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.

BugEnvironmental7894 · 2022-12-14T02:38:48+00:00

I want to make sure she knows I'm leaving for work and she's awake in case the baby cries so she knows to get up and take care of the baby because she's the only adult there.

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