How much help from SO?
posted 13th Jan
Just curious how much everyone's SO pitches in when it comes to child-care. Mine helps maybe 30% of the time I would say...
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When he is home from work, 85%.
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I would get maybe 10% help... and then I pulled major bitch on him and the tables have turned (I did this on purpose), I'm waiting for him to complain... or he isn't going to complain because that will prove that I was right, that he was being a lazy ass and it's hard to do it all alone.. lol
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SO isn't in work or school at the moment, so he helps about 50% of the time with DS. He also does all the cooking and the dishes most of the time, and I do the washing and the bathroom and all that stuff. So it's split pretty evenly down the middle
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If I said 10% that would be generous haha.
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When hes home I'd say 50/50 he'll wrangle the older one when I need a break and I'll take care of the baby or vice versa. He often watches both while I go get a pedi or see a girly movie with my friends.
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Well mine plays with the kids and will watch them if I need to do something but when it comes to feeding our youngest (non junk food) or changing her, ect., thats all me. However I've been sick and hes been doing the cleaning
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On the weekends, I'll say about 80 percent. On week days, about 30 percent. But he works his ass off and I'm a sahm, so I feel like he does what he can.
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I can't say a percentage. He helps when I don't feel like doing anything. He helps when he's home. He helps when I ask. He helps when I want to go out. I don't do these things often though. I enjoy taking care of LO and being a working house wife as tiring as it might get.
So I say, we mutually help each other with LO everyday, all the time.
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Texasposted 13th Jan
When he isn't deployed...I would say 90%..the 10% he doesn't is when he is at work lol
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At least 50% normally and now that I am pregnant more...he is a really great dad, I think he tries extra hard because his dad wasn't around much when he was a kid.
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We work opposite shifts with different days off ... so probably 50%
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Quoting TheDude:" Just curious how much everyone's SO pitches in when it comes to child-care. Mine helps maybe 30% of the time I would say..."
He probably does more than I do.. Haha.. So I'd say 70/30.
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Definitely 50/50...DH watches the baby while I am at work and the 7 year old is in school then he goes to work when I get home. I think he has the easier shift with child care because he has just the baby during the day, well until summertime. But anywho, He's a hands on dad when it comes to both kids and I'm not complaining.
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My husband just jumps in and takes care of the baby sometimes he takes the baby from me so he can do it the only thing he doesn't like to do is the bath but that's okay I feel like that's my special time with baby. He also cooks and does other household chores if I ask (but on his own time) Im pretty grateful I wish ALL men would cherish these moments with their babies.
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