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What is the ratio of child care between you and your SO?

  1. Mrs. Jacks

    blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts

    Me 40%
    Him 60%

  2. sera_87

    pomegranate / 3604 posts

    I just asked DH what he thought it was - and he said 70/30 him!

    Excuse me while I go check him for the ability to lactate.

    And bang my head against the wall. >_<

  3. yoursilverlining

    eggplant / 11824 posts

    I want to say 50/50. We both work 40++ outside of the home. I do 100% of baths, dinner feeding (solids), and putting LO to bed; but DH cooks dinner while I do bathtime and takes LO and gets her dressed in the am because I am *not* a morning person. He takes her downstairs on the weekends and let's me sleep as long as I like; so frankly, I'm fine doing whatever else! Even if I do more child duties in the pm, DH does other household necessary duties, so I think it evens out to 50/50 across the board.

  4. Rainbow Sprinkles

    eggplant / 11287 posts

    Pretty close to 50/50.
    Dh watches Dd while I'm at work, and I watch her while he's at work.

  5. keiki_mama

    nectarine / 2504 posts

    I'd say 60% me and 40% DH... some days DH will take on more than 40%. I give most of the baths, cook all the meals, and I feed LO at night. DH is really great at playing with LO and keeping him entertained. We both work outside of home full time.

  6. skibobrown

    pomegranate / 3388 posts

    Until March it was probably
    Him: 80%
    Me: 20%
    DH went back to work in March, and his commuting schedule means that I spend more time w/ DD now, so I think now it's more like
    Him: 35%
    Me: 65%

  7. Penny Lane

    nectarine / 2163 posts

    Probably 90/10. I BF and SAH while DH works 50 hour weeks + has a lot of responsibilities through our church at the moment.

    He changes the occasional diaper, does evening wake ups (which are only giving a dummy and patting LOs back), hangs out while I cook dinner and does things for me while I'm occupied (fetching water for me, towels at bath time, etc.)

  8. twoofeverything

    kiwi / 643 posts

    @Running Elley: I could have written your post! I'm in the exact same boat.

  9. googly-eyes

    GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts

    80/20 me/dh? I SAH so that's why.. If I worked it would probably be around 50/50 because I am utterly insistent that he helps out. Call it nagging but he'll just have to deal with that, she's his responsibility too. And he likes to be hands on so usually I don't have to say much. It's more the background things (cleaning bottles, packing diaper bag, making baby food, etc) that he has nothing to do with, but he and dd have a great relationship so far.

  10. Mrs. Blue

    blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts

    Since I'm still on maternity leave probably 75/25, but when I go back it will be pretty much 50/50. When he's home, we pretty much divide and conquer.

  11. MaisyMay

    GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts

    Probably 45/55 with DH getting the 60. He leaves before she gets up, so I do the 3-5 hours before daycare. He picks her up from daycare at gets 3-4 hours alone with her awake. When I get home, I feed her solids while we eat. We do her bath together, and then he does the final bottle and puts her to bed. He cleans the bottles while I do the pumping. If she wakes during the night, he feeds her.

  12. MsMini

    grapefruit / 4056 posts

    DH said that before this weekend when I went back to work it has been 90% me, 10% him. He thinks that now that I am back it will be 70% me, 30% him.

  13. Lozza

    pear / 1837 posts

    Probably 60% DH / 40% me.

  14. MamaMoose

    GOLD / squash / 13464 posts

    I would say 75/25 with me being the 75. But it's not his fault... LO is EBF and is going through a phase of only wanting mama to put her to sleep so hubs has no real option to help more.

  15. crunch

    cherry / 186 posts

    85/15 with me being 85. We both work and have flexible schedules, but I always do middle of the night wakings, mornings and evenings. I feel like I'm being generous with the 15 (only because he makes his food)

  16. Sammyfab

    pomegranate / 3383 posts

    I'd say it's 60/40 even though I'm a SAHM and we were nursing up until 2 months ago. DH gets LO every morning and he does bedtime every night. On the weekends he puts LO down for his nap, feeds him most meals and still does bedtime.

  17. MsLipGloss

    GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts

    @Anagram: Sorry doll. I'm a WOHM, I BF at night/early mornings/weekends, and the ratio is still 90% me and 10% DH. Basically, unless I ask him to feed her (puree), or hold/play with her so that I can go to the bathroom/ shower, etc., it all falls to me. Not that he doesn't want to help, but . . . for example, when I get up at 5:30-6:00 on the weekends (her usual wakeup time), he hasn't ever volunteered to let me sleep in while he watches her, I do bedtime, I prep her bottles for the day, etc. On the other hand, every once in a while he will come in and say something silly like "gimme mah babeh!" and just take her away for a while. So, maybe I was a bit unfair and should say 85/15.

  18. sunshineandsushi

    persimmon / 1165 posts

    I'd say 60/40 only because DH works longer hours than I do. But when we're both home, it's 50/50. Before they started STTN, he would get up with me to do feedings and change diapers. He's the one who packs my pump bag in the morning and most of the time he is the one who is washing bottles. At bathtime, one of us washes them, the other gets them dried off, lotioned up and dressed.

    I think it's different with twins though, I am insistent that he be hands on. There's two babies, two of us, so it evens out!

  19. dagret

    grapefruit / 4235 posts

    80/20 but only b/c i EBF.

  20. ValentineMommy

    pomelo / 5791 posts

    When we FIRST had him and I was recovering from my csection - it was 75% HIM, 25% me. He got up with him at night so I could sleep and everything. It was great.

    Now that the "honeymoon" is over (lol), it's something like
    90% me/ 10% him ...and that might be generous. We both work full time, but he also goes to school at night. Sigh - I can't wait for that to be over.

  21. kml636

    pomegranate / 3225 posts

    @sera_87: your DH's response just made me LOL. It's so funny how much credit they want for things moms regularly do. My DH does help a lot but certain things he won't do unless explicitly asked, and that's annoying.

  22. swurlygurl

    honeydew / 7091 posts

    Hmmm... during the work week it's probably 50/50. I EP, so he has to take care of her while I'm pumping. On the weekends, it's more like 90 me/10 DH. He's always working on house projects at our house of his parents' house, so I have to take care of her even when I'm pumping.

  23. winniebee

    hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts

    When my husband is working - 70/30

    When he's not working - 50/50

    His schedule just doesn't afford him the opportunity to pick up more slack since he's simply not around. When he's home, he's very very hands on. Regardless, he always gives T his nightly bath and feeds him dinner/plays with him after work and before bed. I usually am cleaning up or prepping our meal during that time.

  24. littlebittyhouse

    pear / 1570 posts

    We are both FT WOH. It varies depending on schedules and busy season but for the most part it is about 50/50. LO is still nursing so I should tip the scales but at night when I am feeding LO, DH washes all the pump parts and bottles. On weekends we trade off. I feel so blessed to have such an involved DH!

    The flip side is during his busy season (Jan-April) it is 100% me M-F and then 80/20 (me) on the weekends.

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