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    HUGS....everyone knows boys are dumb, ha ha! All it took at my house was leaving my hubby with our first newborn for ONE hour to go grocery shopping for him to realize how hard caring for children can be!! Now, getting him to do anything around the house, well that's a whole different story!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gcj View Post
    do you have your own kids?
    My husband is a great provider for our family and takes care of the outside and repairs but wouldn't know my daughter bath or bed time routine. He's only had to bathe her about 3-4 times and thats with me coming in to finsh her off. If I go shopping (ie Walmart) after 1hr I'm alredy getting a message "where are you..." Yeah. Love him but kids DO NOT change everyone. I'm in it alone. My guy has said the same thing....and it kills me that he thinks I don't "work" yet he can't stay 1hr with his OWN kid without loosing his paitence.

    He was home for a few days last month and I asked him to watch the kids for 20min while I went to pick something up. I'm talking about 2 3yr olds and a 5ys old nd he was paniked!! Really?? Those are the EASY ones!!

    It's taken a while to build up my thick-skin but I just don't listen or just don't DO IT. When he complains about it being cluttered around the house....I will clean it but will be too TIRED for anything "special for him" for another week. He gets the hint. Help me or get NOTHING! Dummys they are!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inspired by Reggio View Post
    when I switched to being home suddenly I am expected to be June Cleaver!

    Haha he's even made the comment of wanting a hot meal ready fo when he gets home - he's a meat, potatoes, veggies & a salad guy.....that week we ate hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches w/ soup....and takeout. I'm one of those..don't tell me to DO something..I wont. He's lucky I didn't make him starve.
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    oh how I have daydreamed of having my husband take my job for a day, not because mine is easier than his, he works road construction and I have seen him in action, he's like a robot who feels no pain and has energy all day. That said, He makes comments on occassion like: "you were home all day, why didn't you get it done?" or "I wish I could stay home all day like you do!" WHAT?....I have to admit there are many huge perks of being home, I can do my laundry during the day, or clean things I would be able to if not home, but people need to remember, we are all juggling multiple children, their needs and sched, AND all the natural duties of the "stay at home Mom".....right now my numbers are low and I get bored through the day due to the fact that I feel I have little to do sometimes. BUT, I have spent many years sweating and running just to keep everything going and everyone happy. This is a tough job, Hubbies...I dare you to try!!

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    I hear ya Kidlove ... there are days when it is so nice and 'slow' and I get lots done extra and I do cherish those days because they so makes up for the days when all hell breaks loose and it is what I call DAYCARE MUTINY DAY!

    So one is teething and miserable and another has decided that they want to master climbing EVERYTHING and three and four spent the weekend at WWF wrestling with dad and are not reenacting every show including trying to high jump a their peer off a chair while the fifth has decided that they want to master 'abstract art' during quiet time and they quietly finger paint all over the wall with the only medium they had available ~ their POOP while you thought they were napping cause they did not make a peep and you were none the wiser to the smell gave them away
    Children construct their own intelligence. The adult must provide activities and context, but most of all must be able to listen. Children need proof that adults believe in them. Their three great desires are to be listened to, to understand, and to demonstrate that they are exactly what we expect."
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    When my hubby comes home, I have seen his eyes linger over the cheerios on the floor and than go back to me. I just give him the "don't even go there" look and he knows to say NOTHING.

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