How to avoid getting mad at husband for his childcare mistakes?
Married 5 years, 3 little kids, husband is a wonderful partner.
However.
I have a short temper and I find myself blowing up at him nearly daily when he makes mistakes with the kids. I literally can’t turn my back for a second or ask him to fetch anything while I’m busy with the baby, or else he messes up.
Today he went downstairs to fetch milk for the baby and just never came back and made himself breakfast instead. I literally heard the microwave running. Wtf. Baby started screaming for milk and woke everyone else up.
Then when I was looking after one of the kids in a different room, he let the baby fall backward and hit her head.
He cannot change a diaper without getting poo everywhere. We have been changing diapers for FOUR YEARS.
I know these are not huge deals but in the moment I get flooded by frustration, thinking, “I have to do EVERYTHING myself!”