Update: 27-year-old Dad of 2-year-old ignores wife, leading to awkward meal with friends : 'He told me that I was overreacting and that it’s a normal part of parenting'

Anyone left to care for a toddler knows that you cannot take your eyes off them, even for a minute.

Toddler's aren't just destructive, lawless little critters, they're creatively destructive. You baby-proof your house before they're born, and you put your hands on your hips and nod approvingly: there's no way your baby could damage your items, or harm themselves, now that you've done your job. That's true until they turn 18 months or 2 years old!

Once they start crawling, you will never again know peace.

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2-year-old plays with toys while parents watch from the couch.
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You will try to load the dishwasher, and your toddler will crawl inside it. Or you'll turn away for 10 seconds, and they've proudly scribbled all over the couch with a purple marker. You put away their toys, and they grab your phone and chew on it. Their habits are completely unpredictable, and they will find any possible way to get their adorable little baby hands on any unsecured item.
This is all very normal for a baby's development, but my goodness, it is a full-time job to watch them. Toddlers just don't know the rules yet, nor do they care about them, anyway. They don't know why Mom doesn't want them to roll around in a mud puddle, or why Dad is wailing because they took all his vinyl records out of their sleeves.
One time when I was a toddler, I drew a picture, then used Elmer's glue to paste it to the wall at toddler eye-level height. This was, as you can imagine, not a surprise that my parents appreciated. I couldn't understand their shock. Why wouldn't they want my drawing glued to the wall forever, since, after all, it was a very good drawing in my baby mind?
Paradoxically, this wild abandon of rules and regulations is exactly why hanging out with toddlers is so much fun… But, as this Dad learned the hard way, you really can't take your eyes off them if you have anything valuable laying around.
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AITAH for refusing to watch my daughter when we meet my husbands friend?

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Here's a very small update, for those who are curious

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As you can imagine, toddler time at the un-babyproofed home didn't go as Dad intended!
This was a learning experience for him, and I hope he continues to have an active role in raising his baby. It's literally his child, so he should know how to everything that his wife knows how to do!
It's also interesting that he doesn't consider his wife to be a subject matter expert on the topic of raising their child. Clearly, she knows what she's talking about. She obviously doesn't want him to have a difficult time while out with the baby. They'll both need to do some soul-searching about why this husband is disregarding his wife's advice, and belittling what she says to him by acting as if he knows better.
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2-year-old sits next to father playing with toys while Mom looks on.
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