Friday, 15 September 2017

Expectations of Husband for SAHM of 3


I am a mom of a 2 1/2, 1 1/2 and 6 month old baby. My husband works full time and makes good money to where I am able to stay at home to raise the babies for the first couple of years. I am enrolled in online school full time to get my bachelors while take care of the kids.My husbands expectations seem to be getting more and more demanding every day. He refers to this as my full time job and requires for me to have dinner ready, kids bathed and fed, laundry done, iron all his work clothes and house to be tidy and clean.Its been a constant struggle lately because i dont feel that he realizes how difficult it is to try to manage my time and divide it up to three little ones plus house work.Yesterday evening, we had someone come over to give us a quote to power wash the front of the house. I stepped outside to talk to the guy and my 1 1/2 year old started crying because she saw me that I was outside. He tries to motion to me to come inside and handle her, I assumed he would be able to do so since he is right there with her. After the man left, he told me "Did you think you were off the clock?" As in, did I think that I was no longer responsible for watching after our kids. Its little things like this that cause fights. When he comes home, I basically have been directly and indirectly told not to count on him to help with the kids because this is what i signed up for.Am I crazy to think this isnt right or is he in the right? I dont know how else to explain to him that there are days where I clean and instantly, the kids make a mess, I get tired from changing 3 kids, feeding three kids, doing laundry, etc. Im starting to doubt how good of a wife and mother I am since he compares me to other moms claiming they have everything handled plus have a social life and keep up with their appearances. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2jv1zJk

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