DH is off of work, waiting for the next to start and is helping with the toddler and new baby etc. in the meantime.
He never feeds toddler at a decent time (i.e. btwn 5.30 and 6.30 imo) rather at abt 7.30 or as late as 8). And then complains abt her going to bed late 8-9 and then being grumpy and throwing tantrums all day long because she's then tired. When I nag prompt him to start supper (starting at 5) he always says 'in just a minute....'
In the meanwhile I'm taking care of the baby who is a fussy thing at night and feeds pretty much every hour on the hour...
Abt 6ish I always mention that either he needs to take the baby and let me get on with making supper or he needs to start it himself because I'm now starving too
'in just a minute...'
finally (when he's hungry -from what I can tell) he gets supper going, or if I plonk hand the baby over to him he then goes down to make supper which, even when it's reheating things from the freezer, takes FOREVER and makes a mess of the kitchen.
And what annoys me all the more is that from scratch or the freezer I always have to reheat the food because somehow it always ends up getting finished when I'm once again feeding the baby... at which time he yells at me that supper is ready and gets annoyed that I don't respond (I often don't because the baby is very sensitive to loud noises and will pop of the breast and fuss for ages before I can get her back on) and I usually end up eating by myself because 'he's got to deal with the toddler'
No matter how many times in the last 12 weeks I've mentioned the first bit abt toddler needing to be fed earlier, or in the last 8 weeks abt please can you try to finish supper during a time when I'm not going to be feeding the baby (like at the bottom of the hour rather than the top of the hour) nothing has changed.
Tomorrow I'm going to order pizza just as I start feeding so at least I'll get one hot, fresh meal this week.
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to expect to be able to eat a meal that's not been reheated even though I have a 8wk old baby?
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bebemoo · 06/10/2011 19:41
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