We have a young baby who refuses to sleep unless in bed with me, and who wakes frequently at night. Often he will be awake for a couple of hours at a time. I'm beyond exhausted and very impatient and irritable as a result!
Since the baby came I've been leaving DH to get our elder child up in the mornings. DH just gets him up and takes him into his bed ( he is in the spare room) and sticks YouTube videos in so he can go back to sleep. He doesn't give him breakfast or anything so I do it around 8 am when DH leaves for work. At weekends DH will stay in bed until 10 or later if I let him. Eldest son will be with him playing on his (DHs) phone and won't have even had a drink. I could get up and sort it out myself but if the baby is sleeping I want to try and sleep myself so feel annoyed at getting up while DH stays in bed.
If I complain to DH he will say how tired he is. BUT he hadn't done one single night with the baby in 5 months. He chooses to stay up late to watch TV. He can go to bed whenever he wants and get an uninterrupted night. Eldest son wakes around 7 am usually which isn't that bad.
I'm really, really tired at the moment and my mood is deteriorating rapidly. I've been a bitch the past few days and bad tempered. I think DH should be getting up in the morning and taking both kids so I can sleep - is this unreasonable of me?? He says he has to work so is tired too. He has a short commute and an office job that allows for lots of socialising in the form
Of " meetings".
AIBU to be slightly annoyed at him?
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Or could my husband be doing more?
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Crapmummy2016 · 24/04/2016 22:32
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