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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]op, doesn't your child nap? At one my first was napping 4 hours a day still (9-11 and 2-4). My husband sure didn't get 4 hours "off"in the middle of each day. Of course I cooked every day. I still do with three kids.

I see part of my reason for being at home as making our home a great place to be. That doesn't mean throwing a potato at my family - but providing healthy meals. That starts at breakfast, I pack their lunches and I make dinner all week. Friday's we order pizza and Saturday we go out. My husband travels a ton and WAH when he isn't traveling- he eats leftovers for lunch when he isn't traveling. Even when he is out of town we have sit down dinners and real meals. I can't imagine what sort of eaters my kids would be if I just threw a bunch of random food at them each night. This isn't about "his" job or " my" jobs- it's about reality and about raising healthy kids. I'm the one at home. Take a cooking class, read cookbooks, do whatever it takes- but change your attitude about this. You are in the wrong here.[/quote]

If the child is napping that much during the day then the child is probably up on and off during the night.  When my kids were on a schedule like that I did things around the house and then took a little nap.  When you are on 24/7 you get breaks throughout the day.  [/quote]

No, he wasn't. He transitioned to one nap at 18 months. I just had great sleepers. The idea that Mom's are "on" 24/7 is stupid and only embraced my Mommy-Martyrs. Life with one baby (who doesn't have colic) is very, very easy. Sorry but it just is. Been there, done that. Life with school age kids is super easy (I'm living it). Even with three kids who weren't yet school aged I managed to get a meal on the table every weeknight, if you think that it's impossible thousands of years and millions of women prove you wrong. If you are a Mom who believes that you are so "ON" 24/7 that you can't throw a meal in the crock pot or stir fry something or grill some meat and roast some vegetables, you are doing the SAHM, or even just the "M" thing wrong and need to learn how to multi task. [/quote]

YOUR kid was a great sleeper and a great napper.  Not all kids are.  Usually even the good sleepers wake up before sunrise, take a nap and then need to be watched, fed, entertained, bathed, changed, put to bed in the evening. So if the working spouse gets home in time to help out with dinner, the working spouse should help out.  It would be kind of craxy to walk in the door, see your spouse feeding/bathing/changing a toddler and say "Hi, honey, What are you making me for dinner?"[/quote]

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