Is it normal to ignore a crying baby for 2 hours?

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Every day since he had to work days, my step dad has been screaming at his daughter(about 5 months old). Every time the kid starts crying, he'd always yell something along the lines of "shut the fuck up," or "go to fucking sleep." My mom is never home because she works two jobs. And the only other one's here are my 7 year old brother and I.
She'd been crying for about 2 hours straight. She's stopped crying since, but probably because she's so exhausted. And he got so pissed off because "she wouldn't eat." After he tried for not even two minutes. I tried, but before I went in there(he was playing his game, and basically blocking the door) he told me, "don't, she's taking a nap." He had said that while she was crying...
And I know parenting can be tough, but you don't ignore your screaming baby for your damn game. And you definitely don't leave her alone by herself.

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  • [Old Memory]
    4 years ago | pl

    He shouldn’t have had children if doesn’t know how to care for them.

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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago

    Your step-father sounds like a piece of shit who's not much of a man.

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  • Ellenna
    4 years ago

    Can you let you mother know what's going on? That baby is being neglected.

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    • Oddmeme
      4 years ago

      Oh, she knows. And trust me when I say, she'd divorce him if she had enough money for us to live without his paycheck. But we're barely making it now.

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  • raisinbran
    4 years ago

    It's not normal to listen to a baby cry for two hours and not toss it out the window.

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  • Wellyoudliketoknoweh
    4 years ago

    I’m even pissed when they just make a sound
    But eh that’s when u know u shouldn’t have children
    So that dude is totally not fit for it
    Have u told ur mom? If not I’d tell another adult that can help, I think the mans behavior does count as mental abuse

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    • Oddmeme
      4 years ago

      Yeah, she can't do anything as we're just barely surviving off his and her paycheck, and the cops here couldn't give two shits about a fussy baby

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      • Wellyoudliketoknoweh
        4 years ago

        And child services? I mean ur moms fine but the stepdad seems to be the prob

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  • McBean
    4 years ago

    Why don't you pick her up and calm her down? I had to calm down my brothers and sister when they were babies because my mother didn't care if they cried for an hour.

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    • Oddmeme
      4 years ago

      that's the thing, he won't even let me touch her

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      • McBean
        4 years ago

        Tell your Mom that he won't let you pick her up. Feed your baby sister and hold her while your Mother is around so your baby sister learns to trust you.

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  • ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet
    4 years ago

    He's fucking stupid, Why the hell would you yell at a baby to make it stop crying? It's not like it understands you, You're supposed to shake it.

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  • libertybell
    4 years ago

    I don't like how he was yelling and swearing at her. I can't stand people who yell at babies.

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  • dimwitted
    4 years ago

    That is really bad and unhealthy for the baby.

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  • d0esnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    That is seriously not okay. You need to do something or contact someone who will.

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    • Oddmeme
      4 years ago

      I know, but I live in a town where no one gives two shits about anything

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      • d0esnormalmatter
        4 years ago

        So if you contacted authorities they wouldn't bat an eye? Maybe what you need to do is move.

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        • Oddmeme
          4 years ago

          Yet, and we would if we could, we're in dept with rent though

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  • sissycakes
    4 years ago

    This is horrible.

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  • GaelicPotato
    4 years ago

    Thats called neglect.

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