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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this whole thing about he doesn't know how to get the kids to bed.  Has he "shadowed you" a few times while you do it?  What is so difficult?  You should be able to have at least a monthly ladies night out while he takes care of dinner and bedtime routine.  I think you are enabling his helplessness.[/quote]

He has shadowed me. I always tell him that he's free to do his own thing though, that it's my routine but if he feels more comfortable doing his own thing, than he can do it. I don't know if that is causing the problem because than I'm being too wishy-washy and maybe he needs me to spell out exactly what to do and in what order? He will attempt to say, give the kids a bath, but than my youngest will start crying for me or my oldest will say he doesn't a certain book and than my husband will just give up. I'll tell him to just keep doing what he's doing and ignore toddler tantrums but he literally just shrugs his shoulders and says that they want mom and he's not good at this sort of stuff and that I need to take over. [/quote]

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