DH made a baby cry

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We were at my parents for Mother's Day and my 19 month old niece was running around and I was in charge at the moment of wrangling her. I sat down for a minute to eat something and it looked like she was going to take off and out of the room so I asked DH to stop her. He stuck his finger in her face and said "go that way" and when she smiled and kept going he said "NO, GO THAT WAY" with this finger still in her face.

She made that sad face like she was about to cry and by the time I got to her was doing the fake cry thing. I had to take her out of the room to watch Elmo, the Universal Baby Panacea.

So my question is, is it common knowledge that when someone tells you to stop a baby from running out of a room that you may actually have to get up off the couch or is this just a secret womanly code we know? Will DH be a terrible dad? Why do all babies love Elmo?

[nonsenseabound]

well, babies don't come out running. He will figure it out. I tend to think men believe kids should just listen and men believe that kids should be more emotionally mature than what is normal at that age. My DH is a great dad, but sometimes forgets that our DD is three and she cannot think like a 30 year old.

My three year old kid stops running if you yell from another room. Each kid is different. God knows what my son will do when he starts walking. I have images of climbing and jumping off counters.

I have no fucking clue why babies love Elmo. My kid loves Elmo. I don't get it. I think Elmo is rather annoying.

[crazygame]

My daughter is not interested in any television except Elmo. Yet, Elmo was one of her first words and she asks for Elmo videos anytime someone steps near the computer (she watches them on Youtube). She loves that little red dude.

Your husband will be a fine dad. It took my husband some time to learn how to deal with my daughter's behavior and what is effective. I don't think some things are obvious to him.

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But who yells at a baby? That just screams dummy to me. I didn't marry a dummy. Does he have to read some books because he's still trying to finish the Stieg Larsson series from two years ago.

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Well, DH still seems to think V is crying just to piss him off sometimes, so you aren't alone. He'll figure it out. I wouldn't worry.

[megs193]

Men are stupid but thankfully little kids have short memories. My husband thought it was a good idea to yell at our son in a darth vader voice through the monitor (it has a 2 way radio) the second night we moved him to his big boy room/ bed. Needless to say, I spent the next week convincing my son that his new room wasn't scary and cursing my DH under my breath every chance I got. The really don't think before they act.

[housegeek]

I make my girls cry all the time. It's called parenting

To add, yelling in her face might have been extreme, but I think it's good that he was firm with her. My husband can be a little bit of a push over and it's annoying being the bad guy all the time.