Ok everyone, well my rant is continuing, sorry! I woke up because I heard a door close. That usually means that one of the kids are up and are closing the door so that we can sleep a little longer. I get up to check, open the door and see my husband in the kitchen. I say, oh it is you, okay. I come back in the bedroom and get ready to climb into bed when I realize that it is 3am! I go back to the door and ask him what is wrong. He said, he got up so that he could do his homework. :furious: SO, NOW I am up with the kids, while he is BACK in bed. I am so annoyed right now...

We are usually pretty good about taking turns. If dh is being difficult about it - I usually give him the baby around 8-9 and tell him to give me at least 2 uninterrupted hours before coming to bed.

That's easy to answer - ME!! At least once a week, DH comes home from work, lays down on the couch after playing w/ the kids a little while, and falls asleep. He'll get up for dinner, and will stay up until almost midnight, but he always seems to get a nap. Plus, he NEVER gets up one minute before he has to during the week. He doesn't help get the kids ready in the morning AT ALL. That is going to change come August, because I am going back to teaching full-time and I CANNOT do it all by myself. When the kids wake up in the middle of the night crying, I'm the one to get up - it's been that way since they were babies. DH plays the "I-go-to-work-all-day" card, but thankfully, that card will be in my hand, too, soon enough!! I really can't complain too much since he does pitch in more than some husbands I know, but the sleeping thing is kind of a hot button with me. On the weekends, I am always up with the kids by 7:30 at the latest while DH sleeps in for another 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Once in a blue moon (and I mean a BLUE MOON) he'll get up with the boys before me (Mother's Day is one of those days) and I get to sleep in another hour.

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For us if it's STAYS AWAKE, at night mostly him. If it's GETS UP once everyone is asleep it's totally me!

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ME! It's me now when we are both working so I'm quite sure it will be me when I'm a SAHM. I can feel your pain. It's really not fair but men are a different breed and that's the only excuse I've got for them LOL

We put the kids to bed together, then DH naps on the couch untill he gets up to go to bed. He normally works 6 days a week, so the one day he is off he normally gets up with the kids. Even if they are up at 7am, it is still sleeping in for him because he gets up at 3:30am for work! Right now everything works good. He is a mechanic so he works hard everyday at work and I know he is tired when he gets home after a 10 hour day, so as long as he keeps the kids at bay while I cook, I'm OK with doing everything else!

My DH is awesome!!! (No, we aren't newlyweds, we've been married for 7 years this year.)

To sum it all up...

In the next life, I choose to be the Dad!! They've got it good.

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DH and I usually put the kids to bed together and then hang out for a while, most of the time watching tv or we play a game of pool. His morning schedule is usually pretty flexible, so we take turns on who wakes up with the kids. DS #1 and DS #2 take turns waking up first, usually around 6:30 am. DD loves her sleep, so she doesn't usually like to wake until around 8:00 or later! (She's almost 3, but already acts like a teenager!) Today is my day to wake up with the kids and DH is still in bed, but he let me sleep in until almost 11:00 am yesterday!!! (I think my body is trying to get a cold or something, so I needed extra rest) So, he deserves a little extra sleep. As far as middle of the night, for our babies' first year, I am the one to wake up all night. After they turn one, it evens out more. Right now, we're about 50/50...and like mommytosa said, we're not newlyweds, either! We will be celebrating our 15th anniversary in August!

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I guess I am lucky, usually my dh stays up later and gets up earlier usually because the dog knows to bother him and not me Although if it comes to the one of the kids waking in the middle of the night its all on me.

I suppose I am lucky. My husband will help out. On the weekends we each pick which day we get to sleep in. Say, he sleeps in on Saturday, then I get Sunday!

But it gets messed up when my son wants to have one of his "mid-night parties". That what I call it when my son wakes up at night and wants to play for a few hours instead of sleeping.
This is what happened last night. I was delighted to find out in the morning that my husband let me sleep in. I was part of the mid-night party, so it is only fair!

Now that I am a SAHM, I have to take all the night duties. I feel it is fair because after all, I can take a nap in the afternoon if I wish. My husband works 10 hour days during the week....traveling his long commute to downtown chicago every day. I don't miss that for a second!