Hi, I have a 3 week old baby and I have been expressing once a day so I can sleep and husband feed baby in the mornings before he starts work so I can catch up on sleep. This morning the baby wouldn't take its bottle as it seems to prefer the breast and it had been crying for 10/15 minutes so I came downstairs wanting to soothe and feed the baby myself as I could hear it crying. However husband got angry with me and told me to go back upstairs and he needed to be able to soothe it himself. The baby didn't stop crying though and I came down again a few minutes later only to be told to go back upstairs again and leave him with the baby, but I couldn't leave my baby crying knowing it was upset and I could help it. I asked my husband to give me the baby but he wouldn't and told me he needs to be able to soothe it himself, and when I tried to pick up the baby my husband kicked me away and slapped me to stop me and shouted (which I didn't want him to do to frighten and distress the baby further). I was very upset and told him I would phone the police so he gave me the baby and I fled upstairs and fed it. I think my husband is jealous that the baby needs something from me that he can't give it. He has been slightly aggressive in the past but I thought we were past that and our relationship has been good the past couple of years but this morning shocked me. I can't bring myself to phone the police as i know he will he arrested and this happened once before and he was let off with a warning but I think it would be more serious this time. I don't want that drama or to do that to my baby's father as I know there would be serious consequences. He kept coming into the bedroom where I was feeding though telling me I have mental issues and he's going to tell our health visitor I'm not coping with our baby. This doesn't scare me as I know I am coping and am doing well. I just don't know where to go from here as I don't think I want to be with a man like that anymore but obviously we live together with our beautiful new baby and I need his help looking after it.