Funny things our husbands do when babysitting our children

picklelover

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 6:21 am

Please share the funny things you've come home to! I'll start.
I once came home to find my 10 month old strapped in his car seat in front of the video screen! Instead of having to run after him crawling all around the house etc, he found a perfect solution!
Another time he watched him while I jumped into the shower. I came out and found my baby almost buried in a pile of toys! Apparently again he wanted to get him to stay in one place so stuffed tons of toys on him so my baby had to work real hard to get each one off of him!

Don't get me wrong- my dh is the nicest guy and always helps me and loves to play with the kids. These are just those rare times when he was too lazy or tired.

Please share anything funny you caught your husband doing while babysitting!

shabbatiscoming

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 6:59 am

picklelover wrote:

The biggest pet peeve of mine is when women say that their husbands are babysitting. I know, not the point of your thread, but this really makes me nuts. A husband, once he becomes a father is just as responsible as the mother for watching the child, so he is not a babysitter, ever, for his own child.

chani8

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 7:50 am

Why was OP reported????

Come on shabbat, OP is trying to make a fun thread. I know what she means by babysitting. I call my watching the kids alone, me babysitting.

Anyway, my DH gets really tired when he babysits, too, so he often falls asleep on the couch. I've walked in to find him decorated with toys, while he slept through it all.

Odelyah

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 8:13 am

chani8 wrote:

It also really bothers me when people (including my DH!) say this. I know the OP didn't mean anything by it, of course. I've never even told my husband it bothers me because he's a great hands-on father and totally doesn't mean anything by it either. But language is important, I think, and every time I hear it, it grates. I've never thought to refer to myself as babysitting though, that's interesting.

As far as the OP's thread, my husband sometimes takes the kids places and if I leave early without leaving clothes out for my little ones, he will let them dress themselves and when I come home I will find them in very interesting fashion choices!!

yo'ma

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 10:38 am

When I read the op's thread right when she posted it, I knew most of the thread was going to be about the word babysitting. Can it please stop now?????? Make your own thread about it....again.

I just think it's in the wrong section.

My dh doesn't do anything funny per se, just is great with them. Anything that someone might think is funny, I might find annoying. Twisted Evil

morah

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 11:49 am

Amazingly, my husband parents his child when he is in charge. Feeds him when he's hungry, changes his diaper when it needs to be changed, plays with him, takes him to the park weather permitting. There is generally a bigger mess than happens under my watch, and I am fairly sure that DH allows DS to engage in somewhat riskier (and probably more exciting) activities than I do. But no, he has never done anything particularly funny or wildly incompetent. This is our first, and honestly, we've BOTH had our share stupid moments. Shomer pesaim Hashem, and really b'h for that. DH definitely does things differently than I do, but it doesn't bother me because it's his kid too and as long as DS is happy, healthy, and safe, it really doesn't matter. And yeah, add me to the chorus of protest about the word "babysitting". My husband is not a babysitter, he is Abba.

picklelover

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 11:50 am

Haha willow! That's really funny!
I'm terribly sorry I used the word babysitting... Why do ppl get caught up on these things?! Chill guys, let's just have fun!
And oops I didn't realize it was under the halachic section- I posted from my iPhone and there's no way to start a new post unless u go into an existing forum..

shlomitsmum

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 11:58 am

Gave the 4 year old a FULL pack 450g of sour chews Rolling Eyes

so she could sort them by color and then eat them in order while he read in the couch.

His defense : he estimated that by the time she was done sorting the bag she would not consume an excessive quantity of candy (he was right ) in two hours she hyperfocused and he got to relax in complete silence and she only had 2 cherry ones and a sour apple. Then he took her for a ride in the car while I hid the rest of the bag.

DH is way too original in his ideas sometimes but he gets his quirky kids so I have learned to trust his style Wink

why was this thread reported?!

Scratching Head

Chayalle

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 12:13 pm

My DH claimed that it is much much easier to put diapers on backwards - you know, with the tabs in the front and taped toward the rear. I always knew when he had changed them. Gotta say, when he did the changing he was entitled to do it his way.

And if a child is put into clean clothes, that is sufficient. The child suffers no trauma for wearing mismatched clothes when under 2 years of age.

nyer1

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 12:18 pm

I dont really call it babysitting when my husband is 'on duty' , but I always get a kick out of the outfits he sometimes mismatches on my son. also, my husband sneaks ices and ice cream to my 13 month old on occasion...

amother

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 1:19 pm

I came home to find my house unusually quiet. I walked into the kitchen and found my husband reading at the kitchen table wiht my dawter on his shoulders.she was soo happy up there and let him read in peace. so original

causemommysaid

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 1:20 pm

amother wrote:

adorable!

chatouli

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 1:27 pm

I came home once last summer after going to the store to find my 2 year old DS wearing shorts I didn't recognize. I checked the label. They were the baby's size 3-6 month pants. Amazingly he was comfortable enough although the elastic was a wee bit tight!

Also the baby was in a size 5 diaper. But hey, they were both clean and dressed! (And fed, of course.)

morah

Mon, Jul 29 2013, 2:04 pm

shlomitsmum wrote:

Gave the 4 year old a FULL pack 450g of sour chews Rolling Eyes

so she could sort them by color and then eat them in order while he read in the couch.

My DH did something similar. DS asked for cookies and DH handed him an entire bag and told him "you may have ONLY TWO". Right, hand an open bag of cookies to a two year old and expect him to listen when you say "only two". DS ate the whole bag...

That being said, I've made equally silly assumptions about how small children behave, so I can't call it a clueless man thing.