Can I Aw it up?

[doglover31]

DS has never STTN. And some nights he is up constantly. This morning at 5:30 I heard him crying so I got up to go check on him. When I walked out the bedroom, I saw DH in the living room with DS.

He told me DS had been up for awhile. He started crying and he heard it on the monitor (somehow I slept through that) so he went and got DS so I could sleep longer.

My DH is pretty awesome sometimes. What has your DH done that has been AW worthy?

[melw629]

A couple days ago, when I was really feeling yucky from being sick, DH came home from work earlier than expected, and immediately offered to make dinner. Later, he offered to take the night shift with DS so I could sleep. I couldn't take him up on the offer since my supply takes a huge hit when I'm sick anyway, and missing 2-3 night feedings on top of that would make it worse, but the offer meant a lot coming from him...the man does not function well when he doesn't get sleep.

[doglover31]

melw629 that's so great he offered to help. DH normally sleeps through all of LOs wake ups so I was really surprised this morning.

[melw629]

doglover31 that's awesome that he let you sleep! Even a few extra minutes can make a big difference.

[doglover31]

melw629,yes, even 5 extra mins can make you feel like a new woman!

[jt2378]

Awesome ladies! DH is great about the evening routine with starting or making dinner or entertaining DD while I do it but he isn't much help MOTN, kind of my own fault since I have always been the one to handle the wake ups and with nursing and all. He has offered and said "I don't have a boob! LOL" but I can't deal with having to do extra pumps for extra bottles MOTN so I am my own worst enemy!

Hooray for extra sleep!!

[doglover31]

jt2378,I do the same thing. I figure its easier to just go nurse than to pump. So now DS will only deal with me MOTN. If DH goes in his room MOTN to get him, he freaks out even more. Sigh, I guess I did that to myself by not letting DH help while I was on maternity leave at night.

[jt2378]

doglover31, YES exactly the same here, she gets even more crazy and screams louder if he goes in!

[rkang01]

A couple weeks ago my husband, who never cooks, decided he wants to cook dinner once a week, he even set up a pinterest for recipes. He is horrible in the kitchen and it stresses me out to bad, the first meal was a taco pasta salad, it said it should take 30 mins to make, it took him a hour! I tried to argue with him about how it is just easier for me to do it. At the end he looked really down so I asked what was wrong and that I figured he wouldn't mind not having to cook. He said he wants to be the type of dad that can cook for his kid when I am not home and not just eat out all the time. It made me feel so good to hear that. We agreed he can cook on Sundays when we aren't so crunched for time like the weekdays.

Also same on LO only letting me feed her in the middle of the night.

BTW, does anyone know why I can no longer tag people using the android app? I had no problem before and now I suddenly cant tag people.

[doglover31]

jt2378,DH has tried...and looks upset when DS isn't comforted by him. I have to remind him he doesn't have the right equipment that DS is wanting.

rkang01,that is so sweet he tried to cook. DH has been taking over cooking a lot more. I have an iphone, so no help with the Android.

[judyblume14]

I have a pretty awesome hubs all around. He does day care drop-off and pick up, and is usually home before me... and never complains when I go to the gym after work (despite the fact that he doesn't have a similar "outlet"). We're pretty even stevens when it comes to cooking, cleaning and taking care of the babe.

I wake up about an hour earlier than him to get myself and the baby ready for the day. So sometimes, but 10:00 at night, I just shut down and have to go to bed, immediately. He'll clean the day care and pumping bottles and finish folding laundry on those nights, which is a huge help.

This week, out little Lu has been incredible cranky (she has a cold and is teething, I guess). She's actually lost her voice from screaming so much. I nurse her to sleep usually, but this week she's just been a monster. The other night, when she finally went to sleep, I sat down at the table to eat and thanked him for making dinner. His response was "You're welcome. Your job is so much harder than mine right now." It just felt nice to know that he recognized and acknowledged that.

Also, he's cute.

[jt2378]

DH has been doing more of the cooking also and to be honest he cooks better than me so I'm thrilled, haha

[doglover31]

judyblume14, that's awesome that your DH is so helpful.
We had a turning point in December. DH is a teacher and while on Christmas break he took care of DS full time for that 2 1/2 weeks. The first day he realized how much work I do with DS. Since then he has been so much more helpful. He has been trying to care of a lot of the house work so that I can focus mainly on DS

[doglover31]

jt2378, my DH is a pretty good cook too

[spacedcadet]

I'm jealous of all the cooking H's. My DH does not cook. He has helped out here and there. We changed DCP about a month ago and he helps with drop off and pick ups now because it is closer to his work. That has been nice.

He is an elem. principal and it is the middle of testing time and they are short on staff so he is pretty stressed at the moment, but I'm sure he will help more when that is done. I imagine he will keep him some in the summer.

It was pretty funny that during maternity leave he would give me a hard time about not getting much done around the house, and he kept DS during winter break and I would get home from work and he would complain about not being able to even shower.

It is pretty cute when he talks about wanting to take him golfing or fishing when he gets older. And they like to watch Sesame Street together on the iPad.

[doglover31]

May 1, 2015 11:44:01 GMT -5 spacedcadet said:

I'm jealous of all the cooking H's. My DH does not cook. He has helped out here and there. We changed DCP about a month ago and he helps with drop off and pick ups now because it is closer to his work. That has been nice.

He is an elem. principal and it is the middle of testing time and they are short on staff so he is pretty stressed at the moment, but I'm sure he will help more when that is done. I imagine he will keep him some in the summer.

It was pretty funny that during maternity leave he would give me a hard time about not getting much done around the house, and he kept DS during winter break and I would get home from work and he would complain about not being able to even shower.

It is pretty cute when he talks about wanting to take him golfing or fishing when he gets older. And they like to watch Sesame Street together on the iPad.

I can totally relate to all of that! DH is a teacher and would say the same thing. When it was break time and I was back to work and he was home with DS all day it changed big time!

[alioop1028]

Awww, all your H's are so cute, and wowzas on all the cooking getting done. Nice!

My H is also pretty good all around like all your ladies' H's. I get home earlier than H so I do dinner but he does clean up and putting her to bed. I have nothing noteworthy to add these days but he always makes sure I have some time to myself each week.