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Now that I've had my heart attack for the day...

namara5532namara5532 member
in January 2012 Moms

DH was taking a turn watching DS while in the middle of some computer game.  He had recently splurged on an expensive gaming laptop that's huge and difficult to pick up with one hand.  But DH insists on trying to maneuver the laptop so he can hold the baby and the laptop.  I'm sure you can see what's coming.

So the laptop falls off his lap and DH tries to catch it with his feet.  He's so focused on catching the laptop that the baby goes tumbling right after it!  I'm sitting on the couch, but I still manage to sprint off the couch and around the baby gate just as DS reaches the floor.  His fall is stopped by DH's legs that's already catching the laptop.  DS whined for a second, but he was fine and happily played with the mouse.  I'm trying to tell DH that having the laptop in his lap while holding a baby is a bad idea, but he's getting all indignant on me!  Like I'm asking him for something unreasonable.

The only reason I asked DH to hold DS is that I'm exhausted from a bad night (waking every 2 hours), working out this morning, doing dishes, cleaning up after lunch, and making some baby food.  If I wasn't exhausted, I'd swoop DS away.  I'm fuming but waitiing to calm down before starting a serious discussion with him about his priorities.

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Re: Now that I've had my heart attack for the day...

  • aboynamedbarryaboynamedbarry member
    that is so scary! i would have been a mess if that happened and had a hard time keeping my mouth shut. you're being smart to wait til you calm down a little about it before talking to him. I would venture to guess that he probably does realize he is wrong but doesn't want to admit it... hence the indignance. that's been my experience at least. but in the right timing we're usually able to have intelligent and productive conversations about stuff like that
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  • bigbearbigbear

    Uff, heart attack is right! I"m glad your DS is ok! And I"m sure your DH knows that wasn't the smartest thing to do he just won't admit it yet... ;)

    But you know, we are all in for a lot of these tumbles and heart attacks.... :/ Yikes!

    And don't feel bad or responsible or that you need an excuse why your DH was holding the baby. He's the father and it is his responsiblity just as much as it is yours. You don't need  a reason to have your H hold your DS.

    But I think it's smart to just wait a bit until you cool off. I hope you don't get this the wrong way, I just mean to say, thank goodness the baby is ok, so it's not a big deal. (as in, not as big as it seems in the beginning b/c it was so scary to see your baby fall). This way, being calm, you can have a productive convo where your DH won't be defensive and is really going to be careful the next time....

    Here is our example from last two days:

    DH was putting DD in the car and bumped her head. It was NOTHING she didn;t even react but I flew off the handle that he needed to be more careful. Guess what happened the next day' I BUMPED HER HEAD! Same thing, it was nothing.... But I felt like a total dork for flipping out the day before...

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  • lp0lp0 member

    OMG I'm glad your lo is okay. We had a tumble off the couch when ds was about 3 months old. He cried for about a minute and then was fine accept for a small bump on his forehead. I'm still sick to my stomach when I think about the sound he made when he hit the ground (like a sack of potatoes).

    So dh likes to tease me about this fall and it drives me crazy! Well the other night they were sitting on the couch together and ds decided to lunge forward to try and get the dog. Dh grabbed hold of him at the last minute and ds did a flip and landed on his feet! Want to talk about heart in your throat?! I almost died and then screamed at dh for not holding on to ds more tightly like I've been telling him too. His only response was "that was kind of awesome". Really?! Maybe my foot in your ass would be kind of awesome too!  

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