"Deaf" hubby's - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

shonks5 · 09-28-2005, 05:54 PM

Do any of you have problems with your hubbys claiming that they don't hear the baby crying when they are right next to them and supposed to be watching them?? Even my 14 yo brother got irritated with my hubby when he was supposed to be watching her and was ignoring her, so my bro stopped doing his homework and had to attend to her. I was outside with my 16 yo brother burying his hedgehog who died

. But of course if I ask my hubby he says she was not crying. I know my bro never lies but hubby has..... So any other "deaf" hubbies????

Kiedy · 09-28-2005, 09:29 PM

Oh my god, don't even get me started. I'll be in bed listening to my DS crying while DH is in the bathroom, waiting for DH to do something. After 5 min of no action I'll get up. My DH now 'hearing' me, will come out asking me what I'm doing up.
When he says he didn't hear him I know he is telling the truth, but COME ON are you DEAF!!!!

So now I just tell him when the baby is crying!

PrittyGreenEyez · 09-28-2005, 09:54 PM

I know that all to well. I think alot of us do. Seems like I'm the only one that ever hears our son when he's crying. I'll stay in bed just to see what my fiance is going to do and after a good period of time, I know if I don't do it he won't...by this time our son is screaming his head off. Miraculously once I'm up, he has the nerve to ask "do you want me to get him?" Oh no sweetie, i was just waiting it out because I just enjoy hearing our son scream...it puts me to sleep...*music to my ears* Good grief.

Kiedy · 09-28-2005, 10:32 PM

You know, when I was in university, I took a child psychology class. They did a study where they found that a mom will sleep through a loud track driving by, but will wake up to her child tossing nearby. There is something biological about the connection that moms and their children have. This is why I can't have our son sleep in our room, I just can't get any sleep.

dizzygirl · 09-29-2005, 08:42 AM

They say that mothers are literally built to run to a crying baby. It's part of our nature. But men, they can say that they don't hear it, but then why can DH hear every word of the football game on the lowest setting volume of the TV?