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I shudder to think about what this will be like during pregnancy and nursing...

He is the type of person who falls asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow (like now...) and it always takes me at least 30-45 minutes to fall asleep. The other night we had been in bed for maybe 15 minutes and he was complaining about how he couldn't sleep...

Yup! I woke up DH on a Friday night (no work the next day) when LO was being cranky because I wanted help. He rolled over and said, "I'm sleepy" and then was back to snoring. He does get up to do her diaper changes at night to help me out, but that takes 5 minutes and he's back to lalaland.

Honestly...never. DH has to leave the house at 530 to go to work where he's outside in the heat working all day and sometimes doesn't get home until 7 pm. I'd much rather be up nursing our baby all night (we've totally mastered breastfeeding lying down in bed, lol) then have his job...

Yes, when she's having her fits I get so frustrated I channel all that negative energy towards him. Poor guy. But I know I shouldn't because he's not only working but putting in hours renovating our new home. I've snapped at him a few times then geek super guilty about it.

There may have been a few times if the LO was taking a particularly long time to get back to sleep but for the most part he was so good with helping me at night that I can't complain!!

I don't even have kids yet and I already feel this way towards DH! I"m a troubled sleeper so I'll wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to fall back asleep and since I'm so jealous I'll shake him awake We've also 'worked on' the rules on weekends - he is NOT allowed to wake me up if I'm still sleeping, this has saved our marriage.

I'm really glad DH was able to take off 3 weeks after LO was born, because that meant I never had to feel bad about waking him up.
(DH is another one of those guys who can fall asleep in thirty seconds and sleep through damn near anything)
Because DH is such a good sleeper and I am such a crappy one who can get really frustrated about my sleep, and because DH is awesome like this, I have an open invitation to wake him up anytime. I try not to use it too often, but DH NEVER gets upset if I wake him up to help with the baby or if I'm just feeling cranky and lonely or sick or whatever. So after LO was born, I'd wake him up at the end of every night feed so he could do the diaper change, and then usually DH would take him away around 5 AM and give him a bottle in the morning so I could sleep. I tried to let him sleep more once he went back to work and i didn't, but then when LO was 9 weeks old we were both working, and I had zero qualms about making DH get up with me at night. Sure, it often meant that we were both super tired, but it also meant that we felt more like we were in it together, and nobody was resentful. (Just really freaking tired)

Yes! Moreso that DH doesn't hear every little stir so he gets way more consolidated sleep than I do. He still gets up to put LO back in his crib after his motn feed, which is awesome!