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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are sharing childcare duties while both WFH. We have a very equitable schedule.

Here is what I do when I am watching our 3 year old and my husband works: 
-Playing with her in her room (like actively playing and talking to her)
-Taking her for walks and to the playground
-Fixing and saving her snacks and meals
-Making sure she goes to the bathroom
-Dealing with any meltdowns as they arise
-Cleaning/laundry as possible and necessary

Here is what he does when he is watching our child and I work:
-Playing games on his phone
-Looking at Twitter on his phone
-Making himself snacks, then getting annoyed when our child asks if she can have some
-Getting frustrated with any meltdown or even very brief instance of whining (which happens constantly because she is bored and knows he's not paying attention to her)
-Letting our daughter come into my workspace and climb into my lap/yell at me/try to play with me while I work (and he will only come get her if I ask him too, as he is in the other room playing a game on his phone)

Technically, we spend the same amount of time "providing childcare" every day. But I am actually parenting whereas he is like the world's shittiest nanny. And, because I am constantly interrupted during my work hours, I'm also constantly working until 2am to finish projects, which means I'm doing all this on 4 hours of sleep, while he's getting 8 hours every night and then complaining about how tired he is.[/quote]

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