Night shift
My boyfriend has worked night shift for over 3 years now and clearly still hasn't adjusted to it. More times than often, he goes to sleep as soon as he gets home, and doesn't wake up again until it's time to go to work again. He's a mechanic and does physical labor and I know it's tiring, but we've had fights numerous times because of this. Since I was pregnant, we talked about how he would need to be more present. Our baby is 3 months old and I feel like everything is on me. He was great the first 2 weeks when he was home, but now it's back to the work schedule. I have to beg him to give her a bottle or hold her and when he does, he acts like it's an inconvenience. I know a lot of responsibility falls on me because I've been on maternity leave all summer but I go back to work next week and I don't see anything changing. All I ask is for him to give her a bottle in the morning before he goes to bed, and spend some time with her at night before he leaves for work and it's a constant struggle. My question is, am I being too hard on him? Is his job so tiring that he can't block out some time for his daughter each day? I know he loves her and me and is an amazing guy. He's a little younger than me and has never been around babies before so I knew the bonding would be a process but hasn't it been long enough? I hate having these fights with him all the time, but I feel like my feelings are justified. Please no comments about how I'm the woman and should take care of everything at home and all he has to do is work and provide. We both have full time jobs and split chores and that's not the type of relationship we have so I don't need to bashed for not being the stereotypical house wife. Thanks in advance.
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