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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a dad.  When our twins were born, I had a lot more childcare experience than my wife did.  I was a babysitter of ages 18 months and up throughout high school (I sat for several different families and at least once/week).  I also have been around kids including infants a lot over my life.  My wife had never solo cared for a child in her life.  Two at once is challenging, especially when you are inexperienced with child care.  I remember both the NICU nurses and I helped my wife through the early years and I did more of the infant care than she did.

So I understand OP's husband's issues.  And I understand why he wants help for those times.  The place I disagree is that OP should not be the one to be putting the listing up or taking care of finding help.  OP's husband is the one that needs the help, so he should be placing the ad and interviewing candidates.  He's the one who should know what he needs help with.  And to keep him from dragging his heels, OP should schedule something, like maybe an outing with friends on a Saturday a few weeks out and put it on the calendar and make sure her husband knows when it is so that he knows when he needs to have help in place.  The longer he delays, the more likely he'll end up doing it all alone when the time comes.[/quote]

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