H pioritizes work over us and im so sad.

My H is a partner at his company. I am a special ed teacher curre tly on summer break but will return to work in a week. We have one daughter, 5, and another baby on the way, due november.

My H Loves us. I know he does but the stress with his work erode his mental health, his time, his energy and patience. When he is with us he is ehxausted and usually checked out.

I just got back from taking my daughter on a month long trip to my home country. We got home 3 days ago after a very stressful 28h trip with 3 transits. I have been her only care taker for the whole month and put every ounce of energy into maki g it the best experience possible. I came home so exhausted. Before i left i asked him to take at least 3 days off when i returned to take over parenting duties while i rested for the benefit of myself and baby. He took 1 day. During the last week of my trip he was on a work trip for a week and we got back the same day. He said he needed to go back to the office becUse things need his attention after being gone all week. I was very disapointed and hurt.

Our daughter misses her daddy and she needs time to go out and play. I was hoping he could play eith her, take her out and havr a few days of time sincr he hadnt seen her for a month but he wasnt able to. Jet lag is hitting me HARD. pregnancy pains from the flight and neausea are hitting me hard. We have no suitible help here its just us. His mother lives near and could watch her if i asked but she doesnt need to be "watched" she needs interaction and as much movement and imagi ative play as possible this last few weeks of summer before starting kindergsrden. So despite being exausted im dragging my butt to the parks, shops, icecream, just being a kid. Our trip was fun But it was very adult directed I dragged her to zoos, theme parks, and family time with a large new family whome shes never met before, all amazing things that xreated core memories but she needs FREE PLAY or it directly affects her behavior.

Back to my H. He has always pioritized work but as our family grew and we both got established in high demanding jobs, hes been unablento acheive any balance. We talk aboit it constantly but the conversation becomes redundant.

When will our family be first? What will it take?