Last nerve

I am literally on my last nerve girls!!

I do every night feed, change most nappies, put baby to sleep basically every single night, bath her, wash bottles, sterilise bottles, etc.
The odd time, yes my partner will feed her a bottle or put her to sleep (by this I mean putting her down and hoping for the best). But I do the brunt of everything.
Today my partner got up with LO at 8am (I got up with her at 3.30am) and I got up at 9am. He just made a comment to me saying “you feed her and actually have a turn.”

I am ABSOLUTELY LIVID. I am at the stage I feel like a single mother and I genuinely don’t know if I can be with this man anymore.

Yes, he works Monday-Friday but I will be going back to work in September and I don’t know how I will cope. Knowing when I come home I’ll most definitely need to tidy up, wash bottles and probably put her to bed. My work days are 14 hour shifts.

Does anyone have any advice before I lose my mind?

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I’ll give mine some credit he will sterilise bottles and make them up occasionally he will feed her but says “do you want me to do that” instead of just doing it because of course I want you to do it! But he’s never once got her to sleep and put her down she needs constant bouncing and shushing to get to sleep my ankles ache all the time now and I feel the same as this I don’t think they see at as “work” and if they do it’s definitely our job it’s so so hard and I can imagine the rage you felt when he said that comment i think id have lost it at him. He said to me the other night as she lent her body towards me away from him because she was tired so wanted me to “you did this you know!” I said no you did because I’d have loved you to have learnt how to get her to sleep but you didn’t so I have to every night or she will have a melt down I was furious. You’re not alone x

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