slack--Any Suggestions? My husband and I both work from home, with me being a student as well. He's been away for four months on important business, beginning the first week of her birth. Meaning I have not been allotted my six recovery weeks, vacation from colic, or a lengthy bath in over five months. Now that he's returned, I'm still carrying the majority of the weight as far as parenting is concerned. When I ask him to briefly take over while I get in some studying , or sit down to a meal, nap, or have a shower, he plays incompetent to relieve himself of daddy duty.
For instance, if I've been in the shower for longer than 15mins, he'll bring our daughter in and poke her head behind the curtain while he "ventriloquists" hunger pleas and whimpers. It gets old and quickly lacks humor after the first ongoing week of this. When I'm eating, he'll bring our daughter's face next to mine and have her watch me chew until she breaks into screams. The icing that impelled this post was the other day when he took the night shift, sloppily putting our daughter to bed wet, half-dressed, and uncovered with the windows open and fans on high, knowing how cold our room gets in the morning. We use cloth diapers during the day and disposables at night and nap times. I had adamantly made clear the evening before that he put her in a disposable, which he argued was a waste of money and a diaper. The result was soiled crib sheets (which he did not remove), and an accident that could have been prevented.
All the while, I was asleep. When I awoke, I found he had given her a bath, and left her--unattended--on the edge of the bed, in our still-cold bedroom, dressed in only a diaper, and tucked under my arm, wailing. Later, I gave in, groggily awaking from a long night to clothe and lull her back to sleep. When I gave her back to my husband, I napped for not even five minutes to be awakened by startling loud music and my daughter crying. I found my husband asleep in his desk chair with my daughter hanging to his neck screaming, and Go, Diego, Go blaring on the computer! I've been patient thus far, but I'm losing tolerance. How do I get through to him? Any suggestions?? Thanks.
For instance, if I've been in the shower for longer than 15mins, he'll bring our daughter in and poke her head behind the curtain while he "ventriloquists" hunger pleas and whimpers. It gets old and quickly lacks humor after the first ongoing week of this. When I'm eating, he'll bring our daughter's face next to mine and have her watch me chew until she breaks into screams. The icing that impelled this post was the other day when he took the night shift, sloppily putting our daughter to bed wet, half-dressed, and uncovered with the windows open and fans on high, knowing how cold our room gets in the morning. We use cloth diapers during the day and disposables at night and nap times. I had adamantly made clear the evening before that he put her in a disposable, which he argued was a waste of money and a diaper. The result was soiled crib sheets (which he did not remove), and an accident that could have been prevented.
All the while, I was asleep. When I awoke, I found he had given her a bath, and left her--unattended--on the edge of the bed, in our still-cold bedroom, dressed in only a diaper, and tucked under my arm, wailing. Later, I gave in, groggily awaking from a long night to clothe and lull her back to sleep. When I gave her back to my husband, I napped for not even five minutes to be awakened by startling loud music and my daughter crying. I found my husband asleep in his desk chair with my daughter hanging to his neck screaming, and Go, Diego, Go blaring on the computer! I've been patient thus far, but I'm losing tolerance. How do I get through to him? Any suggestions?? Thanks.