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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't read all the posts but just want to chime in.  DH sounds like he really screwed up -- a[b]nd maybe was really exhausted??[/b]

I agree that it would help to "treat him less as a child," as some PPs have said, but he also needs to take responsibility as a parent.

Personally, it sounds to me like DH has to be more involved on an everyday basis, not just when you go out once a month.  He needs to be in charge of bedtime a few days a week so he knows what to expect and what to do.  It's not okay to just fall asleep and plop the kid in your bed with the TV on.  If he tried and tried and tried to get the kid to sleep but he refused, and after 1.5 hours he gave up and let him sit in the parents' bed, I could possibly understand it.  But it doesn't sound like that!

My DH helps every single night.  He is the one in charge of bedtime.  I give a bath and do teeth-brushing, and then DH gets DS in his PJs, reads a book, and puts him to sleep.  There is no reason why other fathers can't do this.  It's a great chance to be with their children.[/quote]

Exhausted from his obsession with hunting maybe?[/quote]

He is exhausted bc he gets up at 4am to hunt.  OP can you document these parenting fails and would that be grounds to deny him joint custody?[/quote]

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