5 Ways To Ask Your Husband For Help With the Kids

For a long time after we had kids, I was fine with Nigel and my household arrangement. Simply stated, he'd shuffle off to work during the day while I'd work with the kids at home. He'd do the laundry, I'd do the cleaning. He'd do the dishes while I did the cooking. But the sibling squabbles, bedtime routines and basic boo-boo/question solving issues? That was all mine.

Until recently.

My son, who is almost eight, is amazing. But he can be a pistol. To say it bluntly, sometimes I just can't take one more question. Yes, I think it's fantastic that he's interested in exactly how the pyramids were constructed, what Michelangelo painted behind those recently discovered trap doors, and why certain fish live in fresh water but not salt water.

But the same inquisitive "why" and "how come's" when it's time to brush teeth and wash hands can drive a mama to drink. No amount of routine, consistency and follow through on my part seems to work when my son is in needling mode.

Rather than yell or scream like a Maury Povich paternity test guest (does no good) or run shrieking from the house like Richard Simmons in a new pair of Nikes (that's just plain dumb, plus it scares the neighbors and I look heinous in a perm) I have started enlisting Nigel. A year ago I wouldn't have bothered bugging my man for help. I'd have convinced myself that this is my arena, not his. I'm strong! I'm independent! I don't need him for every little thing!

But sometimes, I just do. Apparently being married means you work as a team. Who knew?

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