Me: I’m at the end of my rope here. I feel like I’m getting PPD because of sleep deprivation. Between the baby and our toddler I get woken up very 1-2 hours overnight and this has been going on for weeks. Him: you’re a mother, this is how it is. Insomniacs don’t get much sleep. I have to get up a couple times a night to go pee. Imagine what’d it be like if we had twins or 4 kids. Me: breaks down sobbing uncontrollably instead of dismissing my concerns and entirely not getting the point, I would love it if you could offer some support and understanding and a possible solution, like ‘geez you really are struggling, how about I not use my ear plugs and sleep with the baby and settle her in between feeds and get up to the toddler in the night if he needs someone, just so you can get a couple of consecutive sleep cycles because I love you and want to share the burden of parenting and not see you suffer like this even a night here or there or as many as you need to get back to feeling yourself’ or something. I can add more, and talk about all the great parenting he actually does, but this was just so shit for me to hear when I really needed help. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/323QhxX
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