Out of town spouse

Any other mommas have a partner/spouse that works out of town so through the week you are basically a single parent?? I love him and I know it’s hard on him to be away from his family but he signs out once he gets back to his hotel. I’m on my own from Monday at 8AM-Friday at 3pm. And it’s exhausting and overwhelming and a thankless job.

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Just stuck by him. Don’t give up on him

Mine doesn't work out of town, but he does work nights so the only time he's awake and home when we are are Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Its so difficult because i do everything for baby and would love to just hand him over, but since he spends most of his time with me or the babysitter, he doesn't feel connected to his dad. He's only 4 months old but im worried he'll never form that connection

@Alexis couldn’t even dream of it. He’s my best friend and we talk EVERY NIGHT he’s gone. Just so overwhelmed come bedtime. I feel like I’m fighting for my life by the end of the day. 😅

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@KC yeah. And it’s so hard for us to see our baby uncomfortable but our spouses feel like baby doesn’t love them as much. Honestly what I started doing was Sunday during the day is time for me and hubby gets baby all to himself for a few hours so they learn each other!

@Shaylene unfortunately he's with the babysitter on hubbys days off due to him trying to keep the sleep schedule for work. So we only really have 2-3 hours at home before bedtime. I try to give them time together but its hard when hubby doesn't even try to do what i tell him will calm our son down when he cries. He doesn't stand up, doesn't bounce him, doesn't cuddle him. Just sits there with a deer-in-the-headlights look until i take our son back. I could leave him for 10 minutes and he'll have not moved. Its depressing honestly

My husband travels for work sometimes I see him only once a week usually I get to see him two days out of the week though. There are times he has a few days off like for holidays he gets a few days which is awesome we are lucky for that. But it is super hard and draining because when he’s gone I am a single parent. Our daughter is almost 17 months old and he has had this job since I got pregnant with her. Im currently 30 weeks pregnant with our second and it’s been so hard and so stressful and he definitely feels like he is missing out on so many milestones and doesn’t feel like she loves him and has a relationship with her like her and I do. We make it work but I completely get how you feel ❤️

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