My wife does not work. the only thing she does is take care of the baby. I just want to know what an average woman does in this case scenario. The baby is 4 months.
2007-11-26 09:36:05 · 9 answers · asked by Roger G 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Wow
You say your wife doesn't work and all she does is take care of a baby....Come on open your eye's..
Lets look at you first maybe you work 40 hours per week.
Lets look at your wife....Hmmmm 24 hours a day for 7 days a week...that's 168 hours.
And I am sure you help out at home so you can give her a chance to shower or eat right. I mean you get lunch breaks at work.
Like really...are you ragging on your wife because to you she doesn't do anything or because she hasn't had time to wash your clothes or make the bed.
Your wife is exhausted... Her body went through 9 month of carrying your child...her body and hormones will need just as much time if not more to get back to where they used to be. She might also be depressed....Postpartum is very common and maybe she feels overwhelmed with this life change....it doesn't matter what she does during the day as long as she is being a good mother which is taking care of your child.
If you need to see what she goes through in a day give her the day off and take care of the baby.....maybe you will look at things a bit different. Be understanding and help her out.
Give her some time to adjust to all of this.
Babies do need lots of attention..Its not about you anymore its all about your child now.
2007-11-26 10:01:42 · answer #1 · answered by eve 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
SH does everything she can to stay awake and feed the baby every 3 hours, which takes at least 30 minutes. Then changing the child at least every 2 hours. Introducing new foods (like cereal/1st stage foods). Playing with the child. Trying to get the baby to sleep. Making sure all needs are met.
ANd in the 5 minutes extra. Maybe taking a shower or going to the bathroom herself. As for dinner. If she gets anything even remotely close to a meal on the table for you, be thankful that she did that because that one was magic.
ANd at the end of the day, she probably judges everything she may or may not have done wrong because she is most likely trying to the best mom that she can.
If you get sex once a week, you are a lucky man.
DON"T EVER SAY SHE DOESN"T WORK!!! Because she doesn't get a lunch break or vacation, or wind down time on the drive home.
2007-11-26 09:41:47 · answer #2 · answered by s7e28w81 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Well I am a stay at home mom of 2 and I do very much consider it working! You get up in the morning make breakfast, clean it up, dress the kids, clean house, do laundry cook dinner clean it up, bathe kids put them to bed, get up in the middle of the night if they wake up (and they do). Not to mention doctors appts., going grocery shopping, running errands, oh yeah and trying to squeeze in a shower and for yourself. Keeping a house together and a baby well taken care of is alot of work, and all with no breaks or days off.
2007-11-26 16:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by trisha f 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I take care of my son. Just keeping up with him and keeping the house *half way* decent takes up my entire day and most of the evening.
He's 10 months old. I get more done now than I did when he was littler. It gets easier as they get bigger.
I also write on my novel when he's napping and do my exercises to stay shexy.
2007-11-26 09:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Taking care of a baby is a full time job.
2007-11-26 09:39:18 · answer #5 · answered by lindzymill 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The answer column here is not long enough to tell you all the things I did as a stay at home mom with my infant son. I can tell you it was harder than working 3 full time jobs every day.
2007-11-26 09:39:55 · answer #6 · answered by Eraserhead 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
it takes alot to raise a baby. The play time, laundry, changing.
I'm sure she is trying to get your child on a schedule. It takes time and alot of effort.
2007-11-26 09:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by Brown Eyed Girl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Diapering, changing clothes, feeding, dishes, sweeping, sometimes moping, running around downtown, singing, rocking, playing, vaccuming, break time for mom, and god knows what else comes at you in between doing all this, phone calls, appointements, bill paying, cooking dinner, unexpected spit up all over your shirt!!!!!
2007-11-26 09:46:54 · answer #8 · answered by fiona t 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
you answered it yourself takes care of a baby
2007-11-28 13:33:50 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋