http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/a-man-and-his-baby/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/a-man-and-his-baby/#comment-2097 Vicki Caruana Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:47:25 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/a-man-and-his-baby/#comment-2097 My husband has been "involved" since day 1...my job, as a mom, is to clear the way so he can be. If he isn't, it's usually because I don't let him. My husband has been “involved” since day 1…my job, as a mom, is to clear the way so he can be. If he isn’t, it’s usually because I don’t let him.

]]> http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/a-man-and-his-baby/#comment-2096 Big Adventures » A Man and His Baby Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:25:21 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/a-man-and-his-baby/#comment-2096 [...] An unnamed poster had this to say on the parentingideas.org blog: Somehow some basic human instinct suggests that ‘man’ is neither capable nor fit to look after a baby! This instinct immediately raises the hairs on the backs of people’s necks, images of disaster loom in their minds and unseen forces push them forwards to offer help. They do not see a happy and carefree father pushing his laughing baby along in the pram, they see a harried father who is at his wits end and who is desperate for help. They see a tormented and unwilling baby, screaming and kicking in desperation, a father who is pulling his hair out and desperately looking around for somebody to just show him what to do. [...] […] An unnamed poster had this to say on the parentingideas.org blog: Somehow some basic human instinct suggests that ‘man’ is neither capable nor fit to look after a baby! This instinct immediately raises the hairs on the backs of people’s necks, images of disaster loom in their minds and unseen forces push them forwards to offer help. They do not see a happy and carefree father pushing his laughing baby along in the pram, they see a harried father who is at his wits end and who is desperate for help. They see a tormented and unwilling baby, screaming and kicking in desperation, a father who is pulling his hair out and desperately looking around for somebody to just show him what to do. […]

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