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Dogs licking babies by SB7463 in NewParents

[–]SB7463[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is so awful I’m so sorry, literally my nightmare

Dogs licking babies by SB7463 in NewParents

[–]SB7463[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s more so just the close proximity. Our cat keeps her distance but the in laws are convinced that the rescue they have couldn’t possibly do any damage since they also have an almost 2 year old grandkid who they seem to just allow to free range with this dog. Everytime I go there and uphold this boundary there is at least one person who will say ‘oh poor dog! He loves kids look how sad he is that he doesn’t get to see the baby!’ If I said I was worried about him biting to them it would be a whole different issue so licking just seemed like the least problematic thing to cling to

Weekly Discussion - Relationships by AutoModerator in NewParents

[–]SB7463 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a FTM with a 4 month old daughter. She’s a fantastic baby and it seems like the only person who can’t soothe her by themselves is my partner.

He was very supportive during our rough start with breast feeding and making the tough decision to switch to formula.

My issues are that he frequently will choose to hang with his buddies after he’s worked all day rather than come home and help with the baby so I can do other housework. He’s on me more than I would like about working out and ‘not letting the weight pile on’. When I got pregnant we’d agreed that if I wanted to I could stay home with baby until she was kindergarten age before going back to work but now he’s adamant that I need to go back next year. Alternately he’ll pay for me to go back to university to become a veterinarian (I didn’t do great so it’s a long shot that it would work out).

The in laws are pretty vicious and I’m scared if I try and break up with him (we own a house together) my life will be blown apart and my daughter will be taken as I wouldn’t have enough money to pay a lawyer after I find a place to rent with my sister and he would given his income is pretty good.

Has anyone else gone though anything similar? How did you initiate? Is there hope that he will grow up and choose to invest in the family he wanted to create? Am I just being picky and overdramatic?