Sorry it has taken so long to update. I’ve had a really busy day.
DH was super quite this morning! Both kids stayed asleep until I woke them at 7am. After our chat he decided to get ready downstairs. Said he didn’t realise how noisy he was being. Which seems to resonate with a previous poster who asked was he deep sleeper who could sleep through anything, yes he is!
To answer questions about if he will ever take the kids, no he works too early. Our current arrangement is:
Morning
Him - get himself ready, put washing out lay breakfast table for us.
Me - Get myself and the kids ready, take both kids to nursery.
He finishes work at 4.30 but has a manual, dirty job that means he has to shower.
I finish at 5pm. I get the kids, arrive home and play with them.
By the time tea is served, he will have showered, got bedtime stuff ready for the kids, done our breakfast dishes and put the clothes washing away.
We all have tea together, both play with the kids and then bath them together. We alternate who reads to which child. We put both kids down at the same timish. Just depends how long each child’s story takes.
He will then was dishes and wipe round. I’ll have a showerS I’ll come down, hoover, make packed lunches and clean the dinning table.
So I do think our roles are pretty evenly split and like I said, I’ve no other gripes. We get on well and I love him. It’s just his inability to be quite! Drives me nuts, but I doubt I’m perfect!!
Thanks for all your helpful advice. So obvious to get ready downstairs, I can’t believe I didn’t think of it!