10 dirty nappies for him to see...

SAHMs, incident sounds familiar?

I remember when I had a baby and my husband would leave home for work. He would give me a long to-do list—call the travel agent, get the AC fixed, do the taxes, get his shirts dry-cleaned...All this on top of taking care of the baby single-handedly (was in the U.S. at that time and had no help) and the domestic chores and my own stuff.

I remember saying once that would not have time for a few things and he (though innocently) blurted but what do you do the whole day. After that of course he said oh I know you are busy...but...Now he is a good understanding guy who does help around. ☺ But they don’t get all the little little nitty gritty stuff we moms have to do. Do they?

I wondered ...so what do I do the whole day? I sure am busy. No time sometimes even to go to the loo without being disturbed...

So I was chatting with a friend about our DHs and she jokingly said that you know next time they get back from work we should show them:

• The 8-10 dirty nappies we change every day
• A tally of the number of times our baby/toddler interrupts us while we do paperwork
• The number of times we clean their noses, clean the mess they make, clean their butts...
• The amount of work that goes into training, dealing with or briefing the maid...
• Number of times we sit and cuddle them when they get hurt etc. etc. etc.

Any other ideas?  I did not do it btw. But it was funny and would surely get the point across and made me realize where my time goes... ;-)

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