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MIL implying husband resents co sleeping and we need “adult time”

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Kahan · 24/10/2025 16:12

my baby (7 months) sleeps in a co sleeper crib next to my main bed. We have 2 yo in bed with us. I’ve had post partum with both pregnancies and found it much easier to manage when co sleeping. I do have to admit I have easy babies. So I’ve lucked out. But MIL commented that maybe it’s time we utilised the nursery so we could have some space back to be adults. Dh shut her down straight away and said it was up to me. But it’s really got me worried. Husband obviously admits he finds the babies being in with us not ideal but supports me as it’s easiest for me. We’ve tried separate bedrooms but husband prefers sleeping with us anyway. I’m just very paranoid now. Husband has said it would be nice to have our room back but the babies are only young once. I get so much better sleep as I am breastfeeding. The other day I was speaking to a couple of friends and they ended up being really judgmental about wives that prioritise their kids over their husbands and almost using that to explain cheating . I just nodded along but was horrified on the inside. Our sex life is rubbish. It used to be very good. I just have no energy. Co sleeping works. Well it allows me to sleep.

Should I take the advice of mil/froends?

OP posts:
MayaPinion · 19/02/2026 21:11

tellmesomethingtrue · 31/10/2025 00:46

Children’s needs first.

Then your needs.

Then his needs LAST (sex)

I strongly disagree with this. You and your husband are the unit. You are a wife as well as a mother, and your husband is a husband as well as a father. Keep the marriage strong and the rest is a lot easier long term. Do not treat your DH as a distant third. Meeting the children’s needs is easier when you’re a team, and when the going gets tough not treating each other like you’re ‘last’ is really, really, important.

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