Are there things that you husband or significant other does with your baby that drive you crazy?

Question

My husband likes to put our son on his shoulders. This is not the part that makes me crazy. Our son likes to put everything in his mouth. So inevitably, he is l*****g my husbands dirty hat. It drives me mad. When I talk with him about it he just laughs and says that it is not a big deal. I think that it is gross!

Answer 1

My husband lets our son grab his face and pull his hair. It doesn't hurt him as much as it hurts me, so my son thinks it's okay to do it to Mommy too! Argh. LOL And another thing.... very, very odd.. kind of the opposite of your peeve. My husband will l**k our son's head like he's a cat. He thinks it's funny and so does the baby. Hmmm..

Answer 2

Bounce him after he just ate and then hand him back to me.  Yep, guess who's wearing the mess.  

ETA:  LOL about the bottles!  My husbands excuse is that he can't get them as clean as I can.  (Which is probably the truth so I don't argue that one, LOL!)

Answer 3

What is it with men and them being so slow? So I yelled at him about it..now he does things "quicker".

He also thinks we need to call the doctor about everything! lol...I'm more the wait it out type...to an extent, and only if I truly beleive nothing is wrong with our son.

Yup, the poopy diapers, uses about 1000 wipes!!

Ok, and he's 4 months old, and he still has to ask me how many ounces to make in his bottle...are you kidding me?

But he LOVES our son!!

Answer 4

Where do I start.  

Whenever I ask him to change a poopy diaper.... he always gets p**p on the changing pad cover.... and on the outfit..... and has to change him.  then I have to scrub MORE stains out.  It like,,,,, thanks.... that saved me a ton of time.  

When he changes a diaper.... he will never put his pants back on!  I guess its too much work.  

And then he will sing songs to my son that I hate..... there is a million songs I like..... and he likes to sing the ones I hate to get at me..... he thinks its funny.  

He refuses to wash any bottles...... never has washed a single one!

But besides those things.... I don't have many complaints.  My husband is a great father and sooo good with our son.  I feel very lucky to have given my son a wonderful father.    

Because he is such a great father..... I find it hard to ***** too much.

Answer 5

My husband doesn't find it necessary to burp the baby, however when he is spitting up 5 min later its no fun.  He calls me the burp n**i.

Answer 6

I have the same problem.  There are so many thing that we don't agree on regarding raising our kids.  Like the way he plays around with them like older kids.  I don't know if this will get worst when the kids go through adolescence.

Answer 7

with our first baby, my hubby wouldnt help me , he was scared i think so i needed time away from baby, so id say i had to go to the bathroom (really didnt need to) and id stay in there for like 15mins.  

Answer 8

OMG TERI!

i thought my fiance was the only slow man in the world! everything is soooo slow! i just dont get it!

Answer 9

Mine is an over-worrier, and it drives me absolutely bananas.  He worries so much about germs that if it were up to him, our baby would live in a bubble.  He doesn't want him to sit on the floor because our carpet is stained here and there.  Not dirty, just worn; I vaccuum daily and shampoo it regularly.  I don't know what he thinks will happen when baby starts to crawl; he's certainly not going to levitate over the carpet!

It drives me nuts that he thinks a diaper change is the ultimate solution to all our son's fusses.  Honestly, I have never seen our son fuss over a dirty diaper- he will p**p and go on playing happily, like he doesn't even know it's there.  We have gone through soooooo many diapers, because Dad changes him at even the slightest hint of unhappiness.  Then, when baby is still crying after a fresh dipe, he acts all perplexed.  And I'm like "That's because he was crying because he's hungry, not because he's wet...", but, whatever.

Overall, he's a great dad though, and I'm sure he could post a similar rant about things I do that drive him nuts.

Answer 10

he sometimes gets so frutrated when she wont stop crying {sometimes when she still needs something & your trying to hurry up & get it & sometimes when she is just bored} that he yeslls . making the sistuation worse.. hes still learning.. well i am to lol.

Answer 11

My husband only shaves his face once a week but he kisses our 3 month old everyday! So my son ends up with a rash on his face and sometimes flinches when he sees his daddy coming towards him. Kinda sad. He also refuses to change a diaper, he can be holding our son and he'll say "oh, he needs to be changed now" and hands him to me.  

Answer 12

Ha, this is hilarious. My husband is so, so good with Em. Surprising, since he NEVER held a single baby before she was born!

Anyway, I've finally taught him that when Em blows out a diaper (she was on antibiotics for a while...not pretty) that he needs to rinse the outfit and soak it immediately so it doesn't stain. So now I come home 2-4 evenings a week to find an outfit floating in the bathroom sink in brown, poopy water. Apparently he missed the "rinse" section during training, but I guess it's better than nothing!

I still love him :)

Answer 13

This is too funny. he is always in a hurry to get somewhere, has to be on time. ill be breastfeeding our son and he'll tell me to hurry up or we r gonna be late. i've tried to explain to him thats its not up to me when the meals over but he just doesnt get it, he gags over poopy diapers and as far as the outfits go, he lost the privledge of dressing our son a long time ago lol

Answer 14

Okay.  I have to take time to answer this.  When he gets home at night he wants to tell me about his day.  Here's the problem.  We ALL have been gone all day.  I have been at work for nine hours.  Bradley has been in daycare for nine hours and daddy has been gone for twelve hours.  So, as soon as we are all home in the house together Bradley wants all of our attention.  When daddy starts talking to me Bradley starts whining really loud, so his father talks LOUDER over him.  OMG,  I want to scream!

Edit:  He also does everything really slow.  I do everything manic fast.  Bad combo.

Answer 15

He's too rough. I know I know that's a guy thing, but this is different. He slaps (not really hard, but not really soft either) my 11 month old (has been doing this since he was about 6 months ) In the ribs and says "Toughen that baby up" while he is doing it. I HATE it.

Him and his dad both cuss really bad and they do it around the baby who is starting to learn to speak. This one really irritates me because he is such a strong influence on our baby as it is.

He listens to his music way too loud when riding in his truck with the baby. The baby really doesn't seem to mind, in fact he starts dancing, but I just feel like its really not good for his hearing. " Lets not make our son deaf before he he can even walk please."

Answer 16

It drives me absolutely nuts when my husband dresses my son in an outfit that doesn't match!!  I try to put the matching outfits or pjs together but he puts pieces that he thinks go together!!  I try not to say anything though.  When our baby hurts himself, he just kinda gives him a pat on the back and tells him he's okay.  But sometimes, he really needs a cuddle and some distraction!

Answer 17

My fiance will expect me to get up every morning with the kids. Doesn't matter that he was off for a week, I'm still the one that needs to get up. If I ask him the night before about getting up with the kids he will fight me tooth and nail about it then get pissy that I even asked which means I'm the one getting up. It has come down to if he wants to have s*x that's my bargaining chip now. But I can't really use it anymore as he's working again and leaves before anyone gets up anyway. Just drives me bonkers. That is one of our biggest fights.

Answer 18

Yes, my husband doesn't recognize when our son is hungry or sleepy and always reacts as if he is just bored and is always trying to play with him and make him laugh instead of figuring out what he needs.  I mean, I know he's trying to make the baby stop crying and make him happy, but he needs to stop for a moment and think about what the baby needs.

Answer 19

he does everything soooo sloooow...

Answer 20

I'm a single mom, but my mom and stepdad watch my son while I'm at work.

They let him walk around outside barefoot.

It absolutely drives me nuts!!! I can't tell you how many times I have picked him up, and his feet are all red, or his toes are bleeding from scraping them against the road or the driveway. (yes -ROAD. They let him walk in the ROAD too!) And my mom feels it's okay because she puts peroxide and neosporin on his toes. >:o(  

My son SCREAMS every single time that's done .. and it absolutely drives me nuts because it's unneccesary torture as I see it, when it could all be avoided by simply putting shoes on him before letting him go outside.

I have gotten onto my mom about it soooo many times. And it's finally starting to sink in since my stepdad is on my side with this and he's been chewing her out over it too. lol

Answer 21

It used to be that after 3 kids he still couldn't pack a diaper bag. He's gotten better but I have to check it every time. Not putting her pants back on after a diaper change, and assuming that because she's fussy means she needs bed time. So she ends up taking like a gazillion little naps instead of the two naps a day that I am trying do do. Not following a schedule. Or remembering what time he fed her last, or what time she woke up. To me these are all very important things. They tell me so much more than he knows.

But mainly little things.

Answer 22

I have a 2 and a half week old daughter.  When he holds her he won't keep her still. He is steady moving her around and changing positions w/her, she always ends up spitting up everywhere.

But he is a very good daddy and a big helper for me. He just has to learn to be more gentle

Answer 23

MY little one is 5 weeks and he thinks that she is a toy... LOL he has her dance on the floor....Then we have a Mac so he trys to make a video with her talking...She a baby a little one she does not need to be josled around.