to ask dh to get up to the kids once I've already been up twice in a night?

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I am a SAHM and he works in a demanding job with an hour's commute each way so I don't mind getting up in the night to dd or ds but last night was a really bad night. I went to bed at 9.30, got up at 10pm to dd, 12.30 dd, 1.30 ds and 3am to dd again. When she shrieked again at about 3.15 he got up. She was asleep in 10 mins, he struggled to get back off to sleep and kept both of us awake til 4am.
I got up with ds at 5.45am and dh slept til 6.30. I would consider his night's sleep a really good one at the moment, but he was in a right old grump and said he was "totally knackered" after flinging a bit of the dishwasher he'd broken across the room.
So is it unreasonable for him to get up occasionally in the night?

Have to agree with traceybath and custardo.

My dh works long hours 5 days a week so it was mutually agreed that I would do night feeds (have 12 week old) and he would do one a week, allowing me to have a good sleep and lie in. If I am tired during the other 6 nights, he will get up any time after 5am with ds3. Could you maybe come to some sort of similar agreement that allows both of you to get some sleep? I've also got a 3 year old with autism who is up and down all night turning lights on and causing random chaosness.

thank you wise ladies. I was goingt o have a go at him about being grumpy when I do most night stuff but listened to you all and was usual cheery self when he came home from work. He was out of the grump and last night I only had to get up once anyway. Is always helpful to be able to have a mumsnet moan