To be annoyed at (D)Hs attitude to safety

[Outandabout43]

It's none existent.

He leaves everything plugged in and thinks nothing of using an extention in an extention.

Forgets to lock the doors when he is the last one up, despite having a toddler in the house, never locks the car.

Left weedkiller on the porch floor, and kept walking past it until I picked it up.

Leaves medication packets out.

Then to top it up never put the cover on the sandpit and I got back today to find DD playing in it with cat poo.

I've tried talking to him but he just gets defensive and tells me I'm over reacting.

How can I get it to sink in that this stuff is not on, or am I just over reacting.

Does he not care about your child at all?
Can you find news stories about poor children who have overdosed on adults medication because they've swallowed tablets thinking they are sweet? Or who have been poisoned with chemicals left lying around? Or become ill because of contact with animal faeces, etc?
Perhaps if he could see the very real consequences of the things he does he might think twice.
For me not being concerned with his child's safety is actually child neglect.

The strange thing is, in others ways he is to over protective, won't let her on the tall slide at the park, doesn't like her running to fast or spinning around incase she hurts herself. I don't get it, he's cautious about things that may hurt her, but not about things that may kill her.

Well he is in for a shock wake up call if one of these stupid things actually does harm her! God forbid it should happen. But if it does there's no going back and him wishing he'd actually used his common sense won't remedy it. The damage will have been done and your poor child will be the one to suffer.