A mum has claimed that she's forced to put her baby in nursery and pay the extortionate costs so that she can successfully clean the house.
The woman explained the ordeal as the 'most awful thing ever' as her husband is refusing to help around the house and 'rests' when the baby requires attention.
Taking to popular forum site Mumsnet, the anonymous user sought advice on whether there are other alternatives to the overwhelming issue.
She explained: "Is this the most awful thing ever? I'm a stay-at-home-mum and of course, do absolutely everything for my husband because of that as well."
The woman went on: "To be honest, even when he gets home, he does nothing but rest, as soon as our son cries, he passes to me, nappy needs changing, passes to me. I never have a break.
"My husband hates the idea of him going to nursery so young (he's 11 months) and has said the whole point of me being at home is to prevent that, I get his point but I don't get a break and my husband is sometimes confused by lack of cleaning (it's really not bad but I admit it's not spotless all the time and it's definitely due a deep clean) even getting the shopping in.
"If I book a slot when my husband is home, he will get the shop in while I hold our son but then I have to put it away while also holding him or if I'm really lucky he will take him until he cries or need something and then back to me, but he won't then take over the putting shopping away or whatever task it is. He does work ridiculously hard. He's out of the house usually at least 12 hours 6 days a week, with a relatively long commute to London but his pay is extremely good.
"I realise this has turned into a post-slating my husband, which I didn't want... but is it really bad if I did nursery once a week so I can actually catch up on the other stay-at-home mum duties. I'm falling really behind on batch cooking for us all, the cleaning, etc."
Since sharing her concerns, the woman's thread has raked in over 180 comments to date - where people advised her on how to deal with the awkward predicament.
One person suggested: "I'd get a cleaner instead tbh. Nursery is expensive and you'd probably get a cleaner for a good few hours and can use that time to play with your baby uninterrupted. Your husband can clearly afford it."
Meanwhile, someone else questioned: "Could his extremely good pay be used for a cleaner or is he against that too?"
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