To have to keep reminding DH to keep his hot drinks out of the way of the kids

[aintthatsomethin]

My goodness gracious me. I have to remind him constantly to keep his drinks at the back of the counter, especially now DD2 stands on about every toy he can to reach the worktop and pull things off.

yesterday DH left his cup of freshly made tea on the edge of the armchair, I told him to be careful.. less than 5 minutes later DD4 bumped into it and burnt her hand. Thankfully not much got on her and mostly went on DH.

but again tonight.. he’s left a cup of fresh tea right on the edge of the worktop?!

I'd pour it down the sink 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dump cold water in so its not hot anymore.

Seriously though he needs a rocket, has he ever seen pictures of a hot drink burn on a child?

Agree with the pp. Either pour it down the sink every time he does it or top it up with cold water to make it tepid.

What a fucking twat. It’s not enough your child got a burn from him, he did it again. I wouldn’t even be able to look at him.

I’ve talked about cases where children have pulled tea/coffee onto themselves and their skin has hurts badly it sticks to their clothes and peels off when you remove them. He says it horrible and doesn’t want to hear stories like that.. yet it still happens 🙄

If he can't remember, he can use a travel cup until he gets the message.

They might spill a little bit, but not enough to harm a child.

Show him pictures of babies with scalds caused by hot drinks then.
And yes, pour it away every single time.

Every time you see it within toddlers grasp, tip it down the sink. Seriously, you've told him enough times now and your toddler has already been burnt.

My ex DH was like this with the kids, zero common sense. He once left a pan of boiling water cooking pasta on the front hob, I went to the loo... came down and he was sat in the sitting room on his phone, toddler was in the kitchen on her own, 2 foot away from the oven. Not saying your DH is that bad, but I wouldn't be messing around giving him chances here...

Whats wrong with your husband?

Is he stupid thick or deaf?🤔

It's blatantly obvious hot drinks can create some very serious harm and your child will definitely end up in A & E emergency unit

I would just either encourage him to have colder drinks like smoothies ect or just pour the hot drink down the plug hole..
and say why

Show him on Google Internet the Kind of deep burn marks damages that can happen especially to children...

DS2, who is 10 now, still has bad 3rd degree scarring on their leg from boiling water when they were 2. It was the worst experience of my entire life and I would not wish it on my worst enemy.

His clothing peeled his skin off, he had to have daily trips to the hospital for bandage changes for 4 days, followed by 2 weekly visits to Birmingham burns unit for another few weeks. It was horrendous. I have never seen my dp cry before, but those visits he silently cried every time.

Your DH is being beyond irresponsible. My dcs incident was a freak accident. Your DH had a near miss due to his own recklessness and still continues. He needs to start drinking squash if he can't be trusted.

So EVEN though he's had a near miss with your daughter burning herself presumably not requiring hospital treatment or you'd have said I'd have thought, he still doesn't get it.

He could PERMANENTLY scar his child.
I'd consider not leaving the kids with him unsupervised.

Is he a bit thick? Why would anyone need to be told more than once?

I know someone this happened to and the child was quite badly scarred for a long time

@aintthatsomethin

I was 🤔 thinking along the same lines, he should make his drinks a more conducieve temp such as tepid as possible

Or
Travel cup

Can you show this thread to the fucking idiot... assuming the moron can read.

I find that I have to tell my DH about the same domestic issue(s) over & over. And he still keeps doing whatever it is. If I bring it up (again!) he says I’m nagging (and I don’t ga e to tell him twice). I have to tell him every fucking time… Twat.

The worst phone call I ever got was from my daughter when my 2 Yr old grandson did exactly this. Paramedics, dad and toddler in a tepid bath for 20 mins, toddler shaking all over, blue light to A&E.... it goes on and on. It was 4.5 yrs ago and we are all still upset by the memory. Just dump the hot drink please

Saying it isn't working, so I agree you should start pouring it down the sink each time, until he learns.

He'll moan but that's nothing when the alternative is an injured child.

Get travel mugs with screw on lids. That what we use.

Also pour down the sink in the meantime!

@aintthatsomethin

I think 🤔 your partner is a lazy good for nothing loser who doesn't give a shit for your child's welfare really,

Why are you with this selfish arsehole poor excuse of a Partner and a man then?

"How DARE you frame me as a nag because YOU are so simple in the head that you can't think for yourself/risk assess/be a competant adult, you should be ashamed of yourself and man up"

Buy him one of these or a similar travel mug with a lid

He might already have one for work anyway

Put all the mugs somewhere away and just have one travel mug. I'd get one printed with pictures of burns on it to remind him but I'm a terrible person.

He carelessly scalded his child then merrily did the same thing again. Wanker.

Tepid drinks only then

Can he have iced latte only?

Why are you telling us this? The only conversation that you need to have is with him.