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AIBU?

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Dh accidentally hurting dcs

178 replies

Betternamenow · 06/03/2016 19:29

Dh is apparently very clumsy/absent minded. In the last couple of weeks he has tripped and spilt boiling coffee on ds leg, fed him food that was so hot he screamed, went red in the face and drooled everywhere, and fed dd a too hot bottle that resulted in the same reaction (screaming etc)

The first two times it happened I said nothing, accidents happen and obviously he feels bad about it. Third time I had to say something, so it was something along the lines of, 'i know accidents happen but they keep happening to you. You need to be more careful ' He kicked off big time, which is unusual for him. Said I was accusing him (as if I think he's doing it on purpose!) and basically pretty much walked out of the house, leaving me trying to calm down 2 upset dc.

I think he could be more careful, and he needs to be paying more attention, check temperature more carefully etc. Was IBU to confront him over this? Should I have kept my mouth shut?

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Redroses11 · 07/03/2016 22:56

The OP in this case seems to be completely tolerant of the DH and apologetic to him for having raised the concern. Sometimes I despair.

newmumwithquestions · 07/03/2016 23:10

Betternamenow I hope you are still reading this thread even if you aren't posting.
Yes you were right to mention it to DH. His overreaction was probably due to him feeling really bad. Feeling bad because he's a caring father.
He's not going to stop being clumsy as he cant help that but not checking food properly is a bit lax and hopefully won't happen again.

Those banging on about child abuse get a grip of yourselves. Let's trust OP to be making a sensible judgement of what's going on here.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 07/03/2016 23:17

Well so far she's not showing any sound judgement. Is she.

She's far to concerned about saying her incompetent at feeding children husband is not an abuser, and far to worried about raising this as an issue to him than she should be.

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