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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From your post it sounds like he is doing what he should be. How do you know how long he is in the playpen? [b]You can't manage your child's day down to the minute. You trusted your husband to be a sahd so just trust him.[/b] Maybe dad needs some ideas about what to do with kid during the winter months.[/quote]

I would agree with this but for the speech delay. How worried are the docs? [/quote]

I'm not trying to manage the day down to the minute.  I know that DC is in the playpen most of the day, because DH has been "about to" put up our new baby gate for about 6 months.  Accordingly, DC would fall down the stairs unless someone is running after him, and DH tells me every evening not to put him down outside of his room or playpen.  Then, I ask how long he played in his room, and at most, it is 30 minutes or an hour every day.  That leaves hours in the playpen.  Plus, DH talks about what "they watched" and what video games "they played" while DC was in the playpen.

I think DH is a great dad in that he loves our son and loves "playing" with DC by doing things with him, like TV and games and errands.  The concern is that the things he does are not great, especially with a speech delay, and he isn't interested in changing those activities.  No books are read that I don't read, no playdates ever unless I do them myself, no outside play during the weekdays, etc.

The docs say DC is 1-1.5 years behind for both expressive and receptive.[/quote]

Yeah, it sounds like chores are the least of your concerns right now. If it were me, I'd put that issue on the back-burner and focus on either getting DH enrolled in a parenting class or back to work so your child can have a nanny or daycare and won't be neglected all day. [/quote]

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