How much help is DH?

[auntymandy]

At toddlers yesterday one of the Mums was saying her DH was away and she now realises how much he does to help her!
I wondered how many others feel like this.
My DH is out of the house a lot so I get little help..(sob sob) I do bedtime most nights maybe once a month he can do it and most mornings I get up with them and do school run. He helps with school run most of all as he can sometimes drop on way to work

Why is it to help her though? Surely they are his kids too.

My DH is a star

He does his fair share and more!

Sorry I maybe worded that wrong.
Maybe I just meant how much he does

Katemum - exactly. DP's mum is always telling me how much of a 'help' DP is. If he didn't pitch in his share, I wouldn't be with him.

My DH is wonderful too, but doesnt get a chance to do much

DH is fantastic, he helps with DD when I cook dinner (all be it reading the newspaper to her, that's an improvement as he used to come in from work & sit & read it, it was like he wasn't here!) Once she has finished eating he sorts her out & then washes up, dries up, hoovers (if needed) takes the dog out & still finds time to make me a cup of tea!

must admit I am looking forward to our hols so I can have a bit of time off and he can show off his parenting skills!

I've got a sterling dh and father to our children.
However....he is never here so 90% of the time it is just me!

Will be spending a week on the southern coast of Turkey next week though,and bloody hell,I'm on strike!

my Dh leaves house at about 8 most mornings every week or so it can be mid day and most days gets in after 11pm. Every now and then he does a 'normal day. Leaves home at 7.30 and gets in about 8pm

DameMaloryTowers can I have your DH please - even if it is just for a week?

not enough - but he tries his best! tends to baulk at pooh and food, though

My dh is brill, does bathtime every night, puts ds to bed (I have to breastfeed dd) gets up in thenight ALWAYS when it is ds (I do dd, before dd was born we used to alternate who got up) we take it in turns to have a lie in at the weekend. Every morning he gets ds up and gives him breakfast, he used to cook 3 times a week, but now once or twice, he does the hoovering often (my least favourite job) he washes up when I cook, including dismanteling the breastpump, and putting it all in the sterilizer. On a Saturday he often takes ds with him to run errands, and takes him outside to play (we live in a flat)Does all types of nappies, never assumes that is my job. Only thing he doesn't do is choose their clothes, but then if he did they would go out in very strange combinations, so it is my job by mutual consent!!

He's brill, the best bit is that he deep down seriously doesn't think that any of this is MY job, but that it is OUR job. That's why I married him (Oh and he is Dutch, and I think that this egalitarian streak might be a bit to do with Dutch culture???)

I always findd it funny when I am working and people say "oh is ..... baby sitting tonight?" NO he is their father he doesn't baby sit them!!!!!

I had a lie in intill 11:30 as DH got them ready for school today. They were only 5mins late but I didn't get a cuppa in bed though .