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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I do this, too. Ignore the haters who think moms shouldn't get 5 hours to themselves on the regular. Those people are nuts. And we have two kids and are planning a third. Needing or wanting breaks doesn't make you a bad or inattentive parent. Oh, and the sexism is rampant on this. Any father who said he spent every second of the weekend with his kids "except for golf on Saturday morning," including handling them solo every Saturday evening, would be hailed as a conquering hero.

Couple points:

1) I do think, if you're splitting it this way every week, you are getting more/better time off than he is. If she's up at 7am, going down for a nap at 1pm, up at 3pm, and down for the night at 7pm (pretty typical), you're getting six hours off while your daughter is awake and he's only getting four, plus, you get the advantage of sleeping in (so blissful). You might want to mix it up a bit, so sometimes you get the afternoon and he gets the morning.

2) You've two have to talk. After bedtime tonight. "Hey - what was up with that text? I thought we had a deal about Saturday that we were both happy with. I'm certainly open to adjusting the routine if it's not working for you, either one time or more generally (*see point 1) but I don't appreciate being called petty and selfish."

3) If he won't budge, then yeah, he can send all the nasty texts he wants. I agree on holding the boundary with childcare that he agreed to do!
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