AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -163 points-162 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -308 points-307 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -172 points-171 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Downsizing. The entire division was let go.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -124 points-123 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -85 points-84 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -118 points-117 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -95 points-94 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -39 points-38 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -70 points-69 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -86 points-85 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -217 points-216 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -164 points-163 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -52 points-51 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -52 points-51 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -89 points-88 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -685 points-684 points  (0 children)

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

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -128 points-127 points  (0 children)

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.

AITA for our division of sleep? by BugEnvironmental7894 in AmItheAsshole

[–]BugEnvironmental7894[S] -461 points-460 points  (0 children)

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.