Mine was absolutely useless after the birth of our second child. Our second child is now two but I seriously feel that DH's lack of help and support in the early days has irreparably damaged our marriage. He can't see the problem.
After having our eldest child DH wasn't super-helpful and supportive but he was ok; not brilliant at doing stuff that needed doing but he did try.
After having our two year old, DH did absolutely nothing, and I am not exagerating when I say nothing.
I had DS on the Friday night and got home on the Saturday PM and from the moment I got home I was just expected to resume duties as normal in the house. DH did absolutely nothing housework-wise, not even unload the dishwasher, and did nothing to either help care for newborn DS or help with our older child. It was all left to me. If I asked him to do anything he just ignored me.
When friends have babies and their DH's do absolutely everything for a week or two so they can just focus on recovering and on their baby it makes me feel so envious.
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How supportive and helpful was your DH/DP postnatally?
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MrsMcTavish · 26/12/2014 14:59
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