I know I’m not being unreasonable, I just want to vent!
My DP is not safety aware of our 3 month baby and I’m getting paranoid, worried and very pissed off!
So far, he’s put the car seat in the car without tightening the straps (enough space for DS to get his arms in and out), and another time put him in without doing the straps at all! DP doesn’t drive so luckily I do a full check before setting off, but it terrifies me thinking about what would have happened if I’d just trusted my DP had done a good job.
Both times it’s a case that ‘he forgot’ and ‘made a mistake’, but I honestly do not think that constitutes as an excuse. I’m right in thinking you should absolutely NEVER forget car safety with a baby, right? Because that one time could be the death of our baby!
He does other things too, like puts DS down in the Moses basket with his sleep toy above his head, then walks out the room. When I told him not to do that, he said ‘but it’s not near his mouth, what’s the problem?’.
This morning he put DS down in the cot with his head against the headboard. I told him DS is facing the wrong way and now I’m apparently being ‘too critical’.
Sometimes when he makes mistakes I get told how tired he is, and it can’t be helped - however every night DP gets a full 7 hours sleep as I do all night feeds. DS is a fussy sleeper and yet I still manage to avoid mistakes like these.
I’m just feeling very annoyed right now. I’ve had 4 hours sleep, DP is supposed to be caring for our DS so I can have a bit more sleep, but I’m angry at being called critical. And now I’m worried about leaving him unsupervised too so I can’t relax to sleep.
AIBU to be mad at him, and am I being overly critical?
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SafetyFred · 21/10/2017 08:45
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