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Night shift - how much sleep after

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Bazinga1988 · 12/01/2021 18:29

So I am probably being unreasonable as I have never worked nights and have always worked standard office hours etc. Dh however is a shift worker, always has been but recently seems to need more and more sleep after a night shift!

We have 1 dc(5) who is currently being home schooled, and I am 19 weeks pregnant. I am working full time from home in a pretty full on office role.

Dh is on nights this week. He works a variety of shifts, including earlies, lates and nights, but predominantly nights.

Last night he started work at 10 (left home at 930pm) and was home by 4am. In bed by 5am.

He has so far slept from 5 - 1030, 11-1230 when he got up for lunch, and then went back to bed at 2pm and is still there.

I have worked, supervised dc while doing home school (which involves logging in to 5 lessons via Google classroom and trying to listen to what's going on), worked all day, although I need to log on later as I'm definitely falling behind on work. Made breakfast, lunch and dinner for me and dc, emptied the dishwasher, sorted a load of washing and just sorted the home shop we have had delivered.

Am I being unreasonable to think dh should have got up and helped out a bit for the afternoon at least, and then gone back to bed later if needed? He's unlikely to get out of bed before 9 so I will do the bedtime routine on my own as well.

Should also mention that yesterday he was in bed all day, got up about midday to do himself some lunch, then reappeared again about 8 to do himself some dinner.

I don't know if I am asking or expecting too much but I feel really stressed and on edge today!

OP posts:
Mother2princess · 12/01/2021 21:50

My dh used to go to work on nights 10pm till 6am

He would come in shower ( dirty work place)

Get into bed by 7am sleep till 3pm
We have 4 under 4 i would never ask him to get up for nothing in that time I would cook him a meal before work and he helped with the kids before work

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