I'm posting here because I think I'll get the most honest responses.
I have a 6 week old baby. I adore her and for the most part she's quite easy. I also have a very nice life. I'm a SAHM and I won't need to go back to work. DP works from home, and is in his office from 9am-7pm. I look after DD all the time.
Before she was born, DP suggested that he would look after her for a few hours in the morning while he worked as I would do all the night feeds. This didn't happen, which I wasn't too bothered about as I enjoy looking after her. At the beginning DP would do the last feed in the evening so I could go to bed early or he would do the 1st feed in the morning so I could get a couple of extra hours sleep. That doesn't happen anymore. Last time I asked if I could go to bed early, we had a row because he didn't want to look after DD after he'd been working all day as he wanted to relax. He also gets 9 hours sleep a night and won't get up before 8.45.
Some days she'll sleep and feed on and off all day, so I can get cleaning and washing done etc.. some days she'll be awake for 6 or 7 hours during the day, crying on and off all day. She wakes twice a night for feeds and she is a very noisy sleeper (as is DP!) I average about 2 hours unbroken sleep at a time.
Part of me thinks I should just suck it up and get on with it as it's my job and all part of being a mother and part of me thinks DP could do more to help me. We don't have any other support.
So....aibu to feel like this?
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Tiredmummy79 · 09/01/2017 17:04
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