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My DH plays really rough with our son, I told him how newborns are very fragile with their head and neck. he is 9 weeks old. this morning he threw our son back while playing with him and my son hit his head against my kneecap. that is the last straw! but my dh thinks i am making a big deal of it. am i being too overprotective?? Also, my dh takes one night shift at 2 am to feed the baby, i just found out last night, after he was acting funny, that he takes Ambien (a sleep aid) around midnight to help him fall asleep so when he wakes up to take care of the baby he is still feeling the effects of the sleep aid. he thinks i am making a big deal of that also. he thinks that since he only takes half of a half of a pill that he is still in total control since it is a very small dose to just help him drift off to sleep. But as he was making this point to me last night his words were slurring! is my way of parenting to strict?
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I would remind your dh that he will have plenty of time to rough house with your son in the not to distant future, but for now he needs to be gentile. If something were to happen, even if he was just playing, and you had to make a trip to the hospital you will probably get a visit from child protective services. And the same thing applies for the sleeping pill, it's hard enough sometimes to walk around when you are half asleep but add drugs to that, it could be a real problem. Maybe you should take all the night feedings for now until your dh stops doing that. Good luck with all that, and i do not think you are being overprotective i think you are thinking sensibly.
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I'm 100% with Krissy. It's no joke to be throwing the baby back like that, and at 9 weeks. Honestly, that is pure common sense and I would be very upset. Not trying to make anything worse, but you just don't do that with a 9 week old baby. There's something wrong with that in my opinion. And that's coming from a mother that is NOT one of these super neurotic over protective types either.
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I have a 9 week old as well and would never dream of that. I pick her up very cautiously and place her down very very gently. That is very dangerous behaviour and the sleeping pill issue is also very wrong. I'd absolutely have a problem with that. 100%.
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Have you ever seen how he interacts with the baby while using Ambien? My husband takes it 1/2mpill and after seeing how loopy and ruff he was with our son he is NOT aloud to pick him up, burp, or feed while using it.(its like he was drunk) The playing ruff with the baby freaks me out to; I have caught my husband doing questionable things on occasion. I would have the pediatrician explain the dos and don’ts of baby play with him, that’s what I did.That way your not the bad guy. ^_^
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