Usually dh puts toddler to bed, I put baby to bed
Tonight he was doing some important work stuff at home after getting home from work so I said I'd do both - this is tricky to do as baby is grumpy in the evening and toddler reluctant to fall asleep on own
Bed time routine for toddler is story books in bed, then light off and a long boring made up story until she falls asleep
Baby was squirming around and feeding and wriggling whilst I did this, but fortunately not crying so toddler was getting sleepy. I was feeling really pleased as this was the smoothest bedtime I've done on my own yet
Toddler's eyes had just closed and she was dropping off.... When dh walked in, switched the light on, turned the dimmer up to bright and started rummaging through cupboards! He didn't say a word as he did this, just started pulling stuff out of the cupboards in an urgent manner
My toddler immediately burst into tears, which upset baby
When i asked what he was doing, DH said he needed to print out the work he'd done and needed to find a cable to connect the printer which was somewhere in the storage cupboard in toddler's room
He had finished the work and just needed to print, sign, scan, email it by tomorrow, so he could have waited till toddler was properly asleep and then found it, although I appreciate he wanted to get it completed now and then relax for the rest of the evening, surely he could see that it was a bad moment to burst in?
Or he could have said something before he switched the light on, just a warning and turning the light up gradually would have helped, as toddler looked completely confused and bewildered
He said it was easier to get it before she fell asleep rather than after and he wanted to get it finished
He just sometimes gets really focused on one task and ignores everything else
It drives me mad
I took crying baby next door, toddler was walking round house crying, dh found computer thingy and retrieved hysterically crying toddler and put her to bed, he is now fixing a snack but still hasn't printed the thing out
Anyway dh is all chirpy and can't understand why I'm irritated with him. To his mind he put toddler to bed in the end so problem solved
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HopelesslydevotedtoGu · 08/12/2016 20:43
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