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Mums don't need sleep....

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newtothebabygame · 22/09/2019 07:05

...according to my DH.

He went to the pub last night, got home at 1.30, woke me and our 6mo DD up whilst stumbling up the stairs.
I gave her a bottle and settled her back down to sleep. He started snoring which woke DD up again. I woke him up and asked him to sleep downstairs as he was disturbing both of us, he rolled over went back to sleep - then we repeated the cycle of me waking him up, and him snoring then going back to sleep 3 more times until I gave up.
I laid in bed for hours trying to get back to sleep. The last time I remember looking at the time it was 4.30.

5.30 our DD woke up, I woke him up and told him I would have to get up with her as I was exhausted from the lack of sleep. He took her down stairs, managed to get her back off to sleep so brought her back up and put her in her next to me crib, then went to sleep on the sofa. DD woke within minutes of being put down.

I've just taken her down stairs, to find him asleep on the sofa, I woke him to say go back to bed as one of us may as well get some sleep, and it clearly wasn't going to be me as he's an inconsiderate arsehole. Instead of going upstairs he curled up on the sofa attempting to go back asleep. So I went into the kitchen and made myself a bowl of porridge and a cuppa and made sure I made as much noise as a possibly could, there was a lot of banging and tbh it gave me great pleasure (although I now have yogurt all over the inside of my fridge after launching a pot in).

He's gone back to bed and I'm now wondering whether my DDs first word will be something explicit starting with a C.

OP posts:
sheshootssheimplores · 22/09/2019 10:20

I love how my words got distorted into saying you’re a bad mother! I did not say you are a bad mother. I said be very careful allowing an intoxicated person to have sole care of an infant. It sounds dangerous.

I survived on three hours disturbed sleep for six months with my youngest. I cried all over health visitors and doctors so I honestly understand how horrendous sleep deprivation is.

Jellybeansincognito · 22/09/2019 13:24

I dunno op, I’m not saying you’re a bad parent but would you have allowed him to be behind the wheel of a car at half 5 this morning?

If the answer to that is no he probably wasn’t in a fit state to be responsible for an infant?

I’ve got 2 kids and my youngest barely sleeps, so I understand the exhaustion.

At half past 5 he wouldn’t have been sober yet, not from the way you describe from his behaviour anyway.

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