Just this. We have a 3 month old baby. She is a happy little soul a lot of the time but like all babies, she has times when she is grizzly, angry, hungry and uncomfortable. Obviously as her mum I'm biased, but she really is the sweetest baby!
I just don't understand my dh. I'm at home with her all day and over the last 12 weeks I can count on one hand the number of times I've actually 'got annoyed' with her, and every time it's because I've been with her all day and running out of steam and it doesn't last long. It's normally ' Oh baby's name! seriously?!' Or 'yes I know, I know!' I then feel immediately really bad and manage to dig deep and keep going.
Dh has much lower tolerance and patience than me. For example, this evening whilst trying to give her a dummy (we think she is possibly teething) he was holding it in her mouth and trying to get her to latch, but she was not taking to him so after a min or two he snarled at her and threw the dummy across the room.
I know he has been at work all day so maybe he is just knackered etc: but surely, he can just dig deep for a couple of hours after work? I just think...I've been with her all day and she is three months old for crying out loud, she isn't doing it on purpose!
I didn't make a fuss but I just came and took her away for a bit, rocked and shushed and when she fell asleep took her up to bed.
so that's his contribution this evening as I will be with her overnight when he sleeps in the spare room.
Is this a man thing or am I being intolerant of the fact he's just had a long, hard day etc ? It's worth saying, his sleep is not as disturbed as mine, as generally I'm the one feeding at night.