He Told His Wife That She Needs To Step It Up As A Mom Since She Isn’t Able To Change Their Baby’s Diaper Without Getting Grossed Out
Becoming a parent can be a massive adjustment when you’re a germophobe or have issues dealing with big messes and nasty smells.
A man recently told his wife to “step it up” as a mom because she always needs help with their baby because certain tasks gross her out too much.
He and his wife welcomed their first child, a baby girl, six months ago. He remembers her birth as the best day of their lives, and both of them love their daughter.
Still, he couldn’t help but notice that his wife’s behavior toward their baby was different from that of a typical mom.
When they first brought their daughter home, his wife’s sister eventually started showing up at their house to help out daily. His wife assured him it was simply because she needed help, but her sister pulled him aside and said otherwise.
“She told me that my wife was having a hard time being around the baby, especially when she needed a diaper change, was throwing up, and all the other little messy things babies do,” he recalled.
“I brushed it off as something that she would get over.”
Little did he know, the issue would only get worse.
He could hear his wife begin to gag and panic anytime she was responsible for changing their baby’s diaper or dealing with some other kind of baby-related mess. Then, he became upset when his wife, three months into maternity leave, announced she wanted to return to work a month earlier.
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Since then, they’ve returned to work and had a relative act as a babysitter. While he thought his wife being away from their baby during work hours would help and make her want to care for her as soon as they got home, he was wrong.
“She then started asking me to change our daughters’ diapers every single time,” he explained.
“When my daughter throws up, she expects me to clean it up every single time. Even now, when our daughter is crying, she almost ignores her and glances at me, thinking that I should deal with it.”
He understands that his wife gets grossed out easily and has always had problems dealing with messes and germs.
Still, he’s concerned that it’s progressed to the point where she won’t bond with her daughter, and she’ll continue to push all the parental responsibilities onto him.
He finally snapped the other night when his wife woke him up around 4:00 am and told him he needed to change the baby’s diaper.
“I told her that she needs to step it up as a parent and a mom and help me do these things, as I can’t always be the one to do them every time,” he said.
“I told her I thought it was weird and immature that she couldn’t do the simplest things like changing a diaper.”
His wife didn’t take that very well and has been giving him the cold shoulder ever since.
Did he say something wrong, or did his wife need to hear that?
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