The internet has slammed a man who left his baby daughter alone for hours, while his wife was grocery shopping, so he could livestream for his "mental health".

In a post shared on Reddit on Monday, the man's wife, who goes by the username u/Sadiawil977, explained that her husband has a YouTube channel with over 14,000 followers but since the birth of their daughter he hasn't been able to livestream so much.

"He keeps saying that his followers are good for his mental health and that engaging with them weekly makes him become better at socializing and communicating."

"He's been complaining about wanting to do a livestream for days. I told him we'd look at our schedule and see if we could get him some time to make it happen. Apparently, this wasn't good enough."

The woman said she went out grocery shopping for a few hours, knowing her husband had agreed to watch the 7-month-old baby while she was gone, but she came back to find a big surprise.

"I was gone for 4hrs but kept calling him to see if everything was OK. He'd tell me she was alright and that she was sleeping. I started getting this weird feeling something was wrong because she must've been hungry or needed a diaper change."

When she went back home she found the girl in the room alone, lying with a dirty diaper and untouched bottle of milk, while he was livestreaming in his office with the door closed.

"I was beyond seething. I barged into the office and saw him sitting. I blew up while he was trying to turn his mic off and telling me to stop but I didn't stop. I berated him for leaving our daughter unattended and with no milk nor diaper change.

"He freaked out on me saying I just ended his entire channel and destroyed his fan base for interrupting his livestream and embarrassing and scandalized him like that."

She added that he blamed her for ignoring his needs after he had already expressed them and that he forgot to do what she asked him. The pair kept arguing until she decided to leave and stay at her mother's house, and now her husband is telling her to come back, as he is missing his daughter.

According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the U.K., infants and young children aged up to 3 years old should never be left alone, even for 15 minutes while you pop down the road.

This rule applies not just to leaving them home alone but also in your car while you run into the shops. Even if you have older children at home that can look after them, if they're under 16 you're still responsible for their wellbeing.

The post which was first shared on the r/AmITheA**hole subreddit has so far reached over 15,200 upvotes and 1,894 comments.

Most users slammed the father for leaving such a young baby alone. One user notlucyintheskye said: "[NotTheA**hole] - Dude was straight up neglecting his human child for some twitch viewers. If I EVER caught my husband doing that, I'd be reevaluating the marriage; A child's well-being and safety should be his first priority, not worrying about his subscribers."

ScorchieSong said: "If he misses his daughter, why did he prioritise internet strangers over her when he was supposed to be responsible for her?"

Exciting-Froyo3825 wrote: "The secondary rage is real! 7months is still an infant. How do you ignore the cry's of your infant for hours? How can he claim he forgot to take care of her when you called more than once to ask about her? [NotTheA**hole] mama! Clearly your husband has his priorities backwards.

Another user, hahagrundle, pointed out: "Seriously! Everyone is rightly pointing out the neglect and it's definitely bad enough that she was unfed and in a soiled diaper for hours. But it sounds like the husband was in the other room with the door closed & headphones on while the baby was unattended! As in, he couldn't even hear the baby. At 7 months old this could have very easily been tragic."

Newsweek has asked u/Sadiawil977 for comment.

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