my dh talks about work too much

My dh and I have had a conversation about the fact that all we talk about are his work, my work, our kids, our finances, breatfeeding, parenting, the births of my friends babies and how much I want another baby! We've come to the conclusion that these are just the important things going on in our lives right now and that we really don't have much else to talk about! We don't have time for hobbies or many outside interests at this point in our lives.

One of the things that we've found helpful is doing things together, like hiking, playing cooperative games, reading the same series of books, etc. I'm making a memory jar for my dh for Father's Day....I'm writing memories on slips of paper and putting them in a jar, which I'll make a label for that says "memory jar". Then, on his nights off, he'll take a 'memory' out of the jar and we'll remenisce. The memories include when we first met, our friendship before we were dating, our courtship, our engangement, our wedding, honeymoon, the years before kids, as well as the births and life with our children. This should give us something to talk about other than his new job and my baby obsession!

So glad to see this post!!! I was going through the exact same thing today. I am sad that DH and I have nothing to talk about other than his work and the kids. I glaze over when he talks about work, he glazes over when I talk about the neighborhood moms. The only thing he wants to hear about was which kid pooped today (they are both in diapers), who ate what when, and what time did they nap. I am so sick of running down that list . More alone time is not the answer, because we go out and still have nothing to say!
I think before we had kids we did more stuff together (like martial arts) and that gave us something we both liked that we could talk about.
The memory jar is a great idea. So is reading the same series of books. Thanks for those ideas. What are cooperative games?
I guess I need to brainstorm stuff we can do together. It would also be helpful if we knew some of the same people we could hang out with. I don't know the guys he works with, and he doesn't know any of the moms I hang out with. So we are always telling each other about strangers .
Is this a phase that people grow out of?