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DH drinking in sole charge of DD 17 months

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AmIwrong1234 · 05/01/2025 00:13

I went out for drinks tonight, not something I do often. Had quite a few but felt safe in knowledge that my child was being cared for with DH. I knew DH was having a few people round for company when DD was asleep. DH rarely drinks.

I’ve come home to him passed out on the sofa and not very coherent when I spoke with him and found 8 empty beer bottles. I know only one other person was drinking so assuming four beers each.

DH is a lightweight and a heavy sleeper without the beer. He’d promised me he’d be up overnight to look after DD so I could have a night off. DD breastfeeds still, usually just a morning and night feed. But can’t want and try and get very pissed off if she doesn’t get it from me during the night, to eliminate this he’d promised to get up with her as she settles fine either him overnight without the feed.

AIBU to be pissed off he’s slightly drunk and unlikely to waken while in sole charge of DD and think it’s a bit dangerous. Also on another note be pissed off he’s unlikely to get up when DD inevitably wakens soon and I’ll have to settle her without feeding her when he was meant to! (I’ve had equivalent of a bottle of wine so can’t feed and she’ll not settle either me without a feed just yet in middle of night).

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10speckledfrogs · 05/01/2025 00:25

It doesn't matter that you had a bottle of wine you can still feed the baby you know. As long as you are with it enough to safely hold the baby you can still breastfeed. You would have to give yourself alcohol poisoning for your breastmilk to contain more alcohol than a glass of orange juice would contain

Just don't co sleep tonight. As for your partner, it is pretty crap of him not to consider this before drinking.

Hayley1256 · 05/01/2025 00:24

4 bottles of beer sounds fine, if baby wakes up surely he should be able to deal with her? Have you expressed any milk or what was he planning on feeding her if she's hungry?

CoraTheExplora · 05/01/2025 00:21

Oh please get a grip. He hasn't taken heroin ffs

DidILeaveTheGasOn · 05/01/2025 00:21

We're talking about a bottle of wine and four small bottles of beer between two adults, no one's been doing shots. I don't think it reflects badly on either side.

Iaminthefly · 05/01/2025 00:20

His behaviour is appalling.

However having people round for drinks when you're in charge of a baby is also unacceptable. Especially when the other parent was also going out to drink!

I don't think either of you have covered yourself in glory here tbh

DidILeaveTheGasOn · 05/01/2025 00:19

Gosh,it seems a bit much over 4 empty beer bottles - presumably the 330ml ones, not the big ones? If he rarely drinks and would be a bit drunk after four small bottles then I suppose the amount is irrelevant, it's that he's not thought it through and will now blissfully sleep through the night.
Nuclear option perhaps, but could you wake him and see what state he's in? Was he really passed out on the sofa after 4 bottles of beer?