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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dh took the 11pm feeding. I went to bed by 8 or 9. So with baby up at 1?still got a stretch of 4 or 5 hours of sleep.
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This.  You go to bed when baby "goes" to bed, around 8 or 9pm.  DH can do whatever he wants (go to bed too or stay up) but he does anything beore midnight.  After midnight, it's your shift again.[/quote]

We have 3 kids. We've done this each time - starting at arnd 3 weeks, I'd pump 1 bottle for DH to use. I went to bed after the 7-9pm feeding, and DH fed the baby the bottle whenever the next feeding was - 11 or midnight or so. Then, he'd go to sleep, and I'd do the 2 am/ish feeding.

Absolutely ridiculous for your husband to not help. 100% obnoxious. You are a team, you created that baby together as a team, and you care for it as a team. Just becuase you are home does not mean you do all the work or that you do not also need several hours of consecutive sleep.[/quote]

Agreed. Maternity leave or SAHM, it doesn't mean you're on duty 24/7 and he gets to coast while you drop from exhaustion! "Nap while the baby naps" only works in theory. Both my kids' naps lasted 45 minutes max when they were infants. By the time I got the child down and lay down and fell asleep, the baby would be up. Not to mention there were household chores to do. [/quote]

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