Am I The A-hole for taking the baby with me?

My BD and I have a six month old. this afternoon I waited for hours for him to return home from running his errands gym, store, coffee, red light therapy etc. we’re moving at the end of the month and I wanted to finish building our bed that arrived two weeks ago. I tried to do it with the baby but it was not possible as she kept grabbing for parts. I asked him to watch her and he said he would. While I’m getting ready to leave I see him grabbing his chemicals. He’s into chemistry and currently working on a drug for hair loss. I told him I didn’t want him doing that while he watched her. I asked if he could wait until I got back to do that he refused. I explained that it made me really uncomfortable that he would be mixing chemicals with her right there and she is very active. I explained that I worried about him dropping or spilling something and her ingesting it. All of these chemicals are in fact fatal if ingested by an adult let alone an infant. I told him I would just take her with me so he could focus he lost it saying I was calling him incompetent. He called me an asshole told me I didn’t trust him with our child. But I really don’t understand how he could think that was a good idea.
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He is delusional if he thinks he should be able to do that with a baby in tow. And he is an asshole for giving you shit for taking her with you.

What on earth? Why would any sane mind think it’s ok to mix chemicals near a child, whilst looking after a child… he was being incompetent if he thought that was okay

he’s acting like an egotistical dumbass. He needs to sort his fragile ego. Prioritizing your child’s safety has nothing to do with his chemistry abilities

Nah, he was trying to do way too much. I am with you on this. Accidents happen and you would be worried sick if you left her with him or if something had happened. I think you made a good choice in my opinion.

Maybe he is incompetent because wtf are you talking about trying to mix chemicals while being primary caregiver of a child at that time

Also like could it not wait a bit ???

@Elizabeth that’s what I asked he claimed he already waited hours to do it because he was out all morning.

Firstly he’s nuts thinking he can cure hair loss at home 😂 I won’t even dye my hair if I’m caring for the baby alone

Who’s fault is that that he was out all morning wtf

@Elizabeth exactly!! I literally get nothing done all day because I’m with the baby and I have to wait for him to take her for a few minutes to get anything done

My husband and I both have veto power. That is to say, anything that makes either of us nervous or uncomfortable regarding the kids is off the table. I tend to be more risk averse so I bring stuff up with him more, but any time he has a concern I respect it. That approach has worked well for us because it’s not personal. He can get a little defensive sometimes (like when I’m a little obsessive about food safety) but shifts gears and remembers we’re both just trying to do our best by the littles

It doesn't matter how careful he is, accidents happen.

Honestly even just breathing in the air with chemicals if you accidentally mix the wrong thing like if he doesn’t know the basics of chemistry safety 101 maybe he shouldn’t be using chemicals in the first place… maybe he’s lost brain cells from breathing in said chemicals… 👀

My husband does shit like that all the time. He cleaned his rifle in front of our son (he is almost 2) and I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want him going off at me Our apartment smelled for days 🤦🏼‍♀️ He doesn’t watch our son at all. If I ask for a shower, he says “yeah sure. No problem. Enjoy yourself” meanwhile my toddler is climbing into the bathtub with me If I lock the door, I’m the asshole and he asks me why I locked the door. I can’t win. Our son dumped his cup of pens last week and there were button batteries in it. I was livid and went off at him. I had to walk our dog and within the 5 mins it took, he got into his desk and dumped the cup of pens. I had no idea there were batteries in there. He’s so careless with things even after nearly 2 years

Typical men . 9 times outta ten an accident would have probably happened then he’ll regret it and still find a way to blame you . As a mother please please please always listen to your instincts when it comes to your child . It NEVER fails .

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Definitely not, I wouldn't even want him doing that with my child in the house let alone if he's the one watching her. Angry that you tuck her away from the unsafe environment he was creating. You should be the one who is angry that he basically forced you to take her when he said he'd watch her, of course you couldn't leave her there. In my opinion he should feel lucky that you brought her back. I would loose a lot of trust in my husbands if he told me that's what he was going to do and I feel pretty confident child protection would agree with me (not suggesting you report him, just making a point).

@Fechi he would have said “this wouldn’t have happened if you had just taken her with you and let me work!” He would probably spill something on purpose thinking he could accidentally give her super powers or something stupid🤦🏼‍♀️ thank God mom stopped that from happening!

Maybe he did that in purpose knowing you would feel uncomfortable and take baby idk but he does seem immature

@Amber I really don’t think so because he was actually upset when I took her. He simply didn’t see the risk he never does and instead thinks I’m anxiety ridden and being dramatic anytime I try to keep her safe.

I don’t even let my husband take the kids to the park alone.

He’s the asshole I’m sorry I’m what world would that be okay to do with a toddler like make it make sense don’t let him gaslight u or play in your face . Put him in his place when he speaks to you disrespectful especially in front of your baby

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