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EricaAlt
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
I'm totally OCD with cleaning so he'll clean, but not to my standards. LOL! He will cook for them, but by "cook" it's usually BBQ'ing and a side of fries or make pizza bagels or chicken nuggets. He puts the stuff away, but will forget to run the dishwasher so before I go out I put it on delayed timer if I go out with friends. LOL!
Sometimes he takes them out to eat or does activities, which is my fav bc I don't have to clean when I get home.
He really is a hands on dad, but when we're both around I take over the cleaning while he tries to help. Helping is usually take the dog out or the kids so I can finish up.
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J9-13
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
Dh is great about cleaning up if they make a mess eating or leave toys all over the place. He will not do dishes if there is a sink full though.
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| Posted 6/6/17 11:04 AM |
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BriBri2u
L'amore vince sempre
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
He just watches the kids. He MAY have them clean up some of the toys they take out, if he happens to step on one on his way to the couch. He 'cooks' aka heats up whatever I have made or bought. Now that the weather is better he will bbq a hamburger or steak for them.
Otherwise, I come home to dishes in the sink, mess in the bathroom, bedrooms, where ever the kids managed to get to.
Then he tells me 'he needs to relax'  
Message edited 6/6/2017 11:21:48 AM.
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IVFmiracle
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
DH has two speeds. ON: is able to effectively watch the girls while making dinner and keeping the house clean. and OFF: stares at his phone, sits on the couch and only gets up when my 3 year old smashes her head into something or my 6 month old pukes.
Message edited 6/6/2017 8:17:08 PM.
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ChristinaM128
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
Haha, this on/off is like today.... today I came home to a spotless house, a load of laundry done, and he made eggs for dd's for dinner.
I'm a little paranoid that he saw this post....
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| Posted 6/6/17 8:26 PM |
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wakemeup
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
He doesn't "watch" the kids, they are his too  We parent equally, we both clean up and leave messes occasionally, I think he engages our kids even more than I do.
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summerBaby10
let's be nice
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
When he's home woth them alone, he can only watch them. God forbid hr cleans up after them or does laundry or dishes.
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| Posted 6/7/17 1:02 AM |
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lightblue
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
He will feed them and bathe them... cleaning up is kinda half-a$$ed but it's ok.
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| Posted 6/7/17 9:07 AM |
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ali120206
2 Boys
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When your DH watches the kids....
DH is home with them a lot since his schedule is flexible. He cleans - he's anal about vacuuming and the kitchen but, doesn't organize or put things away (except dishes).
He's also very structured with the kids and keeps them on a stricter schedule than I do (dinner and bedtime is always the same where I let it slide a bit depending on what's going on).
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| Posted 6/7/17 10:20 AM |
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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
DH does a lot. When I come home, the house is clean, the homework is done and he's usually doing some other chore. He doesn't know how to sit still and has a touch of OCD so it works out to my benefit. 
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HomeIsWithU
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
Posted by backfor3
When my husband will watch the kids, he folds laundry, vacuums, load/unload the dishwasher, cleans the kitchen/bathroom, will cook or bbq. He's very good like this and he's cleaner than I am!
Exactly the same with my DH. He's pretty awesome 
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ml110
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When your DH watches the kids....
my DH is not that great with this :-/ he'll clean up from dinner if he gives them dinner by himself... but thats about it. oh and he usually makes sure they clean up any toys they get out.
But i knew this when i married him :-/ he's an only child, his mom was a SAHM, and made it her mission to basically wait on DH... all the way up through college when he lived at home and commuted. i don't think he's ever done a load of laundry from start to finish. He was never given a chore to do growing up or anything like that. he HAS gotten better over the years.... but its definitely been a LONG road!! and i'm a little tough on my boys because i refuse to have them be the same way! HAHAHA
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mnmsoinlove
Mommy to 2 sweet girls!
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
I just had this conversation with a bunch of my mom friends. When I come home after dh has watched my girls it looks like a F5 tornado has touched down. I love that he plays with the kids but he lets them change their clothes 10x each. Stuff is everywhere it's so annoying.
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ElizaRags35
My 2 Girls
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
Posted by drpepper318
No it's the opposite, in our house, he's the one rolling his eyes when he gets home bc there are toys all over the floor and a sink full of dishes. I can't manage to do much beside watching them if I'm home alone with them (I have 3 under 4). He's much better at it than I am. I feel bad taking the time away from playing with them or putting the baby down too much to take care of house stuff... I feel like somebody always needs something so the house work has to wait.
This is me except I only have 2 kids who are 3 and 1.5.
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| Posted 6/21/17 11:46 PM |
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star444
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
None of this stuff gets done if DH watches my son, but he never does any of it to begin with  I'm fine with it, as long as DS is fine when I get home and we survived the day, I'll consider it a win and I'll take over from there
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MamaBear2
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Re: When your DH watches the kids....
My hubby is the exact opposite. He's a teacher and is home a few hours before me. When he's home with the kids and he is cleaning, doing dishes, etc. that's his main focus. The kids could be off building a rocket ship in their bedrooms and he's oblivious.
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