Jaw dropping stuff your partner has done re kids that he/she thinks there is nothing wrong with

[VoluptuaGoodshag]

In the last week ....

• pushed them in a very shoogly trolly over rough ground whilst they ball their heads off coz they are clearly not enjoying themselves
  
  
• traced outline of DS's hand on the fecking wall instead of the oodles of blank paper I leave out
  
  
• played with DS (2.5) so that he got so dizzy that he fell and bumped his head off the kitchen floor tiles
  
  Other times .....
  
  
• not tested temperature of bath water
  
  
• dropped DS
  
  
• not watched him as he ran out onto a road
  
  
• almost dropped DS into the sea
  
  
• left pans of boiling potatoes on front ring with handle poking merrily out whilst kids run around the kitchen
  
  Is it just my DH or are they all like this? Never mind the dozens of hazards outside, I'm more worried about them inside with him.

[Rubyslippers]

DH was bathing DS and he wasn't holding him - DS is 1 tries to crawl in the bath, won't keep still, pulls himself up (it is like trying to bath an eel on proplus)

anyway, i told DH to keep a grip on him

i went downstairs to cook dinner, 30 seconds later i hear a thud as, guess what, DS has slipped and bumped his head

[cornsilk]

My dh has lost them in shops on several occasions and then not told me!!Ds2 always tells me whats gone on so he gets away with nothing. Often forgot to belt in carseats when younger.Dropped ds2 off the little train in park. Left hot tap running in bath so water was HOT. Again, ds2 grassed him up for that one.

[mumto2girls]

My DH lets kids jump on his back while he is laid on floor about an inch away from fire place. Selective hearing seems to set in when I keep telling him to move away from it.

I sometimes think I have 3 kids!!

[theUrbanDryad]

when ds was about 3 days old we decided to give him a bath, which dh ran. i tested bath temp with elbow and declared it scalding hot. ran cold water into it, excatly to the line, elbow temp. put ds in. he screamed and screamed and screamed. dh ran a bath for ds when he was about 1 week old, at his temp. ds perfectly happy.

the thing i get really cross about is when dh laughs if ds hurts himself. dh caught ds' ear in the buggy hood and ds screamed and dh laughed. i was very cross then.

[RosaLuxembourg]

These are all long ago but:

Left 18mthold DD2 on her own in a busy food court while he took DD1 some distance away to the loo.

Left 2-year-old DD2 paddling in knee deep water while he took DD1 deeper into the sea - unfortunately there was a strong rip tide which pulled her off her feet and would have sucked her under if I had not come down the beach with DD3 at that moment and seen what was happening - he was oblivious and not even looking at her.

Luckily DD2 is now an independent young lady of seven and is trying not to take his neglect personally.

[CatIsSleepy]

likes to throw dd up in air...that's ok but NOT right after a big bottle of milk please... (cue shower of vom)

[amateurmum]

Refuses to see need to cut up grapes.

Won't apply sunscreen unless temperature absolutely tropical.

Rarely remembers about booster seats for children under height limit.

Doesn't restrict computer or TV viewing.

Children seem to survive under his care, though!

[geekgrrl]

I can't think of anything juicy really. He once forgot to feed dd2 all day long when she was 9 months old and I was laid up in bed with a stomach bug. He complained about her being grizzly

Bet dh would have many stories to tell about me and my lax attitudes to safety though

[Washersaurus]

DH always leaves his tablets; hayfever, nurofen etc on the dining room table, despite knowing it only takes DS 0.3 seconds to get up there.

He also thinks 'watching' or 'spending time' DS (whilst I go to loo or have a shower or something) involves putting cbeebies on the tv and leaving the room to play with his various IT related gadgetry.

Even if DS absolutely stinks, DH will not see the need to change his nappy until I mention it to him.

[OrmIrian]

DH doesn't do anything dangerous or risky. I'm the one who does that. Good thing he's not around all day TBH

However he does have the ability to sit staring at Sky Sports or reading the paper whilst kids tear around, trash the house, and do not go to bed, clean their teeth or even get their pyjamas on whenever I leave the house in the evenings.

[Othersideofthechannel]

I'm going to get DH to read this thread!
He suffers from an inferiority complex as regards his fathering skills (because of having a couple of BILs who are just wonderful with all kids not just their own). But he has never done any of this stuff except sticking on the TV so that he can play on his laptop, but that isn't really 'jaw dropping'.

[themoon66]

The worse occurance was when I trusted him to 'look after' DD aged 4 in a shopping centre whilst I went to find a loo to change DS (tiny baby).

I came back to find DH stood reading computer magazines in crowded WHsmiths and DD nowhere in sight.

He also left neurofen tablets on worktops regularly, as well as bottles of bleach and other noxious substances.

It's a miracle I now have two live teenagers.

[TheodoresMummy]

DS was soooooo tired and whingy this morning. Last straw (apparently) for DH was DS refusing to get dressed for nursery after lunch (he had covered himself in pasta sauce ).

DS sat naked on the sofa declaring he's "not going a nursery !!!"

DH says "yes you bloody well are and we're not going to come back for you 'cause you've been such a pain all day !!"

Needless to say DH got a bollocking and DS got cuddles and reassurances.

[ravenAK]

Neglected to clean cat litter tray, so one of them wee'd on the floor (yuk).

Saw the wee & parked 8 month old dd on the floor of kitchen, which opens on to utility room with cat tray in, whilst he went bumbling off in search of a mop...

...needless to say when he returned dd was happily splashing in the puddle!

[licketysplit]

Leaving them with his alcoholic, mainc depressive friend for the afternoon while he popped into work.

I was away for a very, very rare weekend with my friend.

When I came home one of the kids (aged 4 at the time mentioned something about when Daddy left them at Uncle Daves!!!! and dropped him right in it!!

[adath]

Well so far I think Voluptia and I have the same partner.

The other morning ds woke up at the crack of dawn so dp got up and dd went shortly after I got up in time to let dp get ready for work to be informes that both children had been up for over an hour and nobody had breakfast so I had an hour and a half less to do everything that I normally do in the morning.

He walks miles in front of dd and I am just thankful we live in such a quiet place or else I have no idea how many times she could have been knocked down.

Has to be reminded to do kids teeth if he is doing bedtime.

Doesn't read the antibiotics bottle and gives wrong dose (I hit the roof this time)

Think getting up with the kids is turn on cbeebies and throw a bowl of cereal at them.

Thinks that at tea time and he is sat reading the paper that the way of soothing ds is to call his name across the room.

This list actually does make him sound really bad but he is a great dad and spends loads of time at the weekends with the children.

[slowreader]

Held dd OVER the edge of enormous cliff (Majorca) so she could admire the little tiny boats on the sea below.

[WestCountryLass]

DH had DD on her scooter and then rode on it with her down a fairly steep slope with a wall at the bottom, DH and the scooter went one way, DD went head first straight into the wall.

Twice i have gone out and when i've got back DD has been up waiting for me and DH has gone to bed and is fast asleep. I will now not go out as I don't think 3 year olds should be in the house unsupervised!!!!!

[sheepgomeep]

smoking a cigarette in the same bedroom as his 3 month old dd, then falling asleep, dropping it and then setting fire to his workclothes that were covered in oil.

Twat

This is NOT my dd by the way, she is his with his ex. Needless to say he has been well and truly re educated about the dangers of fags around kids etc now

Now he is horrified about what he did, he said he and his ex were clueless.

He isn't too bad really now, he is reasonably sensible when it comes to kids.

He did fall asleep once and forgot to pick up my ds from school.

[Beachcomber]

Generaly DH is very good with the kids but there was one occasion that none of us have forgotten when he let DD1 play in the garage beside him with a large screwdriver. She was about 2 and as a late walker was still prone to falling.
She did fall over and gave her head a good bump but somehow managed not to take her eye out with the screwdriver. DH got the fright of his life, I think until he picked her up and surveyed the damage he thought something terrible had happened.

He was so upset that I didn't have to bother being angry with him, he was angry enough for the two of us.