Hellobee Boards Topic: Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:45:45 +0000 reggie on "Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-child-how-do-you-divide-the-household-responsibilities#post-59578 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:33 +0000 reggie 59578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hubby does most of the cleaning and he takes the morning shift of childcare.... he also takes care of all the bills and financials, feeding and caring of the dogs I cook a few times a week (the rest of the time either my MIL makes food for us or we order out). I usually do light housework such as clearing up clutters, wiping surface areas, folding our laundry and baby laundry (hubby brings it down to the basement and runs it), childcare from 3pm-6pm (on weekdays) we try to split grocery shopping but since it's been cold... he has been doing that... heffalump on "Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-child-how-do-you-divide-the-household-responsibilities#post-59356 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:51:09 +0000 heffalump 59356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm a SAHM so normally I do most of the household stuff, but I like to do it. However if I'm not feeling well.... which is most days hubby will do a lot. We have a cleaning lady once every other week so nobody has to do deep cleaning. Rubies on "Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-child-how-do-you-divide-the-household-responsibilities#post-59351 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:11 +0000 Rubies 59351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm SAHM so while baby naps, I try to pick up the house, I do all the laundry, and general tidying up. The hubs and I share cooking duties (whoever feels like doing it). The hubs does the grocery shopping and on the weekends, the hubs asks what needs to be done and he does it. :D mrs. wagon on "Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-child-how-do-you-divide-the-household-responsibilities#post-837 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:51:22 +0000 mrs. wagon 837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Rob Sr. does all the diapers when he's home, and feeds RJ. I do all the cooking, dishes, cleaning, laundry, and bill paying. Grocery shopping is pretty split (we either go together or sometimes Rob Sr. will pick something up on the way home). Rob Sr. is in charge of vacuuming, the one household task I absolutely despise, as well as feeding the dogs and letting them out. But for the most part we're a team and do things for each other when we can. We'll see what happens when we decide to expand our family... Mrs. Bee on "Now that you have a child, how do you divide the household responsibilities?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/now-that-you-have-a-child-how-do-you-divide-the-household-responsibilities#post-758 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:24:40 +0000 Mrs. Bee 758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Time is an extremely precious commodity and there never seems to be enough of it once you have a baby. But this is how Mr. Bee and I do it... Childcare is split pretty evenly. I do all the cooking, grocery shopping, bill paying... anything related to the household. I do most of the cleaning but we do have someone come in twice a week who is a godsend. Mr. Bee works a lot more hours than I do because he has his own company, works on Hellobee, and always has a bunch of projects he's working on at the same time. How do you divide childcare and household responsibilities with your partner?