Calling all Stay at home Moms- or dads.

I would let him try it for a week. My husband and I had this argument when i was on maternity leave. I threw the check book at him and said here you do this crap. I will go to work. He said I dont even know where to start and my next words were exactly. I would go off one day when he doesnt have to work and leave the baby with him. Answer your phone and remind him every time you do how easy being mom is. See how he likes it.

My exboyfriend father of my kids whatever you want to call him is the same way. He constantly told me that it was easy to raise to kids and be a stay at home Mom and I told him it wans't when he was working. Now that I have a job and he is staying at home he complains about how hard it is.

My husband took awhile to respect what I do at home too. He never outwardly said anything but I definitely felt it. And after he did finally come to his senses about the whole thing we had a big talk and I was right. My ex-husband on the other hand was terrible about it. He would yell if he came home from work and there were crumbs on the counter or a cereal bowl left on the table. It didn't matter what the circumstances were. Hence he is my EX now. I am not sure what advice to give you but I can say that I feel your pain!

Sounds like the typical male! It really takes an experience for the husband to realize that staying home is a full time job, especially with everything else being done in conjunction with that. My husband use to say things like that until he got laid off last year and stayed home with my 3 & 4 year old (to help save money on preschool). He then realize how tough just two were. Then when I had my son last November and left him just a few times, he almost went crazy taking care of all three kids - so now he appreciates me much more. The few times he has tried to say something smart to me, I just remind him kindly of everything that gets done. Because truth being told, while he was home with just the two kids, he rarely cooked, did little cleaning, did not school the kids, and was just "home". We mothers know that while we're home we cook, clean, school, do errands, run home businesses, etc., which turns out to be a whole lot more work than just an 8 hour job somewhere. So here's the facts - hubby won't realize the work involved until he gets a taste of it for himself. Leave him for more than 3 hours with the child and give him a few things to do while caring for her and see if he's up to the test. Sorry you have to deal with all that.