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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand this term "mental" load, maybe menial load, physical load, but mental - no, that's not right. [/quote] I also call it “administrative load” because it’s what the admin staff at my job do. But it’s *not* physical load. DH will do the physical work of cleaning bottles if I remind him a few times. He will never ever take over monitoring how many more feeds the baby will have before we need to wash bottles again and thus notice himself it’s time to do it. That’s the mental part. [/quote] Why don't you let him experience the consequence of not thinking ahead? You have assumed the mental load. Stop doing it. The baby won't die if she cries for 5 minutes while your husband washes a bottle. And perhaps the experience will help your husband understand that when he is feeding the baby a bottle, he should look to see if the next one is ready to go. Why am I having to explain this to you?[/quote]
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