Hello mommies, todays blog post came from the week I am having so far and yes it is only Tuesday. This will apply to stay at home moms mostly but I am positive all moms out there have felt this way because I am 100% sure all men are wired the same. This is a little Dear Dad/Husband here is some advice to keep you from being in the doghouse.
Beware of the glass of wine
If at any point you return home and your wife, baby momma is either A. outside or B. sitting in a room by herself with a glass of wine, staring blankly at nothing, we have officially lost ours minds. Every fuse, nerve has been blown, we are broken. Do not interrupt, do not question, let us try to reboot in peace. Slowly walk by us into the trashed house, hold a baby, change a diaper, pick up the smashed cookies up off the floor all while a screaming toddler is pulling at your leg. The 20 minutes you spend on that sums up what every minute of the day was like for your wife. Hence her near mental breakdown happening out on the porch. You might think it's "only two kids" hehe well it feels like 20 now shut up and take the diaper filled trash out.
Don't EVER ask when "this" will happen...
The best thing you can do for your safety is never ask your exhausted, non-showered wife when anything will get done. As in don't ask when will she do the load of laundry laying on the bedroom floor, when she was planning on going to the grocery store, when she's bathing the kids, when will dinner be ready, when are you working out (seriously don't ever ask that one) when are we having sex, when are you going to call so and so about blah blah blah. Just don't ask us because trust me those things haven't happened because we are lazy, eating ice cream (even though we would love to) we are up to our greasy hair in to-do list and have everything working against us to get them done. Look at the to do list and cross some off by yourself, your wife will love you for this.
Hold the baby, keep holding the baby
When you get home from work and your wonderful wife is trying to make dinner for you and the family or a simple task that requires two hands. HOLD THE BABY FOR HER, oh and do not turn around and just sit the baby back down, otherwise your wife will be giving you the "are you fucking kidding me, lips pursed, eyebrow raised look" because you can't follow simple instruction. So just hold the baby, it won't be forever, I promise.
If momma is napping, let that woman sleep.
If momma needs a nap you better be doing whatever you possibly can to give that woman 20-30 mins of peaceful sleep. There are acceptable reasons to wake up a napping mom and unacceptable. I'll point some out for you.
-Acceptable: The house is on fire, we have to get out of the house.
-Unacceptable: Do you know where the xbox controller is?
-Acceptable: A child is hurt and needs medical attention.
-Unacceptable: The baby has poop up to his neck.
-Acceptable: I think we have a gas leak, we need to leave.
-Unacceptable: The toddler has gas, what do i do?
Extra Compassion
We barely sleep whether or not our children do because we worry 24/7, showering every day is the joke of the year, yoga pants and your husband's t-shirts is a daily uniform, and we talk baby talk all day. Lots of hugs and kisses make us feel a little better at the end of the day. While laying in bed rub our hair, we love it. Do it even if you think you might be running your fingers through a birds nest that went through an oil slick. Don't make a comment about the hair on our legs or the odor from our over worked bodies, tell me I look like a model and smell like a rose.
Have a wonderful week mommas, thankfully my husband is a good helper, he just needs a little push every... single.... day...
If there are any topics that you would like me to cover on my blog for next week, feel free to message me on facebook or just leave it in the comments.
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