https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:18:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920108 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:08:14 +0000 dagret 920108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he cooks about 90% of the time these days; he always trims LO's nails, he bathes the dog and trims her nails, washes bottles and pump parts occasionally, all the car maintenance, all of the pool and 95% of the yard maintenance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920104 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:05:08 +0000 cascademom 920104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He always does the trash. I haven't taken out the trash with any frequency in 6-7 years. With LO, he does the pick up well from daycare, bathing, and general playing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920096 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:02:28 +0000 Smurfette 920096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He is great at bath time. It is their time, when he is in town. </p> <p>Household stuff, does great with yard work and grilling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920090 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:01:08 +0000 Caly 920090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's a wonderful cook &amp; is great at making creative meals, does 100% of the yard work and makes it look great. He can take a completely trashed room &amp; get it clean in no time. In general he's great at helping out &amp; will always jump up to help with no nagging. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920011 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:40:21 +0000 bushelandapeck 920011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is great about the dishes/cleaning up after dinner (including bottle/pump parts), doing LO's bath every night, lawn/watering plants, trash, and bringing LO to me in the morning so I can nurse him in bed. He is also the one always making fun plans for us or suggesting that we get out for a night alone, which I always appreciate but am not so great at planning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920008 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:39:35 +0000 rachiecakes 920008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had to clean the litter box ever or vacuum the rugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920006 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:39:22 +0000 aprk 920006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Garbage and carpet cleaning. Hallelujah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-920004 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:39:04 +0000 regberadaisy 920004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: yay! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919998 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:35:32 +0000 hilsy85 919998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Killing bugs. It might not sound like a big deal but I would rather have him do that than take over 10 other household chores! </p> <p>He is also great about drying the dishes after I wash them, and he also handles all of our finances, so I am very grateful for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919987 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:33:02 +0000 Weagle 919987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's in charge of bills, trash, yard stuff, and is killer on the grill... So yummy. Oh, and he's awesome at making breakfast food. Hes super handy. He's an engineer, so he's great at thinking through the logistics of travel... Or just leaving the house. Plus, LO is obsessed with him and vastly prefers his company these days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919980 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:31:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 919980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH is great at sweeping even our area rugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919962 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:25:03 +0000 DillonLion 919962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbookworm: Yes to the laundry! DH is so meticulous about neatly folding and hanging up clothes. I just try to get it done as quickly as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919957 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:22:54 +0000 heffalump 919957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He maintains the house. If anything is broken or needs replaced, he fixes it. If it requires someone professional to fix it, he'll call them and often come home when they are here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919909 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:11:31 +0000 yerpie110 919909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH takes care of everything outside (weeding, planting, watering, mowing, trimming, fertilizing, etc.). He also does all garbage duty, car maintenance, 100% of the bills, and most of the dog-walking. He's pretty swell :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919835 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:58:07 +0000 lawbee11 919835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH exclusively does all yard work, takes the trash out, cleans the toilets, and changes the litter box. He also does the dishes and laundry most of the time. I am pretty lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919834 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:58:05 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 919834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He cooks every night. He's the best cook! I can make pasta sauce, and that's about it.</p> <p>He also mows the lawn, empties the trash, pitches in with the dishes, does bath time, and usually does bedtime with Chloe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919833 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:57:37 +0000 mrsbookworm 919833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's much better at folding laundry than I am. Must have been his brief stint as a manager at Bloomingdales! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919831 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:56:54 +0000 looch 919831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband takes care of all of the bills, makes sure we have a working car, that we have vacations to go on, etc. He's a great researcher, so I try to find things for him to do that exploit this skill.</p> <p>He also works really hard and I know if he ever lost his job, he'd take a short sabbatical and would be determined to do whatever he had to contribute to the family finances. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919828 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:56:20 +0000 Adira 919828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs does empties and replaces all the trashes. He also usually starts and unloads the dishwasher. He does dinner about half the time. And he ALWAYS does Xander's bath and is great at bath time! He also always gets Xander up for the day and brings him to daycare. He also usually washes all the bottles and prepares them for the next day. &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919827 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:56:20 +0000 Charm54 919827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's awesome at taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, shoveling the driveway, laundry and keeping me happy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919820 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:55:11 +0000 ChattyCathy 919820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Empties the litter box and that is about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919817 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:55:02 +0000 MamaJ 919817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He cooks every night. I hate cooking. He also run errands like buying dog/cat food because I can't handle that with LO. Oh and he frequently takes my car to get gas because its so hot I can't get gas with LO sitting in the black car in 100 degree weather! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919808 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:53:40 +0000 avivoca 919808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He cleans the kitty boxes when he's here, takes out the garbage, empties the dishwasher, drives me to and from work when he's here (we share a car), and always, always puts the toilet seat down. He's a good guy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-baby-care-duty-or-household-chore-is-your-so-great-at#post-919785 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:47:57 +0000 DillonLion 919785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before I get all bent out of shape on my other thread, I thought I'd try to balance things out. </p> <p>DH does all trash duty (changing the dirty diaper pale, collecting trash and replacing bags around the house, dragging trash/recycling bins out to the curb on trash day) and lawn care (mowing, weed eating, weed killing, gardening, etc.)</p> <p>I never even have to think twice about these tasks, unless I want to (which is...almost never). </p> <p>He also has gotten a lot more helpful as far as getting the house prepared for when we have social gatherings at our house. There used to be some tasks he refused to do, but now he will do anything I ask in order to get the house looking great for company. </p> <p>He also frequently cooks dinner, does dishes, and does bottle cleaning/preparing/sterilizing most of the time.</p> <p>Oh, and he drives me to and from work most days! </p>