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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here again, I agree with y'all on healthy family dinners and modeling for DS and all that good stuff. I was thinking that would all time nicely with our son starting a few hours of pre-school. Still really appreciating all the great suggestions! [/quote]

Your child probably won't be in preschool five days a week until he's at least three, probably closer to four. Is the kid not going to get healthy, balanced meals on a consistent basis until then? If you're not cooking proper dinners now, you're really not doing right by your child because at 12 months they're old enough for proper meals. It is incredibly quick and easy to lightly season some chicken breasts and throw them in the oven for 30 minutes. Sure, that's not the most interesting way to prepare chicken, but it's the easiest and it will provide soft enough chicken that you can shred some for your child to work on. While that's baking, you could add a couple of frozen biscuits to bake up. Then get one of those bags of microwave steamable veggies, and throw that in when the other stuff has just a few minutes left. If you pick the right veggies, they'll be soft enough to cut into small pieces that your child can try to eat. And then you have a dinner of chicken, vegetable and biscuit for yourself and your husband.

More broadly, though, it sounds like your real problem is that you and your DH aren't on the same page about what your role as a SAHM is, and that's something you guys really need to work out. It's not something you get to unilaterally decide, given that your lack of an income affects both of you. To be frank, you'll find yourself very much in the minority if you declare your only responsibility to be childcare. Most SAHMs also take on the lion's share of house cleaning, errands, meal planning/prep, and other chores that can be done during the week. You have one child who is 12 months old, so unless there are some significant special needs you haven't shared with us, you absolutely have the capacity to take this other stuff on. You don't need to be on the floor playing with your child every moment, nor should you be -- a little independent play time is very good for him developmentally. If you take on more of the work, then you and your husband could have some free time during evenings and weekends to do something together.[/quote]

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