2 young children- 1 is a baby.
She wakes a lot during the night. She is breastfed, but only feeds twice during the night- she just wants to be held and cuddled the rest of the time.
I've tried co-sleeping but because she can smell my milk, she wakes crying constantly if my nipple is not in her mouth, she takes a dummy but only wants boob when co-sleeping. I therefore get more sleep when she's in her own cot in her own room despite the night waking.
I go to bed early (9pm) and I ask DH to tend to her until 12 and then from 6am, I do the chunk inbetween. The idea is that he gets 6 hours of solid sleep for work.
However, DH seems to think I "should" be able to manage everything... he has never said this explicitly but has said
"Some womens' husbands work away and so they have to manage themselves during the night." I think I manage quite well. This is largely because he doesnt wany to get up at 6am. But the baby feeds at 5am, so I just need that extra bit of sleep before I'm up with the toddler.
It's not unreasonable for him to give me a hand is it? Do other husbands take this view?
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Does anyone else's DH take this view?
Esparadis · 16/01/2019 08:00
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