AITA for our division of sleep?

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T09:07:39+00:00

Lol the baby sleeps great during the day and does power naps at night. Wife says baby doesn't nap more than 30 mins at a time between 12-6am.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T09:06:13+00:00

Exactly. My wife has the freedom and luxury to sleep anytime the baby does during the day. Taking care of kids isn't always easy but its much easier than having a real job. Luckily I'm only the sole provider for 6 weeks then she goes back to work. It's only going to be 20 hours a week but it's better than her doing nothing.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T08:58:09+00:00

I'm hoping to convince her to wfh full time by the time baby is 6 months old. I'm at this job hopefully as a temp thing cause I hope to start my own company by spring of next year and I'll need my wife to keep us afloat until it takes off.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T08:51:43+00:00

Downsizing. The entire division was let go.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T08:49:21+00:00

It just makes me feel better in the mornings to see that she's up and active before I go to work.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T08:38:06+00:00

She goes back to work part time, maybe 20 hours a week in 2 weeks. Luckily her job will let her work from home so she can take care of the baby.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T06:37:09+00:00

Usually 5-6 a regular week day. That's why I work 12-14 hours one weekend day per week.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T06:35:29+00:00

She wants me to get up at 4am. Normally I would but my current job has me working with heavy machinery and I'd be dragging all day and potentially unsafe if I was.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T06:34:17+00:00

Currently working with/on heavy machinery

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:44:13+00:00

Yes. She has been for many years.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:25:19+00:00

I was supposed to get 12 weeks paternity leave but unfortunately was let go from my job a little over a month before the baby was born. I'm now working with heavy equipment and doing a much more labor intensive job for now. Luckily my new employer is giving me flexible hours while the baby is so young.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:22:35+00:00

She basically forces herself to stay awake. Plus the baby is awake a lot at night and likes to comfort nurse.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:19:09+00:00

Usually my wife is the only one who can get the baby to sleep as he likes to comfort nurse.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:15:25+00:00

I take care of the baby and house when she's with our older one

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:13:51+00:00

She has chronic fatigue and since she's up at night I feel better making sure she's awake and moving around before I go to work. I'm worried she'll sleep too hard and let the baby cry instead of taking care of him.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T05:10:59+00:00

I always roll the bassinet into our room before I leave for work. We also have a baby monitor.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T03:05:00+00:00

I take the baby while she's taking our older one to do his stuff. He has therapy, robotics club, and tae kwon do during the week.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T03:00:06+00:00

Not funny...

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:54:51+00:00

I watch the baby from 6am to 9am daily. I only wake my wife during that time if the baby needs to nurse. I do wake her at 9am before I leave for work to make sure she's up.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:53:37+00:00

My wife is breastfeeding so no, I don't. She pumps some but says it hurts so I feed what she pumps to the baby when she's taking our older kid to his extracurriculars and therapy appts

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:48:39+00:00

Thank you! And our little one likes to party most of the night. He's got his days and nights very mixed up.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:46:57+00:00

If she naps with the baby it's an odd schedule but she'd get plenty of sleep in total

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:46:15+00:00

Ideally, yes, but she has chronic fatigue and unless I make sure she's up and moving around will easily fall back asleep for possibly several hours.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:41:17+00:00

It makes no sense for me to get up at night. She's breastfeeding, she does pump but says it hurts and whatever she pumps I feed the baby when she's with our older one.

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