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AIBU?

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To think my husband ought to have looked after our baby properly

132 replies

Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 16:08

It's a hot day here and I left toddler aged 2 in the paddling with her dad supervising. The water was cool but a couple of pots of hot water had been added so it wasn't freezing. Toddler had been in the pool for about 5 mins before I went in and left husband to it. 10 minutes later he comes to tell me that he thinks ds ought to come out, gone blue and shivering. I get ds out and he is absolutely freezing cold and shivering so much he can't catch his breath. I took him inside and wrapped him in blankets and even got a hot water bottle to warm him up. I was worried because he kept on shivering and his temperature was 34.4! Over the next five minutes he warmed up and temperature was normal but I am furious with husband. I'm cross because he came to ask me leaving ds alone in the pool for a few seconds, also that he even came to ask me, where is his initiative. When I told him ds should have been taken out as soon as he went blue he started arguing with me that I shouldn't have put him in a paddling pool in the first place but my point is husband ought to have been watching him and taking care of him properly. Furious that he just sat there watching ds go blue and didn't respond, I feel he's a crap dad right now.

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feesh · 17/05/2014 18:42

40 degrees here in the Middle East; we do water play in the garden every afternoon and one of my 17 month old twins regularly goes blue and shivery! And the water's not even cold; it comes out of the tap hot enough to scald you!

I think she caught the 'always cold' gene off me!

So yes the OP's story is definitely feasible. And her husband is annoying, but not enough to LTB over.....

candycoatedwaterdrops · 17/05/2014 19:04

loader to be fair, some people genuinely did not realise how quickly children can get cold. It did sound strange to me but as I said, you learn something new every day.

Skina · 17/05/2014 19:17

Make your mind up. You said that a mere 30 minutes before he'd neglected to shield them from the sun. Now it's 2.5 hours later. Confused

Owllady · 17/05/2014 19:27

As I said before my friend lost his sibling to a paddling pool incident, she was 8
Tripped and fell into it, knocked herself out. She had Bern under the water for just a few minutes
Water is dangerous, people really don't get it :(

Owllady · 17/05/2014 19:28

It was 2 inches of water by the way and gas haunted his parents forever

pinkyredrose · 17/05/2014 19:31

What about the baby? Did he leave a 2yr old 6yr old and a baby in the water? Confusing post.

Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 19:32

Skina I think you would struggle to find a mention of a 30 minute time frame anywhere in my post. My eldest never got into that state even if she was freezing, perhaps it's a new one to me that a child could get so cold in what I judged to be warm weather and cool water. Shame feesh, I was going to LTB!

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Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 19:33

Oh baby, toddler all the same to me, a toddler is a big baby, for clarity, 2 years old. You lot are like a jury!!!! It should read AIBJ - am I being judged?

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StealthPotato · 17/05/2014 19:37

Your husband sounds like an idiot. However my DH sometimes tends to seek my opinion before doing some things (apart from removing DS from any potential danger...) as I'm a control freak. Not in this circumstance though, I'd expect him to use his instinct as a parent if the child was in the state you describe.

And this is AIBU, did you expect loads of hugs? Grin

Skina · 17/05/2014 19:41

Would I?

Add message | Report | Message poster Mrssodapop Sat 17-May-14 17:07:45
He has no initiative. 30 minutes before he'd sat kids at table outside to eat their lunch in the midday sun with no hats on and hadn't even put the parasol up. He sat there moaning that it was a bad idea to eat outside. I despair.

slithytove · 17/05/2014 19:45

OP makes it clear in her post that the child in question is 2. Presumably her youngest, so IMO perfectly normal that she refers to them as a baby. I have seen people refer to preschoolers twice that age as a baby.

Also, noone should ever leave a child of that age unsupervised near water for any amount of time. Not worth the risk and it can all go wrong so quickly. Personally I wouldn't leave kids unsupervised in the garden at that age either if they are anything like my mischievous 14 month old

YANBU OP, your husband is a twat.

Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 20:11

Oh yes, there you go skina, what a fabulous detective you are. Well husband has made apology and acknowledged lack of confidence in making that snap decision. We all screw up sometimes I suppose. I'll put the divorce papers away...

Thank you for your feedback folks.

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Coldlightofday · 17/05/2014 20:13

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Skina · 17/05/2014 20:16

No need for the sarcasm. I was simply pointing out you'd forgotten you'd said, and suggesting I'd struggle to find such mention.

candycoatedwaterdrops · 17/05/2014 20:35

Well, this thread has turned out interesting. Sorry OP but still think your husband was ridiculous to need advice about removing a blue child from water.

wheresthelight · 17/05/2014 20:50

Op I think you need to apologise when you are rude and sarcastic to a poster who was merely asking for clarification as your posts are very confusing!!!

Your husband was an idiot for not pulling his child out of the pool but I agree the chances are it was not as warm as you thought it was for them to have got as cold as you describe - unless you have dramatised for shock value?

Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 21:22

wheresthelight is a lookin for a fight awwww

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Coldlightofday · 17/05/2014 21:24

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Bowlersarm · 17/05/2014 21:27

Not sure it's wheresthelight who is looking for a fight, OP.

Mrssodapop · 17/05/2014 21:28

Like I said, thanks for your advice and insights ladies. I'll leave you to it.

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wheresthelight · 17/05/2014 21:36

Wow Op you really are incredibly rude!

Your posts are ridiculously confusing with one minute there being a 30 min gap between lunch and getting in the pool to next there being a 2.5 hour gap to your denial and then getting obusive and obtuse when this is. Then pointed out to you.

I am not the on looking for a fight but with an attitude like yours I think it is quite clear why your dh is too afraid to make decisions on his own

sunshinecity17 · 17/05/2014 21:38

If your kid was so cold why didn't he just get out?
A two tear old is nothing like a baby!!

UncleT · 17/05/2014 21:41

Odd reaction from OP there.

morethanpotatoprints · 17/05/2014 21:44

What a weird thread

Skina · 17/05/2014 21:45

wheresthelight standard way to respond I think, when someone's pulled up on their bollocks. Well, on here anyway it seems.

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