to ask ex to pick up prescription for sick dd

[mummymcphee]

I spent saturday night in a and e with my sick 6 month old dd. I waited 3 hours to see the doctor on call. She was prescribed a range of meds and I spent a sleepless night with her. Sunday morning (mothers day...irony not lost on me) I needed to collect her prescription from the chemist but was exhausted. My friends were all doing mothers day things. I decided to contact the babys father /my exp to see if he could help! He told me that if she was that bad she would still be in hospital and that I was a lazy f b and that he didn't want anything to do with the baby. He then proceeded to pump up the tyres on his van (he lives across the road) whilst I proceeded to load a sick baby into the car. AIBU to ask him to help when there is nobody else ?? My family live away. My first mothers day was a total nightmare.

YAsooooooNBU. I'm sorry he's such a twat. Hope DD is feeling a bit better now.

i'm surprised your hospital didn't give you the meds while you were there!

yanbu to ask someone to help

He's a twat. I'd be moving house if I were you.

why would the op need to move house?

Sounds like you got a lucky escape to me. And no ynbu, your ex is a twat

YANBU to ask him, but I'm surprised you expected him to do it, tbh, given that he has no interest in your baby.

I hope she is feeling much better now.

I love my house. However I will have to move really eventually as I don't want my daughter knowing that she lives across the road from a 'father ' ahem with such a vile attitude towards her. She is much better thanks but it is very draining knowing that he won't help at all that he is such a loser.

Does he ever see his dd and act like a Father the rest of the time?

I would expect stuff like that from my ex, but we co parent. If he wasn't a good Dad and a supportive co parent, I wouldn't ask him for anything.

No of course YANBU, he is the child's father. He should WANT to help out when she is ill. I'm sorry your first Mother's Day was so shit but at least it can only go uphill from there ....

And if you hadn't already done so I would suggest that you Leave The Bastard.

Go

Sorry, posted too soon. Good luck OP.

Move, move, move, as far away as you can get as soon as you can. If the pond scum doesn't want anything to do with his daughter, then do her a favour and grant him his wish. You both deserve better.