My husband was recently made redundant and so has been spending a lot more time at home. We have always had different parenting styles, but we are really beginning to rub each other up the wrong way, as I am more laid back, whereas he helicopter parents in a way that gets the baby all worked up and fussy.
He has always been quite tough and firm with his stepson (my DS), and made a big thing of saying that I came first with him, and no child should get between their parents, but that's not the case any more, he definitely favours the baby over everyone else in the household.
All this culminated in a massive argument this morning, as he accused me of not tending to the baby's developmental needs (even though I suggested attending a tumble tots with her yesterday).
The implication that I am somehow a bad mother, after having single-handedly looked after for last seven months, is incredibly hurtful, but he makes these kind of comments very easily these days, despite barely looking after her himself.
I don't know where to start. I feel my once happy once strong marriage eroding in front of my eyes, and what should be a happy time, turning into the worst.
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My husband telling me I'm not a good mother
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talllikejerryhall · 20/12/2016 13:41
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