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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry but this is why you’re home on maternity leave.  If he’s going to handle a shift it should be day earlier than midnight or 5 AM.  He needs rest to go to work.  You need to nap when the baby sleeps during the day.  [/quote]

I strongly disagree. Staying home, whether on leave or permanently, is just as hard as working out of the home. I say this as a WOHM. You should be well rested if you are staying home with a newborn so that you can concentrate and care for the baby and yourself during the day. I don't agree that partners should get a full night of sleep because they leave the house each day to work.

OP - you need to divide and conquer and I'm sorry your DH is not pulling his weight at night. For us with DD1, it worked best for one person to be responsible for her from 8P-1A and the other from 1A-6A. This guaranteed we were both getting a solid 5+hrs of sleep per night. DD2 slept through the night on her own fairly quickly so we kept our daytime duties overnight which were that I was responsible for all "input" and DH was responsible for all "output". He'd get up and change her and then I'd feed and put her back down.[/quote]

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