MeggiesMama
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- Mar 5, 2009
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I'm 32 weeks pregnant and up until Friday I've been the primary adult in the house for my six-year-old step-daughter. I was exhausted all the time from either battling with my step-daughter over every little thing or just from going to school, tutoring at the college, cleaning house, and taking care of my little family. I ended up in the hospital from over-exertion and collapsing. My doctor flat out told my honey that he needed to make me rest. So he's taken over a lot of the things involving my step-daughter--bathing her, putting her to bed, getting her up and ready in the morning. I still get up in the mornings with them, but he's the one making breakfast and taking her to school most days.
So even though he's doing all this stuff, I feel like I'm going along behind the two of them and cleaning up after them. He'll bathe her then tell her to put her bath toys in their bucket. Well, I tried to move the bucket today to mop the floor and realized it was half full of water and when I emptied it out there were three wet rags in there, just waiting to mildew. He'll make food, then won't rinse the dishes so the left over stuff gets dried on. He put a load of laundry in, then forgot he'd done it, and I had to go and switch it. I'm getting to the point where I just feel like telling him to leave things alone because I have to go along after him and either do it right or finish it.
I've brought a couple of these things to his attention and he says things like "I didn't know that's how you did it." So I can either try to instruct him or just keep my mouth shut and clean up after them. What do you think?
So even though he's doing all this stuff, I feel like I'm going along behind the two of them and cleaning up after them. He'll bathe her then tell her to put her bath toys in their bucket. Well, I tried to move the bucket today to mop the floor and realized it was half full of water and when I emptied it out there were three wet rags in there, just waiting to mildew. He'll make food, then won't rinse the dishes so the left over stuff gets dried on. He put a load of laundry in, then forgot he'd done it, and I had to go and switch it. I'm getting to the point where I just feel like telling him to leave things alone because I have to go along after him and either do it right or finish it.
I've brought a couple of these things to his attention and he says things like "I didn't know that's how you did it." So I can either try to instruct him or just keep my mouth shut and clean up after them. What do you think?