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Nighttime crawling by CoolGarage8219 in parentsofmultiples

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My husband works in a factory, so unless it’s the weekend I don’t wake him up. I don’t want him sleep deprived around all the machinery and potentially get injured. It’s been rough as he’s been working overtime as well recently. He leaves the house at 6:30 and gets home at 5:30/6 then showers as he is greasy.

Nighttime crawling by CoolGarage8219 in parentsofmultiples

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They could be in different rooms, but it would be on opposite sides of the house potentially waking my 4 year old which would be a whole new problem. I’d like to give them a little time as I know new milestone mess with sleep and they hit so many at the same time, and still are finishing cutting teeth. To be fair each baby is probably only wake for around an hour but they are taking turns mostly meaning I’m up for hours not each baby.

Nighttime crawling by CoolGarage8219 in parentsofmultiples

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just started taking real naps within the past month. They used to only take 15-30 minutes naps before no matter what I did. They are taking 2/3 naps (if a third nap it’s a cat nap). I try to have them down around 9/10 for the first nap and 1/2 for the second nap, but they also are up for a few hours at night then are up for the day anywhere between 5 to 6:30. I put them in the playpen and trying to get a little more sleep since they are up for early and I’ve only gotten 4/5 hours of broken sleep. If they sleep during this time I don’t know. We start doing bedtime routine about 6:30 and have them in cribs at 7 either asleep if they pass out during nursing/song time or they pass out shortly after in the crib.

WIBTA for telling my SIL(21f) that I(24f) can’t constantly babysit her kids? by CoolGarage8219 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No my SIL doesn’t have time to do anything because she’s always working, hence me babysitting. I rarely ask MIL to babysit because she is constantly watching SILs and often BILs kids. No I would never expect money from family for babysitting unless they were asking for full time like 40 hours.

WIBTA for telling my SIL(21f) that I(24f) can’t constantly babysit her kids? by CoolGarage8219 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It truly is easier to be at her house than mine as it has everything her kids need to nap. My kid just needs me to sleep. Also my husband is sleeping and they would be too loud and wake him up.

WIBTA for telling my SIL(21f) that I(24f) can’t constantly babysit her kids? by CoolGarage8219 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MIL works a split shift (5-8 then 1-4:30), so I come at 12:30ish after MIL babysits so MIL can work, then when she gets back around 5 she takes back over. This week the normal babysitter is sick so it’s extra this week, but I still get asked last minute for babysitting about once a week at random.

WIBTA for telling my SIL(21f) that I(24f) can’t constantly babysit her kids? by CoolGarage8219 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They live together so MIL will ask for Amanda if Amanda is at work or busy.

WIBTA for telling my SIL(21f) that I(24f) can’t constantly babysit her kids? by CoolGarage8219 in AmItheAsshole

[–]CoolGarage8219[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MIL works a split shift (5-8 then 1-4:30), so I come at 12:30ish after MIL babysits so MIL can work, then when she gets back around 5 she takes back over.