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To think he's being a shit dad?

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User2837 · 28/12/2017 07:38

DD 4 months has a bad cough/cold.
DH takes her into the bedroom every night and changes her nappy and gets her into a sleeping bag before I come and feed her.
I've woken up this morning and she has no vest on. I also felt the room was colder than usual and checked the radiator which has been off all night.
I'm so annoyed, her cough sounds worse and her little hands are freezing.
How can he not think of or remember the very basics of her needs, she's not well FFS!
This is just another thing in a long line of him leaving her in hat, blankets and coat indoors "because she's asleep", and constantly asking me to check the temperature of Bath water on the rare occasions he gives her one.
How can he not fulfill the most basic needs by now???
How do I approach this without just making him feel shit? Why doesn't he retain this information and how is he failing to pick up these most simple tasks??

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StripySocks1 · 28/12/2017 10:44

I had to have serious words with my dh when he started going around the house turning of radiators in rooms we weren’t using, he thought he was saving money, I had to explain to him that it just meant that the other radiators had to get hotter to make up the shortfall to reach the desired temperature.

And he absolutely should have known to put a vest on her, it’s such a basic thing, I’m not surprised you’re annoyed!

Mumof56 · 28/12/2017 10:56

My DP used to make mistakes like this with our DC because he always thought he knew best

That's terrible. Why couldn't he be more like you who never made a mistake?

Cantuccit · 28/12/2017 11:01

Can’t I am pretty sure it was no vest under sleep suit and sleeping bag

Ah, sorry, misunderstood.

bruffin · 28/12/2017 11:18

Im sure being too warm is worse for babies than being a little cold, and if a baby is uncomfortable they will protest.

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