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@Smurfette: Do you know why it was *easy*? . . . Because, (1) I bet you had everything ready for him, all labeled and laid out and such, (2) all he had to focus on was LO (whereas you are always thinking of the family . . . and doing other things at the same time like cleaning/laundry, etc.), and (3) he only had to do a single pickup . . . it was not like he was scrambling to get out the door with LO by a certain time in the morning. That makes a HUGE difference in terms of *degree of difficulty* . . . ! And that's just for starters . . .
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@MsLipGloss: Exactly!! He didn't do laundry, sweep, anything. He washed her bottles at the end of the night. I made sure he has food for dinners. Then Sunday I got home, did laundry, cleaned up, grocery shopped for the next week, got her bag ready for day care, etc.
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He took care of LO for a week when I was on business trip. Besides that never.
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@oliviaoblivia: LO is in PJs a lot when I get home too - sometimes the same ones, sometimes different ones. My hisband's rationale is that they're comfy? lol
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But the week was a disaster. He only made it to work twice, the days he did go he didn't get in till lunch.
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@littlek: ha, that made me chuckle
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@littlek: @Smurfette:They think they know . . . *augh* and *lol*
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Like @rachiecakes:, every day while I'm at work. I wish he would get some other things done while caring for her, but I can't fault his care of her. They're constantly playing together (she's only four months :)), he reads to her, etc. I pretty much have to take care of organized events though, and a lot of the housework.
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At most, 30 minutes? Between the time he picks DS up from day care and when I get home. So it's pretty much just him chilling with DS on the couch till I get home. Same for when I take a shower.
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@Smurfette: @MsLipGloss: Oh and he told me "B doesn't like his bed, so I had to hold him so he would sleep." Let's just say B can and does sleep in his crib, but if someone is going to hold him instead, he will choose that over crib anyday.
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@littlek: LOVEIT
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DH rocks at solo parenting. I've left for a weekend, I've left for 5 days, I've left for the whole day, I've left for half days...he always manages just fine. Shit, I'm convinced he's better at most parenting stuff than me
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He takes care of him every Tuesday night while I go to Zumba...and sporadically here and there when I can't be home. Honestly, he is awesome at it.
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DH rarely does more than an hour or two solo. I've enabled that so not placing blame, though I think all the time how that will change if we have #2. today he had to get her up and ready while I went to the RE and he also has to do dinner and bedtime tonight after daycare pickup while I run a work event. that is a huge day for him and we had to discuss all the details beforehand!
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Not often, maybe a few hours whenever I have a girls night.
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My husband is pretty awesome, so after I switched to exclusive pumping we took turns doing night wakeups with LO. As in, I took an entire night, and then he took an entire night. 50/50 The person off duty got to sleep in the guest room!
He's always done the nightly bath and has also done last bottle and bedtime since I started EPing.
There have been a handful of times I've gone somewhere during the day on the weekend. I went a few weekends ago to see the premiere of BreastMilk in the city with some mommy friends and left the kitchen a mess with dirty pump parts everywhere and milk out on the counter. I came home to clean pump parts, clean kitchen, clean LO, and baby asleep happily in bed.
Honestly, he's fine--he can and will do literally everything I do with LO. Well, he's not as on top of LO's laundry and doesn't really cook while watching her. But I don't cook a whole lot either, so I barely "win" in those categories.
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