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07.27.08, 07:49 AM General Topics
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whats your weekend routine as a family? dh and i are new parents - have 8mo ds. i feel like he's still living part of his life like he has no kid - surfing web til 1 or 2 on weekends, waking up at 9 or 10 am. sometimes napping. do i just need to lighten up? we both work full time. i just remember growing up and the whole family being up at the same time, eating breakfast together, etc...napping on some days, but not all... [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.27.08, 07:49 AM Flag
 

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I don't think the whole family needs to be together the whole time. But if some structured family time is important to you, or if you feel that his free time comes too often at the expense of yours, then negotiate it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 07:52 AM Flag
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you need to negotiate family vs. free time now. babycare tends to fall to the mom as default--dh and I had many heated discussions bout fairness and free time. if you are both working full time, thatn DH needs to get out of bed. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 07:56 AM Flag
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It's different when DC are so young -- as the other poster says, you don't "need" to be together all the time (and you're probably not yet going to very many acitivities/making very many plans that are "for" DC). DH may just be clueless (my DH is!) and need direction -- i.e., alternate days to sleep in. We have weekend "routines" -- some of which are adapted from our pre-DC days (bagels on Sundays) and some of which are "for" DC (swim class -- which I've delgated as "Daddy Time"!). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 07:57 AM Flag
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It took several years (and is an ongoing issue) to make the transition from all "me" time to family time with DH [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 08:11 AM Flag
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It does sound like he needs to step up a bit. None of us sleep in (dh and I usually up by 5:30, kids up by 7) so that's not an issue. I signed the kids up for a gymnastics class on Sat. a.m. & dh takes them to that. Sat. night is always our date night, time for just the two of us. Sun night is family dinner (most nights we eat as a family, but that one's sacred) and family meeting. But my dh does work on Sundays and will fit in a nap if he can. I generally don't begrudge him that--he works pretty damn hard all week. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.27.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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