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i'm sitting here chilling for a bit after being busy today. DS is being a bit of a pain in the butt.

DH has got fed up and decided to send DS to bed early... bedtime is normally 7.15 anyway.

Apparently he expects me to stop what im doing and get DS ready for bed.

aibu to tell him to whistle and do it himself if he's so adamant about DS going to bed early?

YANBU. Has he got two broken hands?

What is he doing? DH, not DS.

Obviously not.

I assume he had a hand in making him.

not UR.

why woud he expect you to do something he has decided needs done now?

Why can't your husband put his son to bed?

his decision his job

Why you? Is he incapable of putting his own child to bed?

nah, just that i normally do it, kids dont like it when he does, picky buggers, lol.

What reason does he have for not doing it himself??

Will be good practice for him then won't it.

NU at all. He can do it himself

Nope. We have a rule that the person who decides on a punishment carries it through.

It's better for consistency and it also makes you think twice before threatening punishments!

Tough shit for the kids I'm afraid. Sound like they and daddy need more practce

He should put DS to bed, if he's fed up with him and issued the sanction. Saying, 'Right - you are going to bed, DS!' and then clapping your hands loudly for the handmaiden to take him away is a bit lordly, IMO.

And if DS doesn't like Daddy putting him to bed, then it's a double sanction, isn't it? Teach him not to be a pain!

absolutely he should do it and if it is not the usual routine then that is part of the punishment but no way should you do it.