real worry is looking after a baby while recovering. My partner is SUCH a heavy sleeper (and snorer!), and I am worried he won't wake up to help me the first few days when I'll need it most.
I was planning on putting a small single bed in the nursery so whichever one of us is on "shift" that night can get up with the baby but I know that's going to end up being me every night.
If I put the baby in our bedroom , I'm worried the snoring will wake it up, and my husband will still sleep through all the crying or me asking for help.
I'm a very light sleeper, I have slept with ear plugs in pretty much our entire relationship because of his snoring, sometimes I sleep in the spare room and I have to get up and wake him up because his alarm for work is going off and he's snoring/sleeping through it.
I've always wanted a c section for personal reasons but his sleeping/snoring is the only reason I'm considering a vaginal birth now. But if it ends up being an emergency c section I'll be EVEN more tired.
My mum is unable to stay with us as she's disabled, and his mum can only come and stay with us for about a week because she's his dad's carer and doesn't want to leave him too long (they live abroad). I would rather she comes and stays once my partner goes back to work so I'm not alone straight away.
I've spoken to him about this and he insists he will get up when the baby cries but he doesn't even wake up when the house or fire alarms have gone off so I don't believe this.
I don't really know what I'm looking for as advice, but maybe just if someone has been in a similar situation with a heavy sleeping partner, how did they cope? Or was it a nightmare?
Would rats take nappies out of a bin?
I'm so perplexed. I noticed today that round the side of my house there is a pile of nappies. There my child's nappies as I have 2 kids in nappies, and it was both their sizes and the brand I use. However I ALWAYS bag each nappy individually in a scented bag before I bin it. Our bins are in a communal area with everyone else's bins in the block.
I'm confused why someone would take the nappies out the bin and dump them at my house. I'm putting them in my own bin, and I'm doing everything I can to make sure they don't smell. But the bin area smells generally, that can't really be helped.
My kids dad thinks maybe its been rodents but I don't understand how they've taken so many nappies out the bins, out the bags, and then put them at my wall? When there's so many other houses in the block and so many other areas/crevices that would probably be more appealing for a rodent?
I don't really understand and I'm worried I've somehow upset someone but I always use my own bin and keep to myself.
