DH waking the kids!

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He’s driving me crazy! I literally watch (baby monitors) as each noise wakes both kids. (1-3)

His alarm goes of at 5.30 both kids are flat out.

We leave both kids doors open when they sleep incase they ever wake and need us. I’ve asked him to shut these, he forgets every morning. He shuts the bathroom door and the noise always wakes the 1 year old first, it’s the latch it kind of pings so loud. He washes his hair which sounds like an avalanche, drops loads and that bloody cough drives me nuts! He can not brush his teeth without gagging.

On occasion, when it’s me up early first, the kids don’t wake.

Am I being precious? Is this just normal morning noise? I can’t see why he can’t assist the door closing quietly, close the kids doors and not drop everything

Keep the kids doors shut all the time. They should be kept shut for fire safety anyway

Ok probably a silly idea but can you stick post its on all the doors saying things like ‘shhh! Kids asleep!’ And ‘close the door!’ And cough downstairs! Etc? Then he can’t say he ‘forgot’

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!

He sounds like one of the good ones, glad he took on board your complaints