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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This sounds like our family. Pretty similar.

What are you having trouble with, exactly? Just hire help.

And definitely keep the part time job. [/quote]

I’m tired from the day to day and raising two very young kids - one who is still a young infant. It’s the menial repeat tasks like packing a lunch and snacks, laundry, constant surface level cleaning, making all appointments for kids, managing all the outsourcing, managing all the childcare, cooking 2-3 meals a day, doing all the grocery.

We have cleaners, a nanny for when I work, and outsource yard work. There isn’t really much else to outsource.

My husband is great with the kids but doesn’t help out with any cleaning or above tasks. He just sits down to relax while I do the cleaning up after we put the kids to bed. [/quote]

So he treats you like the maid.

So get a maid.

Or figure out which stuff bothers you most and talk to him. A lot of this you have to accept is your job -- he's not going to start tracking the kids shoe sizes or become the contact person for school. He's just not. But he should help clean up the kitchen after dinner. He can help lighten the load on keeping the house clean by cleaning up after himself and doing basic cleanup after the kids (say, working with your older kid to pick up toys while you get the baby ready for bed). Talk to him about how your family time can go more smoothly and be less stressful if you work as a team during those times. Suggest that some of these activities won't really feel like "work" if you go them together as a family because it's really more about being a functional family and setting good examples for kids.[/quote]

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