A new dad asked to move back home with his parents in a desperate attempt to get a full night's sleep away from his newborn son and partner.
The cheeky dad’s attempt didn’t go unchallenged however and his mum took to Mumsnet online to post about his audacious ask and gauge what people thought.
Her own husband branded the ask “outrageous” and he slapped down his own son demanding he “just get on with it.”
The new grandmother wrote: “DS [darling son] and his girlfriend recently had a baby.
“As you’d expect they are being woken up during the night.
"DS has asked if he can move back in Mon – Fri so he can get a proper night’s sleep so he can concentrate on going to work and do his job effectively.”
She went onto say she wasn’t quite sure why her son was asking and that her husband stood firmly against it.
She asked: “Surely other new parents don’t do this? I get sleep deprivation is hard, but I am not overly enamoured with this idea.”
The grandmother said her son claimed he was doing “everything” with the baby after work, from feeding to bathing and changing and cooking and that his job required him to be rested as lives depend on him.
She said he had also dubiously claimed his partner didn’t mind if he moved out for the week, leaving her with the child.
She said she didn’t want to seem unsupportive and has asked others how they would respond to such a request from a loved one.
People had a lot to say about the son’s suggestion and how she should go about responding.
One person commented: “You say no for the sake of his girlfriend’s wellbeing. You could also sit him down and explain this is what everyone else with kids goes through.”
Another asked, “How about he thinks of his wife’s need to get some sleep too and takes the time to do his share of the night-time care?”
However, others were a bit more blunt: “Have a word with your son and tell him to grow up,” said one person.
Another said: “Not only do you outright refuse, you also read him the riot act. How dare he try and duck out of his responsibilities like that.”
Another added, “There’s a big difference between getting some uninterrupted sleep and moving out for five whole days a week just because he’s tired.”
