I am open to being told I am being unreasonable on this. My DP is a nurse part time and works for an agency, so as to fit around his other part time job. He has always preferred to work at weekends, or to do nights, as the rate of pay is higher, and this is fair enough, though it does mean I do family visiting/entertaining and all that sort of stuff on my own at weekends. He sometimes works just a solitary night, and despite always being too tired to ever get up with the baby, he survives for 36 hours on just the couple of hours sleep he gets at work.
Pre-baby, I used to do nights (not nursing) and they were busier. But after I had been at work last night I was not up to doing anything the next day. There is research that shows by the end of a night shift your reactions are imparied the same as if your blood alcohol is twice the legal limit, and it is not advisable to drive home after working nights for this reason. My DP refuses to give in and "need" sleep and he wants to structure his work when I go back to work so he can look after the baby in the daytime after he has been at work all night, and up the previous day.
I don't want him to - I don't think it's safe. I think looking after DD IS a responsible job. And shouldn't be done when you are impaired. Shouldn't be done when you are drunk, so not when you have been up all night. He says I am being unreasonable. Am I???