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So my husband and I both work from home and same jobs , we have 2kids both 1.5yr old and less than 1yr old, I hold both kids while working at same time while sometimes when I have meetings and he doesn’t he might help hold them for max 20-30mins for me to get done with meeting, this doesn’t happen everyday as most days I hold them even while in meeting, it is very difficult for me because both are babies and need 100% attention and I still have to think of making lunch every day, do laundry, clean the house the kids mess up, most days I’m over exhausted and frustrated I know I’m not the best mom to my kids as sometimes I scream in my frustration and when I tell my husband this things he tells me we are in this together but I feel alone, when I tell him to take one kids with him to work he says he won’t be able to work holding the kids but I do this everyday, I feel like I’m drowning, sometimes he helps hold them for me to shower, cook and have meetings sometimes so how best can I tell him I need more to feel we are in this together without sounding ungrateful, because if I tell him I feel I’m doing this alone , he is going to think but he is helping and I’m not recognizing his efforts , how can I express what I need without downplaying his efforts.. I want to get our kid in daycare, he says no he doesn’t trust daycare, I want to hire a babysitter but my pay alone won’t cover the cost and he discourages me while assuring me that he is in this with me but his actions and what I feel says otherwise.. I’m stressed too much.
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First things first: Get on the list for daycare!!! Just get on the list! You can always back out but it takes ages to get in.

My other advice is to click this link and then practice the conversation before you have it https://dbtselfhelp.com/relationship-effectiveness-give/

Some thing that helped us was we both sat down after the LO was asleep and we made a list of everything we did that day. Then we showed each other our lists. This helped get the point across that in a day I do a lot more than he realizes. Then we talked about how we could even things out. We came up with the idea that anything that has 2 parts are something we both do and divided up the rest. So an example would be groceries: he picks them up and then I put them away or dishes: he loads the dishwasher and i unload it or laundry: he washes and dries I spot treat and soak everything and I put it all away. I also have several crock pot meals that I put him in charge of so I don't always have to make dinner. I make my LO lunch the night before to help the day go soother.

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