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[quote=Anonymous]I rarely woke DH up at night when I had a nursing baby. No changing diapers unless it was poopy, I’d just nurse until they baby is back to sleep and then set them back in the bassinet and I right back to sleep.  No need for him to be awake to watch me breastfeed. We have 3 kids now, so he usually gets up with an older kid with a nightmare or potty situation and I deal with the baby.

This sort of thing is really hard for other people to decide for you. Are you able to nap while your mom comes to help? I can easily sleep till noon, but after I’m awake and have had coffee etc I can’t really fall asleep in the middle of the day. Do you really NEED help at night?

Why don’t you just try to let him sleep and then wake him up if you need him? If you’ve had two bad nights in a row and won’t be able to nap because you have to do something while your mom is there, then sure, it’s his turn to give a bottle or whatever. But if you have 6 hours of child care during the day and he is working, it seems like he could be getting a break on the middle of the night stuff. [/quote]

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