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FLASHBACK: Cold and Flu Season

thinkthrice's picture

Ok, how many of your SO/DuHs manifest giving the GUBM all the power in so many ways....?  In this case I clearly remember Chef, despite me being an EXPERIENCED PARENT, calling the GIRHIPPO about HOW MUCH CHILDRENS TYLENOL to give the skids??!!!!  Was this kabuki theatre for co-parenting?

1.  the dosage is CLEARLY on the bottle

2.  he could have asked ME the experienced parent

 

Sooo he preferred to be the "dummy" and call up the Gir to ask her this only to make himself look even MORE lame as a parent to everyone involved!!!

The other part was the fact that he would drop everything for a chance to have his ferals over despite projectile vomiting etc. etc.--a subject that has been rehashed MANY times on this forum--as opposed to just trading weekends/making up time when the kids are well!!!

Feel free to discuss.

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Siemprematahari's picture

Thinkthrice~ I am forever grateful that my H has NEVER done that. He's very efficient when it comes to "parenting" his kids. I can't imagine why someone would hand over so much of their power like that...afterall, ALL he had to do was read the directions on the bottle......

Common sense goes a long way but I've learned that common sense isn't so common afterall.

Kes's picture

Your man just hasn't got all his paddles in the water, has he?   Mine would just never, ever do something like that, although in the early years, he seemed to think he had to stay on the phone for as long as NPD BM wanted to continue screaming at him.  In the end I got it through his thick skull he could put the phone down as soon as she raised her voice.  The nearest thing to your situation, was about 10 yrs ago - I think SD24 would have been mid teens, she was at our place, and developed a peculiar rash on her back.  NPD absolutely insisted that DH take her to an out of hours hospital appointment in a town 15 miles away, (it was late at night) and he like a damn fool, agreed to do it. Of course the rash turned out to be nothing.  

advice.only2's picture

DH never really took care of the kids when they were sick, so when Spawn would get sick she was pretty much left to her own devices.

One time she got a horrible ear infection and DH completely ignored how bad it was getting. I finally had enough and told him if he wasn't going to take care of his kid then send her back with meth mouth the drug addict. After that he started actually paying attention and taking care of her (when she was sick)

I think he was just waiting for me to deal with it, rather than have to deal with it himself.

Chmmy's picture

DH always takes care of the sick kids. BM doesnt want them coming over sick cuz it ruins her plans. honestly if the kids get sick BEFORE they go there I think they should stay home with us. Theyve already infected our house why subject them to an hour ride to BMs. If they get sick while they are there DO NOT BRING THEM BACK UNTIL THEIR SCHEDULED TIME.

ITB2012's picture

My DH would call BM about them being sick and what he should do (and they would come to our house sick, not get sick AT our house). So firstly they should not have come. That took some time to get agreement from DH: If the kid is sick at the other house the kid(s) stay at the other house. Finally worked when DS was sick and I let him come. Oh, no! He might get the skids sick. Hmmmm.

And it got a bit worse when the skids got phones. When one skid was not fully sick but maybe getting sick and showed up, the skid left his phone sitting out and there were texted from BM to him directing him on what to do at our house, including taking medicine. And how would that work then when dad says to take some medicine and yet the kid already had some? Will they double dose the skid if DH happens to manage the situation without calling BM and the skid doesn't know enough to mention mommy told him to take stuff already?

A few years later BM sent Captain Contagion to our house with festering pustules. Not kidding. The skid ended up at the ER and on super meds. What had BM told him? She popped the damn things before dropping him at our house and told him at our house to left them breathe. Not kidding.

thinkthrice's picture

Ferals came over to our house no matter what.  projetile vomiting and high fever?  yep.  ringworm? yep  lice?  yep  impetigo? yep

I will say the ONLY time they were EVER quiet was when they were truly sick. 

Aniki-Moderator's picture

My DH is an intelligent man and knows how to care for and medicate sick children. He would NEVER call BioHo to ask that. 

However, DH was also adamant that sick skids should stay at the 'Ho House after the ONE time we had a sick skid. All he did was moan whine about how he wanted his own bed. Hey, sick people want their creature comforts! DH ended up taking them back (maybe 2 hours after they'd arrived).