Taking care of a newborn can be exhausting.

This man explains that he accidentally fell asleep and left his wife to tend to their newborn.

She was angry at him all day, and he’s wondering if he did something wrong or if she’s overreacting.

What do you think about this? Read the story below for all the details.

I accidentally fell asleep after putting our toddler down for her nap

I laid down for a minute to decompress, and I accidentally passed out from 12 to 1:30 pm.

Meanwhile, my wife was downstairs with the newborn (3 weeks old).

I’m the one who works, and I have been home from work since 2 days before the baby was born, so it’s not like she’s been on her own.

When this man woke up from a nap, his wife was mad.

I woke up, got our toddler up, and head downstairs.

Wife was furious!

She won’t give me a straight answer to what’s up.

I asked her if it’s because I napped, but still no answer really.

She said it was because he abandoned her.

I got through the rest of the day.

I asked her again what’s up.

This time, she told me she’s mad because I abandoned her and our newborn.

The baby was sleeping while I was upstairs.

She said I was gone for hours, without communication!

He apologized for napping, but the argument went on.

I apologized, and tried to explain to her that it wasn’t intentional, I just needed a minute.

Now, it’s turned into: “Oh well, then obviously you’re upset with me. If you needed a minute, you should’ve came and talked to me. so we could’ve sorted it out.”

He didn’t know if he did something wrong.

I literally just needed a minute to decompress.

I don’t know.

Maybe I am a jerk.

I have no clue anymore.

It sounds like he was tired and she was overwhelmed. Being new parents is hard.

Let’s read the reactions of other Reddit users to this story.

This user shares a positive remark.

This person thinks everyone is burnt out.

While this person advises them to be patient.

Here’s another affirmative comment.

And finally, this person says this stage shall pass.

It’s the hormones talking, trust me.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.