How much does your DH/DP do with your children?

[wangle99]

This is a curiosity question really... If you have a DH/DP that works fulltime and you have child/children, does he do anything with them on a daily basis? play with them? bath? bed? read story?

I realise there isn't a 'normal' situation but am curious.

Thank you!

ds is almost 3.5 and speaks loads and it active and funny.

TBH I think he's really messed up as ds starts school full time next sept and then will see very little of dh. DH knows this perfectly well.

I always thought it's because he's too tired etc. I now think it's because he's crap.

DH cant physically lift or run about after DS due to having a stoma which is prolapsed which gets to him as he would like to do more with DS. But he does cook our tea on the rare occasion that he is off work (currently working ave 60hrs pw and various shift patterns) and will help with the housework then too.

not alot.
cooks ocassionaly.
same as tryingherbest really.dh works shifts and i put it down to that but tbh id make more of an effort when i was here if i was him.
infact i cant think that hes been to the park,swimming,play groups etc with anyof them this year!

DP gets up with DD every day apart from one day at the weekend, he also puts her to bed most nights and does 50% of nursery drop offs.

He does loads of play/fun stuff at the weekend and always gives me a lie in one of the weekend days where he normally takes her out for breakfast and to the park. I am very grateful that he is so fabulous

dp will get up in the night if dd wakes. he cooks dinner once or twice a week. he does every baths every night, i read her stories then dp settles her to sleep. he gets home by 4 twice a week and comes to the park with us. sat morning before work he comes for a walk with us. sundays we are all together and he does cooking, playing, toileting, anything that needs doing. if dd has parties to go to at the weekend dp comes along and on days off he joins us on activities. he looks after dd every wed night after dinner wen i go out and baths her and puts her to bed. he gets up with dd sundays and i get a lie in.
he never washes her and dresses her in the morning as he has no idea what clothes to put on her