Prior to our having children (twins boys, 1 month old this coming Tuesday!), my wife and I divided the household duties as follows: I did all of the housecleaning and the lawn, whereas she did all of the cooking, to include washing the dishes.
With the birth of the twins, however, I took a month off of work, and I've been doing all of the housecleaning, cooking, dishes, washing of clothes, lawn, etc., and I've been staying up at night with the boys, so that she doesn't have to and so that she can get a full 8 hours of sleep.
However, she is gradually recovering and getting back on her feet, and I will be going back to work soon, but I'm thinking that a re-organizing of household duties, etc., is in order, especially since by the time I get home from work (I work dayshift) she will have dealt with the twins all day, and will be tired from that.
So, in addition to still doing the housecleaning as I was before, I'm also thinking about taking over the cooking, but I'm wondering........
How do you ladies see it? You've been home all day dealing with screaming babies, and your husband has been at work. When he gets home, what do you feel is appropriate for him to do by way of relief for you? What do you feel is an appropriate split of household duties??
I was just tossing this around in my mind, so I figured it would be interesting to see how the ladies see it.......
THANKS!
With the birth of the twins, however, I took a month off of work, and I've been doing all of the housecleaning, cooking, dishes, washing of clothes, lawn, etc., and I've been staying up at night with the boys, so that she doesn't have to and so that she can get a full 8 hours of sleep.
However, she is gradually recovering and getting back on her feet, and I will be going back to work soon, but I'm thinking that a re-organizing of household duties, etc., is in order, especially since by the time I get home from work (I work dayshift) she will have dealt with the twins all day, and will be tired from that.
So, in addition to still doing the housecleaning as I was before, I'm also thinking about taking over the cooking, but I'm wondering........
How do you ladies see it? You've been home all day dealing with screaming babies, and your husband has been at work. When he gets home, what do you feel is appropriate for him to do by way of relief for you? What do you feel is an appropriate split of household duties??
I was just tossing this around in my mind, so I figured it would be interesting to see how the ladies see it.......
THANKS!
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