Would your DP/DH cope?

Daniel used to look after hannah on weekends when I worked and I used to get so peeved at coming home to have to clean up and cook tea. He always did things he wanted/needed to get done during the day and just took Han with him, which kinda bothered me as well. But yes he coped with the childcare fine, but actually doing th erest of the household stuff - no way!

DH had the kids for 1 day.......i got home and he said 'god, how do you do this everyday?'

hahaha   that's right hun....not all fun and lazy times is it

Im hoping my DH can since he is going to be SAHD in 4 weeks!

Well yes and no DH has been at home with the girls for two days (well he actually only has Natasha as home today) but hasn't cleaned the house so I'd say short term he would be ok but long term the house may fall apart . He has his tidy moments but the house would have to be pretty bad to get him going and I tidied up last night.
Oh and so far he's only called me twice today maybe because I forgot to turn on my phone but he called about 10 times yesterday to ask the stupidest questions. IE Can I give Alyssa another peice of toast? What can I give her for lunch? Do I have to call school if Natasha isn't going? etc etc
But at least he has finally fixed the blocked sink in the bathroom

MrsMojo wrote: After my DH's first week as a sahd he wanted to put her in care - he was not coping at all but he stuck with it and he does a fab job. He takes care of our daughter Mon-Fri 6:45am - 3:30pm and keeps the house looking good (as much as poss with a destructive toddler) then goes into work for 5.5 hours every evening. Plus today when I got home I found that my house (which had been a pit because we've had a few personal issues requiring our attention recently) had been completely cleaned top to bottom and the spareroom (which was a bit of a dumping ground) had been tidied and the furniture rearranged and it now looks fantastic. He said he started at 8:30am and it took most of the day - all while taking care of our daughter, he really is superdad!!

He really is a hero!!!

My DH can cope. When #1 was 2.5years I went to Mexico for 16 days leaving him with our child, my sister's two kids (2 & 3yrs) and my disabled and very demanding (but useless) sister. Plus he and the kids all had rotovirus!!!

By the third night he was so sick of cleaning up the chaos of the playroom each night that he threw out anything that was broken or junky and divided the remaining toys into four piles which went 3 into 3 boxes and 1 onto the shelves. Every night he swapped the toys around!

He did magnificently!

More recently he looked after our two while I was in hospital and then recuperating from the c-section birth of #3. He kept the kids fed and happy, the house tidy and the laundry up to date. He was very very happy when I was well enough to take over again though!

Just this morning the kids were all a bit whiney and demanding and as he left for work he saidto me: "It's times like this that I love walking out the door!" pmsl!

DF wouldnt cope, he can do the housework with just one but add 2 and he doesnt cope.

Oh yeah, just to add - I can leave mike home by himself for a day, and I'll come home to a perfectly tidy house... but he is FAR too absent minded to look after seb for more than a few hours, so add him in and he'll sit on the computer all day instead of cleaning or properly watching Seb.. well apart from the odd play (wtf right?)... just too used to doing things in his own sweet time. Drives me bonkers!!

Dh would do a great job, probably better than me. So I won't give him the opportunity in case he wants to make the switch permanent! Though he admits he wouldn't invest as much time into Lily as I do throughout the day.