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Dh thinks 5month baby is slow!

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Umm · 06/04/2006 00:45

Hello everyone,
This is a bit of a silly question but its really bugging me so I thought Id ask!
My Dh thinks my ds 5months old is thick becoz he was playing peek-a-boo with baby by hiding under he bed but baby could see his hand.
Baby also doesnt really play with any toys- just holds things and experiments.
I on the other hand think ds is smart and picks up things easily... hes started taking his soother out of my hand and puting it in his mouth all on his own!
I am only writting this bcoz im annoyed, and hurt dh says that to him quite often. Angry
What should I do?

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Mamu · 06/04/2006 00:58

Tell dh to get real. A 5mth playing peek a boo is great. Probably thought dad was mad. At 5 mths they're experimenting just learning to hold things and transfer, they're just beginning to see the world and not in the way we do. It's all really exciting, go with your feeling look in the red book (development at what they look for 8 mth check). What does he want tell him to enjoy his child not look for problems.

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threebob · 06/04/2006 02:00

I don't understand why the peek a boo game made your dh think he was thick? Am I missing something?

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Umm · 06/04/2006 02:08

He thought because baby was laughing even though he could see his hand on the bed...!!!

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wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/04/2006 02:33

It's a pity your H thinks in those terms about his baby - 5 months is so wee... my ds is 6 months and I only need to hide my eyes and he plays pee-po, it's more to do with eye contact and daft jiggling about than disappearing.

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Umm · 06/04/2006 02:39

I showed my dh this thread, and he goes he as only joking, but he has said it before too... so hes got a nasty sense of humour. Sad
He was quite hurt that I took it literally!

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wabbitintheheadlamps · 06/04/2006 02:44

Oh Umm - bless em... blokes haven't a clue when it comes to new mums and how sensitive we are about the absolute perfection of our LOs!

threebob · 06/04/2006 04:10

Tell him he is thick for not understanding object permanance for a 5 month old.

Also please tell him that if he calls him thick he will grow up thick - children don't understand "sense of humour" unless it's a clueless father hiding under the bed.

bl0ndie · 06/04/2006 10:19

Umm, he sounds like a very intelligent little boy to me, almost as intelligent as my little girl Wink Ignore your dh, men are soo competitive about their prodigies :)

schneebly · 06/04/2006 10:24

Umm - dont worry - my dh has a strange sense of humour sometimes, he said ds2 was ugly the day he was born and I was upset for weeks (hormones) - of course he didnt mean it and he utterly adores him and incidentally ds2 is gorgeous (although I may be biased!) Sounds to me like your DS is a smart, fun loving wee chap!

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Umm · 06/04/2006 13:21

Thank you everyone who has replied... I am still feeling a bit upset, but I know Dh's sense of humour is rubbish so should have known!

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Piffle · 06/04/2006 13:24

What a twerp!
My dd still puts her hand over her eyes and thinks she is invisible she is 3.4!
She can add and subtract so I know she ain't thick...

wabbitintheheadlamps · 08/04/2006 14:45

Oh I'd forgotten all about the word 'twerp' I'll have to reload it in the mental vocabulary! thanks Piffle! Grin

NannyL · 08/04/2006 16:39

i too had forgotten twerp.

im here in hysterics remembering an incident years ago when my dad called my uncle a twerp Grin

dont worry about your baby... sounds fine! Smile

WestCountryLass · 08/04/2006 22:12

I think the DH is the thick one.

WestCountryLass · 08/04/2006 22:13

Would be really annoyed if DH called my kids thick, joke or not. You tell someone something often enough and they believe it is true. Best to nip this one in the bud me thinks.

monkey · 09/04/2006 09:56

my dh went through a phase of calling my ds retard, shortened lovingly to 'Tardo'. I didn't appreciate the 'humour' either

lockets · 09/04/2006 10:03

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peaches27 · 13/04/2006 21:29

Thank you lockets ... I had that pinned on the wall when my kids were little and when I was a teacher. I will copy it again now Im raising my grandkids.

Umm ... men in general know diddly about child development. He is the one who is thick.

blueshoes · 13/04/2006 22:28

Umm, your ds sounds advanced to me!

blueshoes · 13/04/2006 22:28

Umm, your ds sounds advanced to me!

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