Partner not listening

Is there anyone else feel that their partner doesn’t listen to them about baby stuff, specifically on how to clean the bottles and pump parts? I have repeatedly told him you can’t dump our sons bottles in the sink with the other dishes because of bacteria and that even when there isn’t any dishes in the sink, I still don’t want his bottles in there because no matter how clean you think you get the sink it still carries residual bacteria on the sink walls and it makes me anxious and uncomfortable. We also have a separate little tub that we can put into the sink so his things don’t touch the sink when you wash them He will ignore what I say and dump His things in the sink anyways and wash them that way as well Because he does this, I have to rewash everything before I use it so I don’t feel like they are dirty I don’t know at this point the situation is giving me anxiety on top of my normal anxiety that I live with how to approach this in another way so he understands?

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I have a separate tub for bottles etc as well. Im not sure what to tell you. I feel the same way. I explained it to my husband. He finally listened, but he doesn't with other stuff. I think most men are just in there own world. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe find an article explaining the bacteria. Hopefully hearing from a different source will get through to him. If not maybe find someone to talk to so you can enjoy your son.

@Farrah thank you I’ll try the article And see if that helps

My husband is the same but with diaper changes. He will take the dirty diaper off then walk off to throw it away before putting the new one on. He seems to think she’ll hold it until he puts it on.

@Alison 😂 mine leaves the dirty diaper on the table 🙃 and always the leaves the wipes open drying them out 😅

@Andrea mine leaves the wipes open too! I’m tempted to just leave them open and make him buy more just to prove a point😂

It's suggested to never wash bottles and pump parts in the sink!! I was chatting with a lactation consultant and she told me a story about a poor baby having a near death experience because the parents washed the baby's bottles in the sink where they would wash raw meat and vegetables. (This baby was a NICU baby and had some other underlying issues that added to how sick they got, so I'm not saying this to scare anyone) but I would tell your husband about it and tell him there's no exceptions. My husband one time used our kitchen sponge to wash bottles thinking he was helping- I told him about the above story so he understood why I didn't want any cross-contamination. He never did it again 🤣.