DP and I have one DS, aged 7 months.
I am still on maternity leave whilst he is working full time in surrey and we live in north London. To avoid traffic he leaves for work at 6 am and often leaves late, getting in at 7 or 8. As a result I do all the "night shifts" (DS EBF for 6 months and still up 3-4 times oveernight for food) and he barely sees DS except at the weekend. We've been trying some sleep training where I aim not feed between at least midnight and 5 as I am going back to work in 8 weeks and so need to start getting some sleep. Last week at a friends I fell down the stairs and hurt my back- got checked out and no broken ribs but still excruciating and difficult to get out of bed. Therefore I asked him last night to sort out DS when he cries overnight. He grudging said yes, but at 3 am after 2 hours of crying on and off, multiple trips to put dummy back in etc (not unusual and he doesn't often even wake up) DP says to me "just f* feed him, I want to sleep!"
I did and he continued to cry for 2 hours as there was obviously something else going On ( suspect those pesky teeth- calpol, nurofen, teething gel all deployed to minimal success). End result no one had any sleep.
This morning I take DS until 10, allowing DP to watch rubbish on TV. At 10 I ask for some help as we have friends over and he has a hissy fit, complaining about how tired he is and how he can't possibly see anyone as he is so tired. I feel like a lone parent so much of the time, and I know he's working hard but he seems to have no appreciation of what my life is like with a small demanding infant who won't let me put him down for more than then minutes at a time and only naps for 20 minutes at a time.
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SleepyAlpaca · 06/06/2015 22:16
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