oh boy...

jl&jl · January 2011

DH: "You'd be so proud of me! I was super helpful today! I rotated the tires."

Me (surprised): "Oh, with Adrian?"

DH: "No, I left him in the house."

Me (with very wide eyes and in disbelief): "What? All alone?"

DH: "Well, I checked on him after each tire."

Me (taking a deep breath): "And he was happy all that time?"

DH: "Well, no. He was quite mad at the end. But he needs to learn how to wait, right?"

Me (big sigh): "I don't think you need to worry about being helpful any longer."

grahamsm3 · January 2011

oh goodness.

kristen80 · January 2011

Oh, husbands. I think they need supervision as much as the kids sometimes. Tell him you appreciate what he did, but that you'd rather he spend time with the baby than do stuff like that because it makes you sad to think of the baby all alone inside. Or, if the weather is cooperative and the activity isn't dangerous, he can bring the Pack n Play/bouncy seat/jumperoo to wherever he is doing chores and have the baby be close and able to watch.

WildcatPrincess · January 2011

Oh no, poor Adrian!! You did far better than I would have staying calm, I would have blown my stack. But then DH does silly things often and my patience isn't always great for it :P

tanyamc81 · January 2011

Oh My! You handled that well.....I don't think I would have been so nice Super Angry

MainelyFoolish · January 2011

kristen80:
is cooperative and the activity isn't dangerous, he can bring the Pack n Play/bouncy seat/jumperoo to wherever he is doing chores and have the baby be close and able to watch.

When Helen was a year old (and it was summer) DH wanted to do some yardwork so he took DD outside and put her in the bed of his pickup truck to keep her contained. LOL!

jl&jl · January 2011

After further prodding, it's not as bad as I thought. Although I am still not impressed. There is a continuation of the story....thankfully it gets better. I guess he was sleeping for the first tire. Phew. And then he was playing nicely for the next two tires. Phew. And then when he got fussy, DH took a break and entertained him until he was somewhat calm. Phew. But then had to hurry up and finish when he got really mad. I just had this terrible visual that he was screaming for an hour. But that wasn't the case. But still. I can't believe he didn't even take the baby monitor out. His only 'job' when I am home from now on is to take care of the baby. Please don't be helpful anymore I say.

mjellison81 · January 2011

Aw buddy, not the best plan! Maybe he was trying to get out of being helpful with future tasks???

MainelyFoolish · January 2011

jl&jl:
After further prodding, it's not as bad as I thought. Although I am still not impressed. There is a continuation of the story....thankfully it gets better. I guess he was sleeping for the first tire. Phew. And then he was playing nicely for the next two tires. Phew. And then when he got fussy, DH took a break and entertained him until he was somewhat calm. Phew. But then had to hurry up and finish when he got really mad. I just had this terrible visual that he was screaming for an hour. But that wasn't the case. But still. I can't believe he didn't even take the baby monitor out. His only 'job' when I am home from now on is to take care of the baby. Please don't be helpful anymore I say.

That's not so bad. A few minutes of crying won't hurt him. I know you wouldn't have done it that way, but that's why babies have two parents -- so they get used to different kinds of people! I remind myself of that from time to time when DH does something I wouldn't have done but ultimately it's not harmful to DD.

meganmarieCA · January 2011

Oh my. Like Kimberly said, it's not that bad -- except the lack of baby monitor! What was he thinking with that one!!

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