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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry but this is why you’re home on maternity leave.  If he’s going to handle a shift it should be day earlier than midnight or 5 AM.  He needs rest to go to work.  You need to nap when the baby sleeps during the day.  [/quote]

I disagree. You're home on maternity leave because your body is also recovering and you also need rest to function.

You deserve an equal partner in this journey. [/quote]

Yes!!! I am sort of surprised by everyone who is saying that she should be taking all the night feeds. He needs to help out. And also, how many of you really were able to sleep while the baby slept? Everyone once in a while I'd get a nap in there, but it would never be long (45 mins or so) and then other times that baby slept, I'd be doing laundry or dishes, or cleaning pump parts, or making formula or taking a shower, or grocery shopping, or cooking, or writing thank you cards, or one of the other hundred things that needs to be done.

Just because she is on maternity leave doesn't mean she should assume all the night wakings and run herself into the ground. I was unable to breastfeed and pumped exclusively with both kids and so my husband would do the nights feeds while I pumped. Once I dropped some of the nights pumps, my husband and I would take turns with teh night feeds. [/quote]

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