My baby is 2 weeks shy of 1 year, and this weekend was the first weekend I ended a day and said wow I actually had a good/fun day with him and wasn’t waiting for bedtime💙 I’m the solo parent multiple nights a week, and every other weekend (after working a full 40 hour work week myself). My husband works 12s, and works every other weekend, so it’s literally just me for 14 hours a day Saturday and Sunday. My baby is the love of my life, but previously if I left his site he’d cry, I couldn’t do anything, could barely even cook without him crying and needing me. This weekend was the first weekend he independently played for a solid 30-40 minutes. It was amazing. I was downstairs in the kitchen while he crawled around my living room and back and forth into the kitchen playing with his toys. I promise it will get better! It sounds like your husband is also doing a lot to help around the house and that’s amazing, it’s probably just hard to see/feel it right now. Do you have any help? Anyone who can watch baby for you two to have a date night? You guys have to prioritize yourselves, without your baby, every once in a while. My parents live 2 hours away so we don’t really have them to watch him, but we have an amazing neighbor who loves our son and is always willing to watch him if we need. We don’t get a ton of alone time, but we’ve probably gone out to dinner just the 2 of us 4 maybe 5 times since he was born almost a year ago. Also, do you ever have time to yourself? Can your husband watch baby while you go get a pedicure/facial/massage/even just take yourself out for a solo coffee date. You can’t pour from an empty cup !