My husband works long shifts which involve alot of driving!
3:30-4am starts mostly!
I have a 6 week old & he has done 1 night feed as he was off the next day! (And he stayed downstairs on couch/netflix- cheating a bit imo!)
He did take 1 week paternity leave & the plan one of those nights was for him to do the feeds but he sleeps SO soundly I got upset as he dosent hear her as soon as I do and I took over.
He works a 6 day week.
He can fall asleep on the couch at night even before baby and he genuinely "dies" impossible to wake! I gave up because he would be rude , leave me etc and it REALLY bugged me if he slept on the couch!
At the weekend he came in 6pm and fell asleep at 8pm
i woke him a few times to no avail & took baby & I to bed, when she woke for 3am feed i jst went down and woke him to say she wants fed!!!!! His turn! (He was off next day)
Anyway, ive had an upset tummy for 2 days (nights actually) and tonight the bloody dog has been sick on the carpet 3x.... we have a great baby who isnt a crier
just vocal at night but im not complaining!
Tonight i woke him to ask for a hand and it took me 7 times to rouse him.
He was pissed off and rude (usual if i wake him sometimes he dosent even remember it!!)
I feel like making sure tonight he takes her the full night im so pissed off at him! Just wanted him to hold her as i scrubbed the bloody carpet or vice versa
Its not realistic to expect him to do regular feeds with his shifts but not helping when i need it has really REALLY annoyed me!! (As i take frequent trips to the loo)
Secretly hoped he would say along the lines of he would take her for a few hours and let me sleep it off.... hes not up till 5am this morning!
I feel like taking turns now every 2nd night but i know its because I am angry!!!!!!
Im just offloading really......& wondering how others do it?
Friends are varied but mostly all agree that the men in our lives dont wake as easily as we do to tend to baby xx