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10 month old DH said i am being lazy.

806 replies

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 10/04/2026 23:18

When DD (10months) wakes, I change her and then give her milk. I then pop her in her playpen where she happily plays with toys. I then make a coffee and watch some TV - play pen is infront of TV (well TV in on wall, playpen is infront of couch). I sometimes just watch her and occassional look up at TV sometimes I will watch the TV. I enjoy having my morning coffee and she is happy playing. After 30mins / 1hr or so I then take her through to kitchen where I give her actual breakfast, porridge, yoghurt, etc.
DH wfh and when walking past livingroom popped head in to say hi. He looks shocked thst I had a coffee and was lying on sofa watching TV. He asked was mummy having a day off and that the play pen isnt for me watching TV and that im being lazy. I was so annoyed. Is he right?

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ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:27

TestTickle · 12/04/2026 10:19

You never know. Mumsnet is quite a diverse bunch of people.... You might as well share it and see Smile

This person is probably frantically googling away trying to find the list to share with us.. because its all made up.

Oh you watch cartoons and ms rachel... nonsense my children only watch a strict list... oh you want to see the list, you wouldn't understand it not in your language...

absolutely nonsense.

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AdeptHedgehog · 12/04/2026 10:29

I’ve definitely done the same as you at times when my son was being particularly whiney/actively trying to climb the furniture etc! Where is your DH when you’re cooking dinner? Could he take DD at times so you don’t have to cook and worry about keeping her entertained?

When DS was younger, my partner would take my son for an hour or so on the weekend so I could prep meals, meaning that the day to day meal prep only took 5-10 mins. I found it a lot easier to leave DS and just whack something quickly on the microwave/oven rather than doing everything at the same time as keeping him entertained.

LittleBearPad · 12/04/2026 10:29

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:27

This person is probably frantically googling away trying to find the list to share with us.. because its all made up.

Oh you watch cartoons and ms rachel... nonsense my children only watch a strict list... oh you want to see the list, you wouldn't understand it not in your language...

absolutely nonsense.

And having to exclude anything with auto translate on YouTube or Netflix. It’ll be quite the task. Still I’m sure he’s up to it given all his other qualities.

GalaxyStarsMoon · 12/04/2026 10:32

It’s to make you feel bad OP. Wait til half of these posters have teenagers that want to spend their entire day in their room, and play on the Xbox with their friends in their spare time.

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:32

LittleBearPad · 12/04/2026 10:29

And having to exclude anything with auto translate on YouTube or Netflix. It’ll be quite the task. Still I’m sure he’s up to it given all his other qualities.

Yup. Its actually embarrassing he has taken the time to make up such nonsense.
Where are the kids anyway? Looking for his undying attention while he is on mumsnet.. or it is nap time already or do they simply not exist.

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ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:33

After the night I've had i am embarrassed i even posted on here to ask if its okay to have a morning coffee 😂 of course its fine, not lazy, etc. You are all nuts x

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ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:55

LondonPapa · 12/04/2026 10:17

No joke. The limited series are in a foreign language, a language of very few speakers. It is absolutely of zero use to 99% of those here. Due to this, why would I waste time in sharing?

The suspense is killing us all!
Have you compiled your list yet?
I bet your kids loved cartoons and you've said otherwise to appear better than us all 😂
List, now, please...

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Candy24 · 12/04/2026 11:00

Enjoy this while it lasts my 2yr old is a menace.lol lovable but menace all the same. He can't be contained in anything. Lazy hell no. Smart mother conserving her energy for quite the day yes

VitsQ · 12/04/2026 11:05

@ILoveFatFaceSocks it's amazing how many different views are on this thread. You'd almost think some people join mumsnet to be cnuts to strangers 😉

Sorry you've had a shit night. I hope your day is a nicer one 💐

Scarfitwere · 12/04/2026 11:09

Some people on here are just trolling I'm sure. Either that or they'll end up with children who cannot entertain themselves or free play for more than 30 seconds. You arent lazy. You're doing it right imo. A stressed mum at breaking point is not good for the child. A happier mum who's had half an hour to regroup with a coffee is going to be a much better parent!

Posner · 12/04/2026 11:32

LondonPapa · 12/04/2026 10:17

No joke. The limited series are in a foreign language, a language of very few speakers. It is absolutely of zero use to 99% of those here. Due to this, why would I waste time in sharing?

So do it for the 1% then @LondonPapa

Surely can’t be that onerous a task!

Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 11:33

RG89 · 12/04/2026 09:13

Can you only look at one thing at once? I hope you don't drive, you need to be able to pay attention to multiple things at a time while driving!

Oh, do you have eyes that look in two directions at once?

RG89 · 12/04/2026 11:55

Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 11:33

Oh, do you have eyes that look in two directions at once?

Erm... have you heard of peripheral vision? I really REALLY hope you don't drive. You seem to have no clue how eyes work.

MyLuckyHelper · 12/04/2026 12:03

LondonPapa · 12/04/2026 10:17

No joke. The limited series are in a foreign language, a language of very few speakers. It is absolutely of zero use to 99% of those here. Due to this, why would I waste time in sharing?

Can I have the list please

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 12:06

Still no list???
Well, we have outted a troll.
Embarrassing.

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OhWise1 · 12/04/2026 12:22

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 10:10

Porridge? Did I say I made Porridge? Another nutter making stuff up.

Your first post literally says
"I give her actual breakfast, porridge, yoghurt, etc."

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 12:24

OhWise1 · 12/04/2026 12:22

Your first post literally says
"I give her actual breakfast, porridge, yoghurt, etc."

My apologies. I was listing porridge as an example though and not as a daily breakfast item.

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ManyATrueWord · 12/04/2026 12:36

As a full time carer you need to make sure you get breaks and lunch hours. My friend had all their children have quiet time in their rooms for an hour after lunch. When the children got older they could read. Wish I had done that! But I have started taking a lunch break.

Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 12:37

RG89 · 12/04/2026 11:55

Erm... have you heard of peripheral vision? I really REALLY hope you don't drive. You seem to have no clue how eyes work.

Do you honestly think when you're driving that you are looking at all your mirrors, the road ahead and your dashboard all at the same time? Wild!

Avie29 · 12/04/2026 12:41

Ok this thread is getting ridiculous and bitchy, one last bit of advice for OP before i unwatch, buy her a single bed with rails, that way you can soothe her in her own bed (room for you to lie down with her) and then go back to your own for some sleep xx

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 12:44

Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 12:37

Do you honestly think when you're driving that you are looking at all your mirrors, the road ahead and your dashboard all at the same time? Wild!

No u can't be watching all mirrors at once i think the poster means if you are looking ahead or one one object you can still see other objects that are surrounding and you do see if they move etc. So in my car, I can be looking ahead and concentrating on the road but I can see my passenger on their phone or taking a drink!

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Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 12:45

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 12:44

No u can't be watching all mirrors at once i think the poster means if you are looking ahead or one one object you can still see other objects that are surrounding and you do see if they move etc. So in my car, I can be looking ahead and concentrating on the road but I can see my passenger on their phone or taking a drink!

Exactly!

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 12:46

Mulledjuice · 12/04/2026 12:45

Exactly!

Huh? So you agree with me and other poster? 😂

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VitsQ · 12/04/2026 12:50

Avie29 · 12/04/2026 12:41

Ok this thread is getting ridiculous and bitchy, one last bit of advice for OP before i unwatch, buy her a single bed with rails, that way you can soothe her in her own bed (room for you to lie down with her) and then go back to your own for some sleep xx

Yes great idea

I did this with ds1

beeble347 · 12/04/2026 13:07

ILoveFatFaceSocks · 12/04/2026 00:24

Well dd eventually went to sleep in her cot at 1115pm for 45mins and then woke up. Shes now next to me in bed tossing and turning. Im waiting until she falls asleep before moving to her cot, again. And so this is my bedtime routine until 4am-ish... or earlier, whenever i give up, really.

Hence why I like my coffee and eastenders in the morning 😭😭 im so annoyed bedtime has been going on since 8pm!!!!

So this is why I cant batch cook when she falls asleep because they are such short windows and then I go to bed. Then during the day its contact naps. I would love to wake up earlier but i dont get a good sleep with half the night of battling against cot and then I dont sleep right when she is in our bed.

Feel like much a failure at bedtime.

I hate how she slept through until 9 months. I hate how she wont sleep through unless shes in my bed. I am so fucking tierd.

Oh OP I'm so sorry, that is so wearing ☹️

Your DH is ridiculous, I'm sorry. Mine WFH but 2.5 jobs, does all the cooking for us (well did for ages, I'd try and help make a main dish for dinner in the daytime sometimes and do all the food for our DS but DH always makes us dinner), does the large majority of the cleaning. Did all of it for ages! He's so busy but he'll take DS while I finish making his food if he's really fussy and I'm struggling.

Mine is breastfed so at 13 months has only recently started doing what could be considered sleeping through the night, then started teething again and stopped. This only happened at all because DH started settling him at night instead of me. We realised he could go all day without milk from me when I went back to work and on his nursery days they were able to get him to sleep without milk or a pram.

Mine was in the next to me for ages tbh. I used to hold him for 20 min then transfer him to the next to me and his first stretch of the night would be the longest. After 4 months he'd wake up every 2h at least.

At 6 months he stopped going down in it at all for about a month, he would wake up as soon as he was transferred regardless of what I did. Solid bedtime routine since 3 months as well. Really annoying having a friend ask if I'd considered using a sleep sack to help him realise it was bedtime (yes, he's always had one and he knows!). I ended up resorting to putting him in the next to me and bending over it to breastfeed him in it on his back so he stayed asleep in it - ridiculous but I was desperate for some time on my own and I'd also had him round the clock for about 3 months straight.

Even now he's in the big crib, he still feeds to sleep and I often get in it with him to transfer him, sometimes he'll wake up a bit and feed more, then I can roll away from him and he'll do a good solid stretch, then DH will settle him if he wakes up. Since DH started this, we've seen DS on the monitor able to wake up, sit up, look around and go back to sleep.

I say that to say, sorry for previously saying I wouldn't watch TV while mine was in the playpen - I wouldn't but have a supportive DH and some time in the evening while baby is asleep. I would be saying to your DH either take on cooking duties or getting baby settled in her crib/night wakes. He's not being a partner at all, that is beyond crap. Breaks from work while you do literally everything for the baby and the three of you at home, then calling YOU lazy! I'd actually be outraged.

Oh and I was extremely precious about my DS's food and did all of it from scratch myself, low sodium everything apart from the odd bit of meat my DH would make him as I don't eat it myself and don't trust myself to prep it properly. Buttered toast is absolutely fine and your DH can sod off! I don't agree that dads should get no say in parenting decisions/care for their kids if they're not doing the main care of them but yours is slacking so much and is just ridiculous about the food as well. I'd go on strike if I was you, OP!