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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first year of having a kid is a shock. Hire extra help and do whatever you can to keep your marriage strong. When we only had one, my husband and I would do 50/50 on the weekends - each take a two hour shift or whatever so we got time for ourselves on the weekends to do chores or just relax. Also teach the baby to sleep well. Newborns sleep so much that you can get a lot of free time to yourself if you follow wake windows and teach them to sleep independently. Lastly, beware of the mental load coming out of maternity leave - my mat leaves were long and I did everything since my husband was working. Then the balance was very uneven when I went back to work and never really recovered. I don’t particularly mind as I like being the default parents but I do get resentful sometimes since we both work full time.[/quote] The teach the baby to sleep well is kind of bs. Lots of babies have issues that prevent this and only time cures it. You're giving op something to feel guilty about that she may have little control over. I don't see how your advice helps since her dh refuses to be 50/50 at any point. The only thing you are right about is how hard her return to work will be because she married a man-baby. [/quote]
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