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Paternity leave

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Dundundunnn · 15/10/2020 08:09

I'm not sure whether it's just hormonal and I'm feeling irritable, but DH has been on paternity leave for 1 week and I'm already so ready for him to go back to work.
The house is messier than ever, he has such a short patience, and I feel like my stress levels are so much higher with him here.
He still has 2 weeks left and I'm already counting down so I can just have my own routine with the 2 DC and my own ways of doing things, cleaning, cooking, organising the house.
I'm not really asking for advice, but has anyone else felt the same? I don't know whether I'm being irrational due to hormones or whether this should actually be a bit of a red flag that I feel like this now we're actually spending a lot or time together? Or if I'm actually just a total bitch and control freak that can't handle my routine being thrown off...

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NewLevelsOfTiredness · 15/10/2020 12:56

Could be a mix?

It doesn't sound like he's getting much out of it. Is he using the time to bond with the baby a bit? It doesn't sound like he's shifting his weight otherwise?

But I will say that when I did five months paternity leave (when our baby was 7 months to a year) baby & I really had a good routine - and it did stress me out a bit in half term holidays etc. when the other kids were there and my partner was home. The routine worked, but was just not possible on those days.

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