My husband works a lot. He’s a mechanic and his regular schedule is 50 hours per week. We are also building a house. So, he does a lot of side jobs to earn extra cash for the house. He is very also handy (he’s completely renovated 3 houses) so he’s been doing a lot of the work on the house himself to save some money. He’s over at the house all day on both of his days off and sometimes after work. I’m still on maternity leave for the next week and a half so I know it’s kind of my role to take care of the baby, but I feel like I’m a single mom because my husband is never home. He probably spends half an hour per day with the baby, at the most. There were a few days in a row when he wasn’t home at all when she was awake. I said something to him about that and he has made it a point to be home before her bedtime, but it’s still very minimal.

Today was particularly stressful because the baby did not nap (thanks 12 week leap 🙄) and so she was super fussy. I also took her to a doctor’s appointment, lunch with my friend, and to the mall. It was a busy day and I’m a FTM still getting the hang of venturing out with her for long periods of time. Anyway, by 7pm, he wasn’t home yet so I texted him that I was about to lose it. He said he was working on someone’s truck, but he could come home whenever. But why do I have to ask him to come home if he can just leave whenever? I get it that he’s working a lot for extra cash. I also want the house done sooner rather than later, so I understand he needs to work on it. But I can’t help feeling like a single mom and that I’m just kind of stuck until the house is done, but the completion date keeps getting pushed back. I go back to work on the 15th and I don’t know how I’m going to do it all. 😓

Also, major kudos to those who are single moms! Your are real life super heroes!!