What is the most helpful thing your SO does?

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We all need help from our guys. Being a mom is EXHAUSTING! And of course, especially for breastfeeding moms, the biggest portion of caring for baby falls on us. Often our guys ask "what do you want me to do"? And of course like 10 minutes ago we had a whole list, but when they ask it's like uhhhhh I dunno....

So let's start a list. What is the single most helpful & most appreciated thing your SO does to help with baby?

* Every morning, when baby has woken up for the day, my husband will take him into his man cave so I can have 2 hours of pure uninterrupted sleep. If baby cries & makes too much noise, he takes baby on a little walk outside cause he knows that if I hear baby, there's gonna be no sleep happening.*

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I'm jealous of the sleep time your getting lol I would love to have the bed to myself for abit each morning.
The most helpful thing my SO does is cook dinner. Kyle will not let me set him down very long so dinner is a challenge. But as long as I plan it out even after a 10 hour work day my hubby comes home and cooks it for us. It's a bigger deal than it sounds even cuz I married a very lazy man who hates to cook lol

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Nighttime diaper changes unless he works super early and even then sometimes he will wake up and change littles diaper and bring her to me so I can feed her. He also does 90% of her diaper changes when he's home :)

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As long as it's after 5am, every morning, whether before work or on the weekend, my husband will get up with the baby, change him, feed him, and hang out with him while I sleep a couple extra hours. It's fantastic!

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My SO does that in the morning too. It's awesome. And I make him do most of the diapers.

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We trade off every other feeding at night. Other then when he's working we share all responsibilities. He's awesome!

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My hubby cooks every dinner, grocery shopping, lets me sleep in until 10 while entertaining our other kids, takes her during the day after I feed her and sends me to the gym. He's beyond helpful!! I feel sane and rested because of all he does.

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He cooks dinner almost every night. And he doesn't complain if I say I'm going to cook a meal but end up just making him a sandwich because I'm too tired to make a real dinner.

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Most helpful... Nope nothing. He holds her sometimes while I cook supper but that's about it. He has only fed her maybe 5 times. Doesnt wake for her. Doesn't do naps. He plays with our 2 year old son. He doesn't cook, clean, or do laundry. He once and a while mows the 5 acres of grass and burns garbage. BUT he is maybe home 5 to 6 days a month.

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My husband does the house stuff I don't get around to doing during the day. Such a life saver.

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My husband is a ups driver and even though he does manual labor all day long and has over an hour commute to work, every single night he comes home and before he does anything else he takes the baby and I'm off duty from 8pm-midnight when he goes to bed. On the weekends he takes the 5/6am wake up from the baby and brings him into the living room so I can sleep late. On the weekends the baby is really mostly him being "on call" and I get to do my nails or whatever. This is a little thing too but when I bf or pump he never complains about fetching me things like water and my phone. He knows I'm couch locked during this time and how much I hate to pump so he tries to make it as easy as possible.

I'm glad you posted this I think I see more negative posts and rants about the men than I usually do positive so this was refreshing!

What is the most helpful thing your SO does?

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