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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/sleepingmushroomcat on 2024-01-19 00:33:58+00:00.
We have an 8 week old baby boy, he occasionally turns purple and holds his breath when he cries. I’m currently staying at home taking care of the baby, when he cries for milk I try my best make a bottle as quickly as possible so that he doesn’t do that whole turning purple thing.
When my husband is home from work, he takes maybe 2 to 3 feeds. What I cannot stand is that he takes his own sweet time making a bottle. When the baby gets hungry, I’ll be trying to soothe the baby and telling him to go make a bottle. He will continue standing there trying to have a conversation with me. Then I will have to yell at him to go make a bottle.
When he finally makes a bottle, I’ll hand the baby to him to be fed. He will have the baby propped up on his leg while he chooses a show to watch on the ipad, meanwhile the baby is screaming his head off. I don’t understand why he keeps prioritising his own needs before a hungry crying baby!!
I previously brought it up to him and he said that the baby can wait. That the extra 30 seconds is not gonna make a difference.
I called him a shit parent last night half jokingly when I saw him with the baby and the ipad. This time round he popped the bottle into baby’s mouth first before choosing a show on the ipad. He did seem upset by what I said but didn’t say anything.
AITA for calling him a shit parent?