What has your DH/FI/BF completely clueless about?

MrsSandro

Mine...well he thought you didn't have to have the car seat installed and you could just hold the baby for the short (10 min drive) home from the hospital.

And that birthing classes where just for the woman and not the male and he didn't understand at first that he would be expected to attend.  

ellemoney:)

With my first pregnancy, he was completely clueless about morning sickness. ?In the winter, he wanted to run this gas heater thing and the smell of it just made me run to the bathroom every time. He didn't get it, I think he thought I was making it up.?

So I very maturely (LOL) told him that I hoped he got sick and that I wouldn't help him at all... Well he did. ?I was still mad and barely helped him, I stayed at my mom's during the day while he was home & he understood after that. ?I know it was completely immature of me, but I don't think he would've understood if I wouldn't have stayed away.

This time, he's done a LOT better. ?I can't think of much that he hasn't been understanding about. ?

nicolesspirit

My husband had NO idea what a onesie was and I still think he would hesitate if someone asked him the definition of it!

AliciaSpring

DH has been pretty good at helping out, but he is completely clueless. He is very good at asking questions though.

TgerLilyXx

Mine thought that contractions occur in the vagina, not the uterus. Yeah. I told him he's lucky he's cute.

kimberlybailey

Sleep.  He didn't realize that I need lots of it, at first he thought I was just being lazy.

triplenine

he is still clueless about the afterbirth and placenta... He hates blood and stuff so He is squeamish already and having trouble with the whole being there for the birth, so I never mentioned the after birth... one of his friends was starting to tell him on friday night when we went out, and i was yelling at him to stop.  Thank God DH had a few in him, he is still clueless. 
I'll let him leave L&D when the afterbirth part happens, but for the birth, hes stuck there. 

jrnewhook

::giggles::

DH and I were sale shopping for baby clothes one day and he pointed to a cute set and I said it was too big. He says "2T, two months and tall, it's not like we're going to have short kids, dear".

Another time I was referring to not going natural. He said "Ummm, hun, I don't think YOU get to make that choice". I was shocked that he would say this and was starting to get a little mad when he said I couldn't demand a c-section. He didn't realize I meant that I was planning on an epidural for pain relief.

There have been others, too. Now I'm wishing I had written them all down!

irys09

Yeah the contraction thing. He's asked a few times "When they get closer together that means the baby is coming soon, right?" "yes honey."

He's getting better about asking if everything is ok when I hold my belly and wince. I think he realizes things could be happening sooner rather than later.

GeneGoddess

That you will completely love your baby 24/7/365.  He gets annoyed by crying babies in stores and on airplanes, but thinks that when it is HIS, somehow, it won't bother him.  Yes, we all love our children, but even the best and most perfect parent will be annoyed by their own children at some point...

MommyandKate

Baby laundry.  What is a "pac-n-play".  I could go on and on- pretty much every time something comes into the house for the baby I show him what it is and tell him why we have it.  He's picking it all up, he just doesn't have any curiosity to go out and learn about it on his own.

SoonToBeTabor

I called DH after a long day of shopping and told him that I had found a bassinet for the baby and was so excited.

He had NO idea what I was talking about.

kimberly.kent

DH didn't realize about the placenta either. He was watching a show where he stopped and gasped "What is that?!" I told him it was the placenta. He says "That doesn't stay in there?"

I don't think he quite understands the pain I'm in but he knows that I can handle alot and when I start crying or breathing to get through pain he knows something is up and makes me lie down. He likes to ground me because the Dr's keep saying to stay off of my feet.

EbethM0231

My DH had no clue that baby items like cribs, car seats and strollers actually have expiration dates and can be recalled after a certain amount of years.   He was wanting to buy all these items used to save us money, but I set him straight!

Sarah Vandehey

My favorite one that my bf is clueless on is clothing for our LO. He thinks that we don't need much for clothes because we have "a lot" in his head.....the truth is he doesn't realize that we have all different sizes and that babies grow quite a bit in the first year so the clothing we have will not fit LO at the same times and so on...he just doesn't seem to understand this...he also thinks, well it's not like she will be wearing more than one outfit a day... I just laughed when he said this.

Also when it comes to the long sleeve onsies, they don't have legs on them so usually you put like pants on baby or something. My BF thinks we will never need the pants because we have blankets, so I better not waste money and buy them lol!  

 

octoberbella

Haha,

 

There have been many.  The funniest doesn't really have to do with our baby.  My DH is a high school teacher and has seen two of his students in the waiting room at the doctor.  The first time he said "I can't believe that girl is pregnant she is such a good kid."  I had to explain to him that you can go to the lady doctor for things other than pregnancy.  That blew his mind.  The second time he leaned over and said "Now that girl HAS be to pregnant."  Apparently she has a wild reputation.

 

 

young-mommy2B

kimberlybailey:

Sleep.  He didn't realize that I need lots of it, at first he thought I was just being lazy.

This. I get asked what  i did all day... I tell him "I slept" and he rolls his eyes and says... "must be nice."

Hey DH, It isn't nice at all when you grow an enormous belly and can't sleep at night then push a baby out of your crotch we can talk. 

AutumnBride929

"If we have a girl, you'll have to show me how to wipe her properly," lol.  I thought that was so funny.  This was yesterday.  I'm guessing it's a good thing he realizes he might need help with that since he proceeded to ask if it was okay to wipe from back to front...   I'll definitely have to show him.

 

IrishMomma

Sex...and that I need it way more than he cares to provide. I think he's scared of hurting me or the baby...whatever...he needs to get over it.

Manderlin923

Diapering. We've gotten cloth diapers and I was trying to explain that we'd need to wash them every other day, maybe even every other day to keep up our supply.

He was like, "No!" and scoffed, "Once a week maybe!" and I told him that some babies can go like 15 times a day. You should have seen the look on his face. It was hilarious.