Someone pls tell me what DH was thinking

I started DS with cereal in his bottles yesterday and was having a little bit of a problem with the nipples so I had to make the holes bigger. DS has been eating good all day. DH comes home from work, we eat dinner and I ask him to give DS his next bottle. For some reason whenever DH feeds DS, he always gets fussy. So I take him from DH and realize maybe I need to make the hole in the nipple al ittle bigger b/c he seems to be sucking hard so he is probably frustrated. So I make the hole bigger, boil the nipple and start feeding him again. I see that he is drinking ok now so I give him to Dh to feed so I can take a shower. I come back down and ask DH how he is doing with the nipples, he says ok. I ask him the formula seems like it is coming out ok and he says "yeh, it is I tried it". I said, "hwat do you mean you tried it?" "He says "I tried the bottle to make sure the formula was coming out". W T F!!!! Besides the fact that I just boiled the nipples to sterilize it, not only does he put it in his mouth to try it, he just ate chicken francaise and spaghetti with garlic and oil. I hope DS doesnt get sick now frm that. I asked DH if he washed the nipple off after putting it in his mouth and he says "No". This baby better not get sick now. DH is a cop and around nasty people all day. I am big on him washing his hands constantly and he puts the f*cking bottle nipple in his mouth.

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I can see my DH doing the same thing!! I'm not a mom yet, so I don't know but it doesnt seem that big of a deal to me.

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I used to try the nipples all the time to make sure they were okay. I am sure it will be fine, babies are hardier than we think. I don't think its all that big a deal, don't kill him over that!

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I'm assuming your son is young, b/c I would have freaked the Eff out if my Dh did that when she was under six months. Now thats she's older, I am way more lax about what goes in her mouth. she east just about anythign off of the floor, and the monkey is fast.. there's no stopping her.
On another note, I am sure he will be fine, and I'm glad the cereal in the bottle seems to be working.

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Maybe it's just me but I think it is grosser that he tried the formula. I don't think it is a big deal that he put the nipple in his mouth really.

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I don't think the nasty people are in DHs mouth - don't you kiss that mouth?

Its fine, your DS is fine, don't stress

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I think he'll be fine! I can't tell you how many mommies I've seen pick up a fall pacifier and clean it off in thier mouth. I wouldn't really be concened, but I am surprised he tasted the formula. I have never

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Posted by stephanief

Posted by Seles81

Maybe it's just me but I think it is grosser that he tried the formula. I don't think it is a big deal that he put the nipple in his mouth really.

me either, I do not see the big deal...sorry

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Posted by FireIslandLove

Posted by stephanief

Posted by Seles81

Maybe it's just me but I think it is grosser that he tried the formula. I don't think it is a big deal that he put the nipple in his mouth really.

me either, I do not see the big deal...sorry

DH cleans DDs pacifiers like that all the time. I wouldn't worry too much about it, there are worse things he could do.

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I don't really see the big deal. He will be fine.

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I was just nervous he was going to get germs. He is only 3 months old. I'm not mad at DH. I know he was just checking to make sure it was actually coming out of the nipple, but he should have at least rinsed it off. Oh well.

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You kiss DH, I am sure if your child was going to "catch" something from him he would have already.

Yes I am one of those moms who cleans the paci by sticking it in my own mouth first -- if even....

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I eat food and kiss Cailen on the mouth all the time. He never got sick.

I also don't wash my hands as much as I should, and I know DH's daughters never wash their hands before touching him Cailen got sick one time from DH - who DID wash his hands a lot, so go figure...

ETA - I need to share something about germs. Once I put Cailen in daycare at 8 and a half weeks, I had to laugh. I was far from a germ freak, but I had a strong reality check when I arrived at the daycare center and realized my child will be spending most of his day on the floor. Where people walk with their shoes. Where babies are crawling around, drooling, putting things in and out of their mouths, licking the floors, one baby was walking around with another child's shoe in his mouth like he was a dog (the staff laughed and got it from him..but babies move fast that way!) Also, the dirty bouncy seat and boppies he would be in... Its impossible to sterilize a baby room at a daycare center... fellow older babies are enamored with Cailen because he's so little, and touch him and kiss him. Its adorable, and very germy. But such is life. He's not boy in a bubble, he has to be exposed at some point. And, as I mentioned before, with all those babies touching, licking, drooling, kissing, etc, DH is the one that gave him that bad cold last week!!!

Message edited 7/1/2007 6:20:32 AM.

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my DH does that all the time with binkys..i never steralized the nipples i would just put in the dishwasher at the end of the day..I was never very strict with the whole washing of the hands either. My girls hardly got sick. I think you have to be careful of other kids sneezing all over your DC more then licking nipples..

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We do that all the time! DD has never been sick. I don't think it's a problem as long as he's not covering it with food from his mouth or doing it while he's sick.

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Posted by chmlengr

I think he'll be fine! I can't tell you how many mommies I've seen pick up a fall pacifier and clean it off in thier mouth. I wouldn't really be concened, but I am surprised he tasted the formula. I have never

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overreacting a bit!

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Am I the only one who thinks that's adorable that he did that? Come on, a good daddy tests it out for himself. He was doing the best he could!

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