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Feeling like I'm a single parent at times

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KMD88 · 11/04/2022 20:06

My daughter is 16 months old, but I'm just here for a rant, as my husband literally has never done a single mealtime with her ever!!

She's had a awful tummy bug, which I cleaned up, and when she carried on being sick in the night my husband never woke 🤬 If she wakes in the night I'm the one who goes to her, if she needs feeding it's me! I love our little girl more than anything she's my absolute world - we both work full time but I do all the morning drop offs and pick ups to grandparents - he will do it if I ask him to (but surely he could offer!)

I feel my husband is all about his job and not us! He came home from work this evening, and has never picked her up, or asked us what we've done today - he read her a bedtime story after I stormed out of the room due to stress of doing everything! I'm literally at the point where I've talked to him about it but nothing changes! Yet if it was due to work he would jump at the chance!

Any help on how to deal with the situation please?

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Specialk2021 · 11/04/2022 20:10

I’m in a similar thing at the min too.. however my kids are 11,8,7 he dosent do a bloody thing especially round the house he works comes home twines eats his tea and goes to bed..I’m so fed up I feel like walking out.. having a lil baby won’t help your situation have you tried sitting down and talking to him about how you feel? X

Embracelife · 11/04/2022 20:12

What s Been happening in past 16 months? !
Presumably you enabled him to not do anything?
Start today
Change your way
Hand her over and go out for a walk
Let him work it out
Don't micro manage
He can call for advice if he needs to a friend or his mom

KMD88 · 11/04/2022 20:39

I've just kind of 'got on' with things that need doing like sorting her meals, snacks, packing her bags etc but if I ask him to do them he will say 'he doesn't know what to put in the bag' or as she can be a fussy eater he finds mealtimes stressful.....don't we all? 😂

I've told him about how I feel and he says he will do more. He does things around the house so I can't complain, he hoovers, sorts washing, ironing etc but I've told him before that when I'm looking after our DD I can't always do all of the things around the house....but I need him to say "I'll have her...." doesn't he think that I may ACTUALLY want to do some cleaning for a little break! 😳😂🙈😫 but when I say this he just says he wants to do the housework (but then I curse him for choosing the 'easier' option than playing with a toddler!)

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