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My husband and I trade off during the night. I get the first 4 hour stretch where he does 2 feedings and then I take over after that and he gets a 4 hour stretch. Or if one of us is really tired, the other takes on the whole night. Which rarely happens because I have to pump anyway. But we just talk to eachother on a daily basis about where we are on the tired scale and go from there. Resentment has no place in the life of new parents. Stress is already enough. Good luck.
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My husband and I are in a stump. I'm typically a stay at home mom, but decided to pick up a couple of shifts at my job to help them out while they were short handed. While I had to get up and go to work, my husband graciously helped out with the baby at night, but didn't do so happily. He was very upset the entire time and didn't seem to know what to do in the night. How do we work together to get through nights? Even though I'm staying at home most days, I get exhausted and need help. I just don't know how to communicate that or how to come up with a plan that gives us both sleep.
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At first I was doing all the nights by myself, which became tiresome because I wouldn't sleep. Then my husband started giving me sleep for about 4 hours after he came home from work in the evenings. Occasionally he takes the whole night so I can sleep 6+ hours. For the most part I just fit in sleep when I can.
I get baby to bed and do the first feed. Them my husband does the early morning feed before he goes to work. Although she has only woken up at 3 the past few nights so I've primarily done it unless he's up and can't sleep. Just because your home all day with the kids doesn't mean you do t deserve sleep too! I also usually do the diaper Bc that's the part that frustrates him since I don't let him turn on any lights 😊
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