Does your OH get up with baby in the night?

[leeanne]

Quite truthfully, mine never has yet I am not complaining. He works hard and, in addition, whenever my babies cried, I would be awake anyhow.

 

[Vickie]

Stan does. I have no problems going back to sleep but I like my sleep. Stan got up every time she got up when I was recovering, though I got up as well. When he went back to work he told me that he didn't want to leave me with her during the day if I hadn't gotten any sleep So he gets up with the first shift at 12-1 and I get up for the next shift at 5 (sometimes she goes back down until 7 sometimes she stays up)

 

[LaDY]

My OH has been great from day one...i could never thank him enough for his help especially during the recovary when i got hom from hospital xx

 

[dippy dee]

My dh never has gotten up woth the kids unless i have been in hospital and that's theonly time which i don't mind as i bf my others and plan to do so with this 1 as well, what gets me annoyed is he doesn't do nappies when i went into hospital about 6 montha ago for a week he went as far as to hose them down in the shower when they had a poo he is renowned for it now

 

[~KACI~]

Nope never, he's very deep sleeper by the time I had woken him up to see to Paige, i could of fed her and got her back to sleep ! His alarm is set to snooze and it goes off for a hour before he has to get up for work. I never known someone sleep so deep! But doesn't bother me caz Paige does go straight back to sleep x

 

[AppleBlossom]

My OH never gets up in the night either. Nothing wakes him and I'm a light sleeper so when Grace wakes up I hear her and he doesn't so I don't see much point in waking him up because even if I did I'd still be awake. He has done it once or twice and sometimes he'll take her when she wakes up in the morning so I can have another hour or so in bed.

 

[Amanda]

Nope never, he's very deep sleeper by the time I had woken him up to see to Paige, i could of fed her and got her back to sleep ! His alarm is set to snooze and it goes off for a hour before he has to get up for work. I never known someone sleep so deep! But doesn't bother me caz Paige does go straight back to sleep x

I've just accused my DH of bigamy after reading this post Kaci!!

I had a section with Charlie and they let me out after 48 hours on strict instructions that DH was to do everything. The first night home, my milk kicked in. I couldn't sit up straight in bed due to my stiches, and couldn't roll over to my side because of my painful and enormous boobs. Charlie was crying in his moses basket and I couldn't get out of bed! I somehow managed to wake DH (by thumping him), he got up, walked round to my side of the bed and pulled me up!! He asked me what the matter was so I told him I had been stuck. To which he replied "well, you're up now, what are you crying for?" !!!!!! And promtly got back into bed!!!!!!!!!! In the morning he couldn't remember a thing!

 

[~KACI~]

Men hey !!

 

[Holldoll]

DH gets up and brings Bella to me to eat every night. He's a much lighter sleeper than I am and he'll wake up and watch the monitor periodically during the night (he's a little paranoid, as well). Last night was the first time that she's cried and he hasn't woken up.

 

[Carolyn]

no, but then i'm breast feeding and not at work the next day like him. he would if i asked him to. i think. lol

 

[luckyme225]

My DH will wake up with Connor on his weekends which is fine with me because I'm breastfeeding anyways so there isn't much he can do if Connor is hungry.

 

[ryder]

My Oh will be doing a bit of feeding and looking after, but im not going to expect him to wake up when he is on work days... As long as I can get out of the house a couple times a week by myself I will be happy with that.

 

[smartie]

My husband has been great right from the start. When Hannah was a newborn he would change her nappy then give her to me for feeding even though he would have to go to work in the morning. I told him several times that I would do it but because I was BF I think he wanted to do his part in some way. Even now on the odd ocassion I havent heard her wake up in the night I have woken to him holding her and he was only going to wake me if she needed fed.

 

[Sarah88]

It's so good to read of OH's putting in some effort. I think my partner will get up a few times, even though he works. But she'll be in her bassinette right next to me and i'll be bfing so just as easy for me to grab her anyways. On the weekends i might ask him to do a bit more so I can get a bit of rest as well, like have one morning each to look after her.
I know that our partners work hard and all, but we do too so I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them to help just a little.

 

[FEDup1981]

My son is now 2.5yr old and my DH has been fantastic right from the start. He used to get up and feed and change LO many times in the night and still get up for work the next day, and now he still gets up if DS wakes in the night crying. I never have to get up, and he doesnt mind at all cos he knows i have trouble sleeping, and he always falls asleep in seconds. I truly am blessed to have a great husband! x

 

[ColtonsMom]

My OH never had. I didn't enjoy it when I was recovering from my csection and getting up every 3 hours through the night. However, after that i was fine. I wake when he wakes anyway. My OH doesnt, he is a deep sleeper! Colton can be screaming his head off (and his crib is in our room!) and OH wont wake up!!
He sleeps throught the night now, thank goodness because I started school and go (6-9pm) than I'm usually up until 1-2am doing schoolwork! shew!

 

[reallytinyamy]

Mine does the night shift on a saturday, he works during the work so I dont mind doing it then, and I love my saturday sleep!!

 

[isil]

Kurt works split shifts so he comes home at 10-11pm and will get Ally off to sleep, give him a bottle if it's time and I go to bed. He'd be up anyway so it's not like I'm depriving him of sleep, I know he works very hard. The night before his day off, he changes Ally's nappy if he needs it (although we try not to). Sometimes during the night Ally won't go off to sleep easily and won't settle on me because I smell of milk and I've just given him a bottle. So Kurt gets him to sleep on his chest and then after about 20mins moves him into his moses.

I think he likes doing it really. He doesn't get to see him much during the day so doing things like nappy changes, a bottle feed or settling him must be really nice for him where as for me it just gets bit old when it's the zillionth time I've done it that day!

 

[BeckyBoo]

Stuart done all night feeds with Mikey and this time we're sharing. He does the early one... around 2-3am and I do the next one after that and then all day lol.

 

[bigbelly2]

nope i do all of them, hes a really heavy sleeper and even when mr t is screaming at volume +++++ he doesnt even stir lol he was meant to do a fri night but by the time hed woken up *well i think thats what you call it anyway...banging into things and nearly falling over as his eyes dont even open* it would just cause arguements...its his first and he hasnt adapted all that well, *tommy is very much a mommys boy* so he cant settle him at night which infuriates oh resulting in him one night saying "I GIVE UP I CANT DO IT HE DOESNT LIKE ME" i felt quite sorry for him so weve decided he does sun morn and i stay in bed which has worked out a lot better for us!

h x