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Husband Won't Change Dirty Diapers
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Title pretty much says it all. We have two children. 2 1/2 year old daughter and 6 month old son and my husband adamantly refuses to change a messy diaper. He says they're too gross. I even have to fight with him to get him to change a wet diaper but he'll reluctantly do it. Am I the only one with a moron for a husband? All my other friend's husbands change diapers all the time. Wet or dirty. Doesn't matter. His refusal to change diapers is really causing a strain in our marriage now that we have two in diapers and it's a lot more work for me. There have even been times when I've come home from being out to find both kids with full diapers and I have no idea how long they've been like that. I feel like I'm always rushing home to take care of them knowing that he won't change them if they need to be changed. Funny how something so simplistic as a diaper can becaome such a big issue.
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I have a 10 year old and a 7 year old and my husband NEVER changed a diaper. I am not even kidding, if I say that in front of him usually the person looks at him like they expect him to argue.. It doesn't happen!
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That is just crazy! My DH would NEVER let our daughter sit in a messy diaper! I say stop washing his underwear, just put them back in his drawer dirty. Wait until your babies have raw bottoms because it's too gross for him to take care of! Time to grow up daddy.
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Oh hell no! I'd be leaving the dirty diapers in his car until he got the message! I'd stop doing his laundry because you're too busy changing diapers since he can't help out. Grow the fuck up. If you can't change diapers you obviously aren't ready to have kids, which means no sexy sexy for you big boy. Oh my hell, this is right up there with those idiots who refer to watching their own kids as "babysitting".
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It's more than a diaper issue. it's a control issue. My husband hated poopy diapers (he has a thing with poop LOL) but he would change them when i asked.
Tell your husband flat out. If you don't help me with this then it makes me think you're just not mature enough for this whole parenting thing. Put your foot down and tell him he can either suck it up, buttercup, or you can stop washing his underwear. This is not the 1950's and there is no reason for you to do everything for the children, especially when he is there. Good luck! -
If he simply "WON'T" change diapers, then he needs to take on another chore: the laundry, cooking, cleaning the toilets, wiping up puke, etc. I agree he's using it as a control issue and he seems very immature. I hope he grows up faster than your babies!
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It is NOT a small issue. Your lazy husband is an asshole.
Funny as it sounds, my DH and I bonded over "bad diaper moments". Both of our kids had some memorable/horrifying diaper blow-outs--and we worked on them together. Our DS and DD are old enough now that the memories leave us both laughing so hard tears pour down our faces. Also good material with which to humble our surly teenagers:).
Your DH shouldn't just get the good--if that is all he wants he is no real father. Worse yet, he is no real husband. Clean up the poop with his undoubtedly skid-marked underwear. Hand it back to him. -
Don't wash his clothes or give him sex until he helps out a little. It won't last long.
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My husband gagged on the really bad diapers, and I could change them while holding a sandwich in my teeth. But he still got to change them occasionally to remind him that diapering was not 'my' job. Now that our son is potty training, though, he is glad to go into the toilet with him every time, show him how to aim, wipe, pull up his pants, etc. If it's just diapering, it's just diapering. But if it's not just diapering, it's time to have one helluva talk.
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My husband hunts and fishes so if he can gut a deer and clean a fish then he can change diapers amd he does. You didnt make those babies by yourself sister, tell him to grow the fuck up! I agree with the others, stop doing shit for him until he gets a clue! What the fuck is wrong with these guys? Ladies if you have a son(s) do the world a fucking favor and raise them to be self sufficient. Not like our MIL's!
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@ 1:15pm: So totally agree - I must have raised my son right because he changes diapers and is a great Father.
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I don't know if withholding sex and/or laundry will do it. It won't make him see why his cooperation is necessary for the health of your child or your marriage. But I have to admit, I don't have another solution at the moment. This is a really tough one to think on, because ordinarily the best thing to do when a person shirks their duties would be to allow failure/combustion/whatever so that they can live out and deal with the natural consequences, but of course you can't let a child wallow in filth while their father grows up. Hm.
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My boyfriend doesn't change diapers , feed our daughter or anything else . I make his lunch, lay out his clothes ,and prepare his plate at dinner . Plus I do all the housework and feed his 4 dogs and 70 chickens . He thinks paying the bills is all he needs to do , he operates heavy equipment or drives a dump truck , it isn't like he is digging ditches with a spork ! I am so exhausted and depressed and he just can't understand why .
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Have you tried talking to him about it? I know some guys are just dense (that whole one track mind thing!) and don't notice these kind of things unless they are held up to their face :)
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@alh10 - Yes, why don't you talk to him? I think the duty roster needs to be reevaluated. Especially the part about you laying his clothes out for him, making his lunch and feeding his dogs. Really. Also, it might be a nice gesture when you sit down for supper if he prepares both his plate and yours. You did all the cooking and you're likely to do all the cleaning, it's the least he could do.

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I change my sons diapers all the time. I actually wanted to, to bond with him. But I have MANY male friends who insist on not changing diapers, and their wives are okay with it. This is because they talked first, and came to an agreement. Its called being and adult.
Please ignore the suggestions of putting crap in his car, letting diapers accumulate into a hazmat scene, etc. Tit for tat never works long term...just look at the middle east. You may succeed into forcing him to clean poo off his car seat, but then he will realize you are insane and he will find a way to get out of the situation - ie...he will leave you. Tit for tat is how you end up divorced and alone.
1) Recognize that you both succeed or fail in this together, 2) talk to your husband 3) if he wont do diapers, maybe there is something else that he can do that will help take the burden off you. 4) if you still dont get what you want, suck it up, you have a child to think about. Your children will be the victim of your scary mommyness because they understand your tone and your actions toward your husband very well. it shapes how they view proper relationships, and they will treat their future partners just as you treat you husband.
Find out what your husband CAN do and reward and praise him for that. If you find he really truly cant do anything, well....you married the guy and had a child with him, what were you thinking?
bracing myself now for the flaming hate mail..
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stop washing his underwear until he changes a poopy diaper. tell him it grosses you out. two can play this game.
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My DH didn't do poo diapers. He just couldn't handle it. But having said that, if he was on his own with them he did change them - he wouldn't let them sit in it (he used to tie a small hand towel around his nose and mouth LOL). So if I was home, I did all the poopie ones which was just fine with me.Just the same as I can't handle vomit. If the kids vomit I land up joining them over the toilet. Hubby cleans up all the vomit messes.Speak to your hubby and try come to an agreement of some sort. But he shouldn't leave the kids in dirty diapers. Explain to him what problems that can cause - or google it and let him read, maybe it will wake him up a bit. If that fails, maybe a slap up side the left indicator may help.
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I have talked to him about many times he just doesn't acknowledge , so I do what needs to be done and drudge along , hoping it changes . It is nice to know that others have similar issues and I really am not all alone .
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I agree tit for tat is not a way to go, but @alh10 , you are doing an awful lot of things that any grown man should be able to do on his own (I.e. laying out his clothes, making his lunch, making his dinner plate, etc). To me, those are things that are done to show appreciation and are not necessarily part of every SAHM's 'regular' duties...I think if he can't pitch in on his off time (seeing as how YOU don't get any) you could sit him down and calmly and rationally explain that those extras are just too much on top of all you do. If he doesn't want to help with the baby that is fine, but you can't handle two babies at once so he needs to take those extra duties off your hands. Then kiss him sweetly and point him in the direction of the closet where he can find his own damn clothes.
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i just saw that this was started in april 2011, OP/OC did this get any better? what did you end up doing?we got the house!!!!! i have worked so hard for 5 years to get us in a spot to buy! isnt it cute?!?!?!?
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And @sanedaddy, (and this is an honest question and not a sarcastic one, because I can't figure this out for the life of me) why should a wife have to reward her husband for taking care of his own children? I understand praising and saying "I really appreciate that, thanks baby", but I know a lot of men who expect rewards (usually food or sex) if they do normal things around the house like dishes or cleaning. Where does this idea come from? Women do these things all the time but I've never heard a women say "I'll take out the trash if you spend an hour downtown tonight"...
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OMG I do not understand why women still live like it is 1950. Kill me now...
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freedomlover said:
OMG I do not understand why women still live like it is 1950. Kill me now...
I love you @freedimlover. That's all.
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Seriously, why the hell are you with a person like that?! My ex was an ass who would whine about not being able to handle shitty diapers, but he would still change them once in awhile, and I have twins! I don't think doing something nasty to him is a good idea, but he is causing a health concern for those babies by letting them sit in their soiled diapers. What kind of a man does that?!
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Speaking as a father of five - he should be changing diapers. If he isn't changing diapers, has he picked up more household duties? Does he do he laundry and put it away, doe the dishes, vacuum the floor? If you two are doing this together, then there will have to be give and take, otherwise you will get stuck doing everything and that will not turn out well in the long run.
Remember, they get out of diapers in two years (or so), but they will always throw up - if he can't handle a little crap, I am sure you will be stuck cleaning that up by yourself as well.....address it now sanely before it all piles up to the point where you can't take it anymore.
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Hahaha thank you @sammie I love you too, girl!
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Well said, @Happy_Jack!
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The user and all related content has been deleted.well behaved women seldom make history
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This is crazy. I would kill my husband. Not ok!
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How about a hand for the brave daddies who came to the boards. LoL.
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