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I know what you mean. Even when I was on maternity leave, DH still got up with me for some feedings or did some feedings himself. But our LO only woke up for 8 weeks so we lucked out and everyone got good sleep from early on. I hope you can talk to him about it?

If you don't ask him to help you, he probably won't realize how tired you are or that you need help. My husband readily admits that he needs me to ask if I need something, he doesn't always notice, especially after a long day of work.

Last weekend I had my first "mommy meltdown"- dinner wasn't working out, the baby was crying, and next thing I know I'm crying too.

We talked and he realized how tired I am, so on the night before his day off he is starting to take the night shift- I felt amazing the next day! It made me feel better too to see how tired he was after taking the night shift- like it's not just me!

Sometimes you just need a full night of sleep!

Hubs is a SAHD, so I make sure I'm the one to get up at night so that he can get some sleep and be fresh for the little one during the day. Nothing worse than a sleepy care giver! (And I'm used to functioning on little sleep).

I'm currently on maternity leave and I'm so grateful because my DH takes care of the baby every night. He lets me know when he wants the extra sleep or has an early shift...probably once a week?

My husband used to get up on the weekends to give me a break. He's a light sleeper, though, so if DS gets up now, we're both awake.

I love reading what all of you do! DH & I will definitely have to decide this ahead of time - like most men, if he is given a responsibility, he does it without complaining, but if he's not asked he doesn't think about it!

For breastfeeding mamas, when your DH gets up with LO, does he just take care of other things like diaper changes, and bring the baby to you to eat? Or does he feed LO a bottle of breastmilk?