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AIBU for expecting to 'sleep in' every day?

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SpeedyBulletTrain · 24/03/2026 20:51

My partner and I have two children, aged nearly 3 years and 4 weeks old. I'm a SAHM and partner works a standard 9-5. Our newborn is exclusively breastfed so I've been doing all the night wakes/feeds/nappy changes etc, of which there are many but I'm happy to do it all as there's no point in us both being up. Since baby was born my partner has been waking up with the 2yo at around 6:45 (sometimes earlier, sometimes later) and getting her breakfast sorted + doing some household chores and getting himself ready in the morning. I've been getting up around 7:45 with the baby, getting baby changed and dressed, getting clothes for the toddler, and dressing myself (literally 5mins, no shower, no makeup etc) before coming down to take over with toddler before he leaves for work at 8:30. The last couple of weeks he is constantly mentioning that he lets me have a 'lie in' every morning. I'll tell him I appreciate it as it means I get enough sleep to function the next day when I'm looking after both kids, but the constant half-complaints about me sleeping in every day are really starting to irritate me. Every time we see friends or family he'll talk about how he gets toddler ready every morning while I have a lie in. Am I being unreasonable in thinking that he's not doing me a special favour letting me 'sleep in', he's surely just doing his basic responsibility as a parent??

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Kalanthe · 28/03/2026 19:52

A lie in 😂😂 he’s welcome to be up all night with the baby instead

What does he think, you should thank him on your knees

Jesslovesengineering · 28/03/2026 20:57

SpeedyBulletTrain · 24/03/2026 21:15

I think there definitely is some resentment. He's had to do more with the toddler while I tend to the baby. I think he sees the toddler as being much more difficult to look after, which she is in some ways, so he thinks he's doing more. I've been a SAHM and our toddler had a strong preference for me until recently so I've also done probably 90% of the parenting but now he's having to do more. We did discuss this when we decided to have a 2nd though, so it shouldn't be that much of a shock. I don't think he enjoys being with our toddler, he has no patience with her at all. It sucks because I WISH I could have more 1-on-1 time with our firstborn, she's fantastic 😭

Just a thought but can you use a haakaa pump on the other boob when feeding (I got great yield this way) and then DH can start doing nights, or at 3last some nights instead, then you can do mornings with toddler and he can have a lie in? Somehow I think hell piss and moan about that too though. There's a saying; "you could ask a man for nothing and he still wouldn't have it".

EndorsingPRActice · 30/03/2026 16:25

I was wondering whether YABU and then I realised your baby is 4 WEEKS old. Definitely YANBU

Franjipanl8r · 30/03/2026 22:45

It sounds like he’s only just learning to actually parent if you’ve done everything up until now. I’d hand him a bunch of parenting books and tell him to buck his ideas up!

thestudio · 30/03/2026 22:51

’ It sucks because I WISH I could have more 1-on-1 time with our firstborn, she's fantastic 😭’

where ‘It sucks because” is equal or lesser than ‘he’s a cunt because’

TryingToGetOrganised2 · 29/04/2026 22:45

F*ck me! Is he for real?!

You're NOT 'sleeping in', you're getting the rest you so desperately need to effectively parent 2 very small humans on your own for 12 hours.

My husband did a lil something like this when our 2nd one was 3 weeks old - came home and said "you've been on maternity leave for 5 weeks now, I'd have thought the house would be a bit cleaner."

I handed him the baby, left him with the 19month toddler, walked out the door, and went to my sisters house for about 4 hours with my phone switched off.

When I got home, he was very sorry and never again was so bloody rude.

Factor in the hormones and healing - damn! You are smashing it - hang in there xxxx

TryingToGetOrganised2 · 29/04/2026 22:45

F*ck me! Is he for real?!

You're NOT 'sleeping in', you're getting the rest you so desperately need to effectively parent 2 very small humans on your own for 12 hours.

My husband did a lil something like this when our 2nd one was 3 weeks old - came home and said "you've been on maternity leave for 5 weeks now, I'd have thought the house would be a bit cleaner."

I handed him the baby, left him with the 19month toddler, walked out the door, and went to my sisters house for about 4 hours with my phone switched off.

When I got home, he was very sorry and never again was so bloody rude.

Factor in the hormones and healing - damn! You are smashing it - hang in there xxxx

99bottlesofkombucha · 29/04/2026 22:50

I would sit him down and say you getting ready with our toddler is what I have done her whole life and I haven’t whinged 1% as much as you have. But I’m going to wake you for all the nappy changes this week and see how much extra sleep I get to see if I can cope with mornings, since you call some basic support for your wife who’s doing all the nights a lie in, you can provide some actual support like getting up multiple times a night,

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