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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]DH: runs laundry, grocery shopping,  cooks on weekdays, trash/recycling, pays bills, schedules house and garden maintenance, dishes (both of us but mostly him), most drop-offs and pick ups, texts with cleaning lady, some driving for extracurriculars

Me: fold and put away laundry, order house supplies, clothes, shoes, coats and any child-related equipment, books & toys, research child health and development, research and sign up for camps, schedule doctor and dentist appointments,  research schools, research home repair options, weekend planning, travel planning, house organization, tidying, cards/gifts for teachers, birthdays, holidays, communicate with teacher/school[/b]

I think this division is mostly because 1) we both work and 2) our kids are young so I have spent a lot of the last years either TTC, pregnant, or breastfeeding. But I think it works pretty well for us because he is more of a routine task person who hates research and shopping and while I don’t love those things, I don’t mind them. He also doesn’t have many ideas about things like how to wean to a cup, how to potty train, how to teach reading whereas I’ve been responsible for those details. Maybe this will shift when we are out of the 0-5 rapid developmental change phase.
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Sounds a lot like our division of labor. I switched a few things up from your lists to create my own to see where we stand. We have a 7 year old and we've kind of fallen into these habits/routines and they work for us. [/quote]

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