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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, the people who are attacking you are RIDICULOUS.  Please know that.  You need to post this on a SAHM group.  Go onto babycenter and find one of the SAHM boards (which I also follow, as a SAHM).

What you are proposing is fine.  It's hard for you to picture because the baby isn't here.  But what you're trying to say is that your priority is the baby, not doing housework, and that you are not a "housewife," or a maid, you are a parent.  That is the same approach I took when I stayed home.  And I needed DH to be on the same page so that we had the same expectations.  He wanted me to spend my afternoon tickling my baby's toes, not making dinner.  We lowered our expectations, and when he was home, we did housework 50/50 (sometimes it was 70/30 with his doing MORE because he recognizes how physically demanding my job is).

As baby got older I took on more of those responsibilities because I wanted to, and because it was enjoyable, and because it is easy to do so with a baby ONCE THEY ARE OLDER, but you will kill yourself if you try to do all that when they are an infant.

Please post this on a group for SAHMs.  You will get a much better response.[/quote]

Heaven forbid OP hear from folks (working parents) who have tips for how to balance way more than she would as a SAHM with one kid.[/quote]

What were the constructive tips you posted? 
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