
I’m a working mom right now(I was required to be back at work two months after birth), and since we have no one else to help with our baby, my husband wanted to take paternity leave and care for our son until the end of the year. I was a little concerned but he was so excited when he started out and so I didn’t worry too much, seeing how happy he was.Recently, he has gotten extremely irritable. I still do almost all of the house work like cooking, cleaning, laundry, so it’s not like he has all the responsibilities of a sahm, but he hates when I talk about work instead of letting him tell me what he’s done with our son all day. I also take care of my son at night so my husband can sleep. I’m just gonna say, I fucking hate his attitude. We recently had an argument about breastfeeding two ish weeks ago and how I wanted to stop because it was so uncomfortable and ever since then, he is this angry human wanting and needing attention and praise for his efforts 24/7. I try to, but I get annoyed after a point considering he won’t acknowledge my efforts as well. I know relationships don’t have to be “equal” or whatever, but I want some recognition too. I also sleep in, I’m not a morning person, and the past couple of weeks, he wakes me at seven because he feels I’m not making enough of an effort with our son.I absolutely adore him for taking on the difficult task of caring for our child and wanting to take such an active role in our sons life. I know how difficult it is, I had to do it myself. But god, I’m going to punch him in the face if he says one more thing about how work isn’t as exhausting as staying at home when I work 10-13 hours a day. I feel like I do so much, and it gets my blood boiling that he says this shit to me.What do I do? Has anyone else experienced this? What can I say to him to shut his mouth about how much he does? What do you think I should do? I’ll take anything you have to say, good or bad!Edit: I don’t hate taking care of my child. I’m the one up most of the night with my son, because I know how exhausting it is and I want my husband to sleep. I get about three, if I’m lucky, four hours of sleep a night. I want my husband to feel better and at the same time to stop putting me down by saying I’m not doing enough for our child. If you still feel like I am in the wrong, I would still like to know that. I am grateful for anything you say! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/31vRFYE
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