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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was your baby sleeping next to the stove? Do you live in a studio? I wouldn’t be concerned about this but do call your pediatrician for reassurance. I have 4 kids and I’ve never thought to wait until the faucet is off to put my baby in the tub. [/quote]

Pp here. Especially for an 11-month-old baby in the tub. I do think you might be a bit too anxious. I think it hurts husbands when we are so critical of how they care for babies, they end up losing confidence and not wanting to be involved for fear of being criticized. [/quote]

+1. I’ve been to marriage counseling and come out the other side and this was one of the issues that came up. When my kids were little (they were also very close in age) I was so stressed out and my anxiety manifested in my critical view of my husband. He kept trying to help and I just harped on everything he was going wrong. He eventually stopped helping and I was so mad that I was “the only one driving the bus”. 
Ultimately you have to chill out. You can’t have it both ways. Unless he is egregiously endangering the child (which IMO based on your descriptions of his actions he is not) you need to let go of some control issues. And if you really don’t think he’s smart enough to not scald the kid in the bath then you have some larger issues at hand. 
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