Question For Those With Small Kids Of Their Own

[AnneCordelia]

You need take a rule about the bathroom. Best thing I ever did. Even my 1yoknows to wait quiet outside the door. Some things a woman should be able to do in pea e. Lol

[melissa ann]

I started my childcare when my kids were 1 and 3. They are now 7 and alomost 5. I rarely get a break. My husband is about worthless. He comes home from work about quarter after 5(he does feed the dog), then he lays down n the sofa and watches tv until the dck leave and we eat supper. My daycare is seperate from our personal home. I've been trying to get him to do the dishes during the week on our personal side. Since it's mostly his lunch dishes (he takes leftovers) and his cups. But, no. the sink is still full.
I tell him I do dishes during the day, and I need a break too. But he says, well, that's my job and get paid for it
My dd (7) has girl scouts and takes ballet. All of which, in the evenings, I get her there. I work longer hours then my husband and yet he does nothing to help in the evenings.
My church has LIFE (living in faith everyday) study groups 3 times a year that lasts 10 weeks each. I was participating in those. It's an hour and a half one day week. Ididn't do the fall semester because my husband didnt' want to watch the kids. Especially, when they didn't want me to leave and would get upset. I really enjoy going to those, I could actually talk to people older than 7

[countrymom]

I have 4 kids, and run a full daycare, I feel like I'm working around the clock. Now the kids are older (13,11,9,7) its a bit easier. Dh is sometimes like my 5th kid. He will come home sit on the couch and sleep, heck he sleeps everywhere. I found that I need to be organized all the time. I also go out for a coffee at tim hortons once a week and just sit in there

[MNMum]

I had to get in on this one...My husband has gotten better...but. I have felt very resentful lately, being sick the last two days has not helped. He gets up, goes to work, gets home after all daycare kids have gone, sometime between 5-6. Sometimes he prepares dinner. Cannot get him to help with anything on a daily basis. We have three kids, 9,5,2. Our house is always a mess. They bring home art projects and papers and toys are everywhere. How do you get a guy to see that making dinner involves not only food prep, but dishes, putting away stuff that was used, wiping the table, and cleaning up the floor? And that things need to be put away on a daily basis. With a household of 5, once a week doesn't work. I need a maid and chauffeur, that would probably solve the problem!

[PolarCare]

I hear ya.

My husband used to be a big pain about that. Like having another kid. I politely explained that if I don't get any downtime, nobody does. That, and I started leaving the house for my "me time", detailing what I expected to find when I got home. Pretty effective.