(DISCLAIMER: I'm a little irritated, so this is going to be a little bit of a rant, but shared experiences or advice is absolutely welcome)Context: We have a three year old and I'm 28 weeks pregnant with #2. My husband CONSTANTLY gets irritated when he isnt able to just go lay down and take a nap randomly in the day (often without mentioning it to me at all, so I have no idea that he's trying to sleep until I go in the room and he gets mad at me for interrupting his nap.)I've tried to ask that he just let me know if he wants to take a nap to avoid that, but also because I feel like its disrespectful to just go lay down for a couple of hours and just expect me to take care of everything with our son without asking.. (I feel like he takes advantage of a me being a SAHM, so it's just expected that I'm the 'default parent' who handles everything so my husband can do whatever he wants as long he takes a little bit of time out to play with him here and there.) He gets irritated at me for wanting him to "Ask for permission" anytime he wants a nap. He also has a habit of going into the bedroom and laying down to go to sleep while I'm handling dinner for our son, leaving me with dinner cleanup and the whole bedtime routine alone, again without saying anything at all so I dont realize it until I bring my son into the room to get ready for bedtime and dad is snoring. (He doesnt like to say anything to me because I'll get irritated at being left to handle everything alone...again, so I guess it's just easier to avoid the conversation entirely?)In the mornings, especially on weekends, I'm expected to get up with our son and get him out of the room so that dad can sleep in. He'll get irritated if I dont, or if our son wakes up and is ready to get up and I dont get up and take him, his dad will just give him Youtube on his phone to keep him occupied and in the room so that he doesnt have to get up and do anything. He doesnt get out of bed until at least 9, sometimes closer to 10-10:30am. I've asked if he can get up and let me sleep in sometimes, but it doesnt happen. If you ask him, he "does everything" around the house and for our son, and I just need to understand that he works full time and is tired, or his back hurts, etc.. (Can I reiterate that I'm pregnant and due in November??.. Plus I've been having pelvic pain that makes it difficult to walk at times, which my doctor says is normal and we cant do anything about it.)I'm just extremely irritated. I'm about to have baby #2, and despite me asking since April, my husband has not taken any steps to start getting our son used to going to bed for him, so if I'm not in the room for bedtime, he wont go to sleep. I tried leaving the house and making my husband take care of bedtime, but when I came home, my son was still crying because he isnt used to me not being there. When this baby comes, I dont know how I'm going to handle everything on my own, because it's becoming obvious to me that my husband doesnt care enough to make it a priority to help. I feel like his "I should be able to lay down when I want because I'm tired" argument is very child-like because he's acting like he doesnt have responsibilities, and completely disregarding the fact that I might be tired, too, but I have a toddler to take care of so I cant just lay down and go to sleep whenever I feel like it. Trying to explain how I feel or communicate at all about this hasn't helped because he legitimately believes that he's in the right and that I'm being unreasonable, so it just dissolves into arguments when I try to discuss it. I'm just at a loss, and feeling extremely undervalued and taken advantage of, and I needed to get it off my chest.If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2ZYQ0tH
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