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Baby waking makes husband angry with me

133 replies

Hubertscubert · 25/03/2014 19:08

My husband works really hard in a demanding job, be is not the best sleeper. Our second baby has been a bit more challenging than the first as she has reflux, hence she has not been as good a sleeper as our elder daughter. Having said this relatively speaking I don't think she is too bad. She has gone from 7pm, fed at 10.30pm, then through to 6 am since about 4 months, but when she is having a bad spell (teething etc) she willwake at 4 am ( but generally go back down for. Dummy or bottle) n then it can tak a while to break the habit. If we have had a disturbed night my husband shouts or swears at me, and then I face an inquisition as to what went wrong. If I give him reasons he makes me feel stupid and it comes across as excuses. This morning dh had asked to get woken at 6 am, the baby woke at approx 5.45. Therefore he was in a mood with me, he said" what went on last night, what today's excuse? He said he asks other women and they say the baby should b going through the night now. I chose to say nothing.

OP posts:
AlistairSim · 25/03/2014 19:26

Tell your husband you've asked other women and
they all say he's a wanker.

ThatBloodyWoman · 25/03/2014 19:26

Hearing that has made me so bloody Angry.

What a complete tosser.

Trifle · 25/03/2014 19:26

'He asked to be woken at 6' ! What are you, his personal alarm clock. Do you have to wake up just to get him up. Words fail me.

Bondfan007 · 25/03/2014 19:27

He sounds horrible.

ThatBloodyWoman · 25/03/2014 19:28

Oh, and btw,you work hard in a demanding job.

He needs to stop being a bully and do his share.

spilttheteaagain · 25/03/2014 19:30

Bloody hell, that is appalling! I would love it if my 2.5 year old slept as well as your baby - she is still waking 2-6 times a night. Your DH is deeply, deeply unreasonable and totally out of order. Why on earth is it your "fault" if the baby wakes more than usual?? It is biologically NORMAL for babies and young children to nightwake.

We tend to be more of the "go that was a bad night, how are you feeling?" to each other in the morning if it's been a hard one. Which is a normal sort of thing to say.

MoominsYonisAreScary · 25/03/2014 19:31

The baby doesnt sound bad to me, tell him to wake himself up the knob.

Hes pissed off because the baby woke him up 15 mins early? Ha ha send him round here, sometimes ours wakes dp up two hours early and if he does it a few days on the trot dp will have him for those couple of hours so i can sleep!

Tell him to fuck off somewhere else if he doesnt like it! He sounds bloody awful

scottishmummy · 25/03/2014 19:33

He's stressing about 15min,that's unreasonable.no you shouldn't be considering sleep sofa

LuciusMalfoyisSmokingHot · 25/03/2014 19:34

My DD used to sleep from 11pm to 5am, not much different to your DD, as sleeping goes, shes a pretty good sleeper.

Your H on the other hand.............

I have a few sweary words for him.

FabBakerGirl · 25/03/2014 19:34

Redroom- being tired didn't make you a "bitch." You are using it as an excuse. Everyone is responsible for their own behaviour.

HubertS - what would he do or say if you told your husband to grow up?

goodtimesinbontemps · 25/03/2014 19:35

He sounds horrible, doesn't he realise that he is a parent and that's part and parcel of parenthood? He obviously sees childrearing as your job? I would think this sadly is only the tip of the iceberg in his treatment of you :(

MadameJosephine · 25/03/2014 19:35

What an arsehole! He is 'in a mood' because HIS baby (yes she does have 2 parents!) woke him up 15 minutes before his chosen time, how dare he make you feel stupid Angry

NonnoMum · 25/03/2014 19:36

I'm with AlistairSim

Really.

Logg1e · 25/03/2014 19:37

How dare he talk to you like that?

When he's not at work the following day, and he's getting up to see to baby, does he keep her sleeping through the night with no disturbance? Hmm

ContentedSidewinder · 25/03/2014 19:37

You only have to look on the sleep threads to know that other parents are tearing their hair out at non-sleeping babies/toddlers/children.

He is a twat, I have never said that before on MN but my god he deserves it.

Both my children had reflux, ds2 was a lot worse than ds1 but at the end of the day they are babies, not robots and they sometimes need us in the night.

What an arsehole.

Hubertscubert · 25/03/2014 19:37

If I was to tell him to grow up he would be worse

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Logg1e · 25/03/2014 19:39

How much worse can he be?

SplitHeadGirl · 25/03/2014 19:39

Your husband sounds like he is enjoying making you miserable and tormenting you over something that is not in any way your fault. Your baby sounds like a good wee sleeper in fact...my son was was waking around 15 times each and every night until he was almost two. I talked to other mums and they all had stories to tell me of their children waking every night. It is so common!!!

Your husband sounds so cruel. Even mentioning other women is designed to make you feel like a failure as a mum and that other mums have this licked when it is NOT true at all.

PrincessPotsie · 25/03/2014 19:40

Grin Grin Grin AlistairSim

What a knobhead! My DH is v similar and he annoys me no end too

TeWiSavesTheDay · 25/03/2014 19:40

We'll I think we've established your baby is normal and your dh is being an arsehole.

What's he like in other ways?

The way he speaks to you is very aggressive and unreasonable.

jasmineramsden · 25/03/2014 19:40

Astounded reading this, what a complete WANKER. OP your baby sounds like she's doing really well, he is a total idiot how dare he question and blame you like this?!
Actually made me furious on your behalf reading this. Might do him good to read the consensus on this thread and sort his head out...

Handywoman · 25/03/2014 19:41

What AlistairSim said

AdoraBell · 25/03/2014 19:43

Has he asked other women what they do with husbands who turn into cunts arseholes?

ChickenFromHell · 25/03/2014 19:44

'DH please fuck the fuck off to far side of fuck. If you can hear the baby cry - help. If you want to be a cunt buy some ear plugs.'

I also think you've got a fab sleeper, DD is up every 2 hours at 10m/o.

K8Middleton · 25/03/2014 19:44

He'd sleep a lot better at his mother's.

I'm sorry you're married to an utter cock. Plenty of men and women who have 8mo babies have demanding jobs and manage not to behave in such a horrible way as your husband. If he chooses to continue that behaviour you would be within your rights to choose that he leaves.

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