Shocking DH comment in pregnancy class last night

alkinney · October 2011

We went to a class last night about caring for newborns. When the instructor asked each of us what we can do to soothe a crying baby, one of the other husband's first response was "shake the baby as hard as you can", and he then demonstrated on the doll. Everyone sat there with their jaws dropped and the instructor was a bit shocked. He shook the doll for quite some time!

She took it seriously, and later on when she was talking about people having a hard time dealing with crying babies she looked right at him and told him to count to 100 and get some help. He also asked if they could "declaw" their baby instead of clip their nails. He pointed out that he would rather do that than a circumcision.

This classy man also sat there checking his phone the whole time and making inappropriate comments about possible baby ailments.

What a catch!

michelle142 · October 2011

Wow.

SiannaBees · October 2011

WTH? I really hope he was joking but even still that's not at all funny.

megmarissa · October 2011

Okay not feeling so bad about my DH now :P

alkinney · October 2011

Everyone in the class was so shocked! I'm sure he thought it would be a funny joke, but it just wasn't. His demonstration was ridiculous. I think his wife wanted to crawl under a rock.

Chargersgrl33 · October 2011

Wow....I wouldn't even know what to do...but DH wouldn't say something like that. Wow!

lilwildthing · October 2011

This makes me feel really sorry for his wife. I mean in general, not just because of the class!

Nessie82 · October 2011

Indifferent

His poor wife!

haleymay18 · October 2011

Ewww.

Lexie Marie · October 2011

Wow sounds like a real douche!

TiffJ21 · October 2011

Wow! Did his wife say anything? If other people felt uncomfortable just imagine how she felt.

sarakiefer · October 2011

I would definitely not want him as my baby's daddy!! Tongue Tied

steph141 · October 2011

Think about this for a second. If he acts like this in public, how awful is he at home??? That poor lady.

Maggie-Moo · October 2011

steph141:
Think about this for a second. If he acts like this in public, how awful is he at home??? That poor lady.

Completely agree! I haven't done all my prenatal classes yet, but we plan on taking them pretty seriously cuz we would really like to learn what to do and really don't have any interest in some smart @$$ who thinks he is funny wasting everyone's time! If he did it more than once, he would start getting some seriously nasty looks from me!

chrlyr · October 2011

TiffJ21:
Wow! Did his wife say anything? If other people felt uncomfortable just imagine how she felt.

I was just wondering the same thing. If my DH did something like that, I would have told him to get the hell out if he wasn't going to take the class seriously.

Mustardseed2007 · October 2011

How embarassing for his wife.

indomesticbliss · October 2011

sounds like your class has a resident douchecanoe.

If I was the instructor I would pull him aside and ask him to keep his comments to himself since he's distracting others who are paying customers.

mintyblue02 · October 2011

Yikes. I had a BFing class last week and the girl sitting behind me kept making dumb smart ass comments throughout the presentation. All I could think was, "really? you voluntarily came to this class and now you are "too cool" for it?" Glad she was mature enough to get knocked up though.

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