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Comments for Post (25) I'm there with you. I've been dealing with a fussy baby for the past 2 days and I asked DH to try to come home early from work because I was going to lose it. I finally get lo to settle down and take a nap I'm my arms and he's fine. When DH gets home and finished eating I ask him to take lo for 15 minutes do I could have me time without him and he says he's going to bed because he has to work his other job tonight... Ok fine, but 15 minutes later what is he doing? Smoking a cigarette outside! I feel if he had time sure that he most definitely had time to give ME a break (short at that) from lo. I seriously want to punch him in his throat right now. I can totally relate as we sometimes have those days. I try to keep my cool & just not do anything for him. Most of the time he's an awesome helper, but since I've been home he's slacking big time. When I worked he coocked, cleaned, did laundry & kept the office & yard clean. Hopefully when I return to work he'll start to help around more again. He will also be caring for LO while I'm at work then he'll head to work. I'm sorry. Men are so clueless sometimes.. My DH has never gotten up with either of our boys. He always says he will, but he needs me to wake him up. If I have to wake up enough to wake you up, I might as well just get up! So frustrating! Communication is the key here. Men often take everything literally. Try to sit him and have a serious talk while keeping cool (I am repeating ans stressing out some of the things previous posters said). I know it is easier said than done. Good luck. What I did a couple of timea when my DH was on his phone playing game for several hours straight while I was running around the house (and he did not take my asking for help seriously), I just left the house for a couple of hours leaving him with both LOs. Needless to say, he was texting me apologizing in about an hour. After these "experiments" he is helping now and respects me more. What really killed me is dinner. I don't think it could have been anymore clear as I said "Im starving can you please make me dinner" Im never hungry so for me to say Im starving means I haven't eaten all day. So why on earth it took him soo long to make dinner I will never know *btw its now 10pm and I just took my first bite*. I know what he was doing. He was in the kitchen playing games on his phone ignoring dinner completely.... seriously. I am crying eating this sloopy joe. It is cold and rather gross when cold, but I don't have the energy to warm it up. A It might be a communication issue at the heart of this. But I am sick of having to make lists and being the only responsible adult in this house. I average 4 hours of sleep a night trying to keep the house up, working full time, making dinner, caring for my child, and attempting to get anytime for me in. He sleeps 12 hours a night and never does a thing. I don't know how many times I have asked him, begged him, pleaded with him, screamed at him, and cried for him to help. Nothing ever changes. Somedays I think it would be easier to handle if I were a single mom that just had daycare for my girl. Your 3-month-old: Week 4 When placed on her stomach, your baby will probably lift her head and shoulders high, using her arms for support. This mini push-up helps strengthen her muscles and gives her a better view of what's going on. Read More Your 4-month-old: Week 1 Researchers believe that your baby can now understand all the basic sounds that make up his native language. Between this time and 6 months of age, he'll develop the ability to make some of these sounds, which means... Read More Your 4-month-old: Week 2 By now, your baby may play with her hands and feet for a few minutes at a time. She's quite fond of doing one action over and over again until she's sure of the result. Then she'll switch things up a bit to see if the result is different. Read More Your 4-month-old: Your silly baby Even though crying is still your baby's strongest form of communication, he's also beginning to develop a sense of humor. He may start to laugh at pleasant surprises, such as your face appearing from underneath a blanket or... Read More