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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here I haven’t been monitoring this thread much but we found a few daycares that seemed nice. My wife is wanting to work because she needs a break from watching her. I’m at work all day and then come home and need to cook, clean, laundry, etc so the baby is still with her. I always offer to watch the baby to let her exercise and go out, have personal time as well but it’s still a lot of time she’s spending stuck watching the baby and breastfeeding. [/quote]

Op, having a baby is a lot of work. It’s what you signed up for, even if you didn’t realize just how much work, and how very tiring it can be.

Your wife wanting time to be her own adult human being and work a job she enjoys is completely normal.

If you both work during the day, you both come home in the evening and figure out how to manage the household chores as well as enjoying time with the baby. I understand feeling “stuck washing bottles” or “stuck changing diapers,” because when you’re new parents trying to figure it all out and lacking sleep, it can be really hard. But if you both feel “Stuck watching the baby” on a regular basis, I wonder if there’s some depression or bigger issues at play that need to be addressed.

This transition in life can be a challenge. You’re responsible for a tiny human now, which is so different than just worrying about your job and how to spend free time.[/quote]

OP's wife sounds completely normal. Tons of new parents feel relieved when they do back to work because babies are exhausting and often boringm Others don't and want to stay home. In an ideal world everyone has options that work for their family.

That being said if DH does think his wife is depressed, that is common too and he should help her get support in that case [/quote]

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