Throw away account because reasons. On mobile, forgive the format. Tl/dr at the end. 

Background: I’m a grad student, I work, and I’m the “on-call” parent for our four month old. I do a lot of work from home, so I can divide my attention, for the most part, between everything. Sometimes, I need a hand when I have big projects or deadlines to meet. My husband usually works 60+ hours a week (for which I am eternally grateful, he’s amazing, and really busts his butt for us), getting up quite early, so I’m usually the one up with the baby at night, too. 

Onwards to today:
My husband took today off of work because I have midterms and a massive work project converging on Friday, and our usual sitter was unavailable. I was home and able to feed the baby, but my husband was in charge of entertainment etc. Kiddo’s been fussy for a bit (teething, yay.), but is typically easy going. 

Anyway, I finally get through all of the insanity of work, and my husband proceeds to start telling me, in detail, everything that he did with/for the baby. I smiled, told him that he did great, and took the kiddo for some cuddles. My husband looked hurt and said, “Hey, I did my best. I’m really trying.”, like I somehow hadn’t acknowledged him enough. I already thanked him profusely yesterday and this morning for staying home with our kid, and let him know he did awesome. 

I don’t really feel the need to kiss his feet and give him a gold star for doing what I do every day. I felt like I recognized his efforts in an acceptable manner. AITA?

Tl/dr: I usually split my time between work/school/baby. Husband stayed home today to be with the baby, then became hurt when I didn’t acknowledge his efforts enough. AITA?