LO is 8mo and DH is constantly angry because I don’t do enough round the house. He complains that he works and can’t be expected to do chores as well. He’s always saying that other mums manage to do the housework and in some cases a job, as well as childcare, so he doesn’t see why I can’t. But I’m struggling to fit it in. I must be missing something?
I get up and breastfeed LO while having a coffee, then I bath and dress him and myself, hand feed him his cereal while I have toast, then take the pushchair and the dog round the block. That eats up over two hours. Then I play with him for an hour, breastfeed him again, and he naps on me. He’s a Velcro baby and won’t let me put him down. Then it’s lunchtime, and after lunch DM pops in and plays with LO so I can empty the dishwasher, do laundry and quickly run the hoover round. After that we usually go out to the shops or a group or a park to relieve the monotony. We come back for another breastfeed and LO has a second nap on me. By that time DH is due home from work so I cook while trying to watch LO crawling around. After tea I’m shattered. There’s another breastfeed after tea and I might get a break if DH looks after LO for a bit (not always the case as DH sometimes works away). I end up in bed by 9pm watching tv and breastfeeding LO to sleep.
I don’t see when I’m supposed to dust, clean windows, wash the car, put stuff away, pick up stuff that DH has left on the floor, cut the lawn or do anything else that he whinges about?