The men in our lives

letal316 · July 2014

Can we give some kudos to the men in our lives?! I was just thinking how I haven't put my LO down to bed in days (weeks?) bc DH loves to do it. On weekends he feeds DD more than I do, he's a diapering genius and even color coordinates her socks with her clothes when he dresses her.

Anyone else have some love for their spouses?

bridetobe9132013 · July 2014

Yes! My husband is amazing with our daughter! He does whatever he can to help and we were just telling each other the other day that our lives are perfect and we are so happy!

Tifers777 · July 2014

Lol well my husband was a gem for the first month! Helped with everything. Now it's oh look there's mommy here mommy take him. I ask to take a shower and for him to watch LO for ten minutes and he's like hurry up.. I know he's tired he works nights and watches LO during the day while I work and he sleeps in between the baby being up but geez I really thought we had a great thing going! Hopefully he goes back to that because I may have to smother him in his sleep.. Lol

Jelainey24 · July 2014

DH is a great man. He helps all the time and usually puts DS to bed. He tells me I'm beautiful and that he appreciates me, especially when he knows I had a rough night with our son. He's amazing and I couldn't be luckier

thefussybunch · July 2014

My DH is wonderful with DD. At first her was nervous to change her diapers (has a hard time with germs) and said he wouldn't, but has on a few occasions since I was unable. This is a BIG deal for him. He has turned out to be a wonderful, supporting and loving father

lrmrtn · July 2014

DH is amazing. He didn't really like babies or know what to do with then until LO. Now he gets up with him in the middle of the night, gives me a break when I need it, feeds him, changes him, plays with him etc. He's now going to be a stay at home dad while I go back to work until he gets a job. He surprised both me and himself with how hands on he's been.

haylo33 · July 2014

I knew my husband would be a great dad but I never knew he would be this great. He wants DS the second he gets home. Changes diapers (which I was very surprised to find all the male friends/family that never changed diapers), he cleans, does the laundry, mows the grass, and whatever I ask him or he notices. He loves to push the stroller and I've caught him looking at a baby catalog. He is just so into our son. He is already planning their coordinating Halloween costumes (and I don't get a say because Halloween is DHs birthday)

letal316 · July 2014

Omg, these posts are so fricking cute!! I love them

So nice to hear about all the fabulous Dads out there.

QOTR · July 2014

Mine is a star as well. I knew he'd be a great dad to an older kid, but this is his first experience with a baby. He's just jumped right in and tackled it. He's great to research stuff that I worry about and ease my mind.

I love it when he's changing a diaper and I can hear him talking with our son over the baby monitor. So sweet!

babyaotw · July 2014

I'm in the lucky wife club too! DH loves his boy and is super hands on. They started with skin to skin on day one, and haven't looked back! They are bonded, which is sweet to see. When DH gets home from work, I get a kiss and the baby gets snatched.

He's a great partner, takes care of LO, and helps around the house. I knew he'd be a great dad, and I haven't been dissapointed.

hbird0723 · July 2014

My husband likes to play don't kick the blanket off with Haleigh. It is so cute he puts the blanket on her legs and she just kicks and kicks and he says don't kick my blanket off and she just smiles and coos at him. He sometimes feels like he can't help much because she usually wants to suck to sleep and she won't take a bottle so last night he said you go relax and I'll make dinner. It was so nice! He also comes home for lunch if it's been a long day and I'm pretty sure he was a little more upset than I was when we moved her to the crib last night.

springbeduk2 · July 2014

Hmmm. I got pretty excited when my dh made pesto a couple weeks ago. And he's been cooking other yummy things with the stuff we're getting in our CSA share. He also had been making me a toasted cheese sandwich cut into bite size pieces to eat while nursing pretty much every morning since 2 week pp visit when mw seemed concerned i might not be eating enough. And the last few days he was being extra nice and making sure to spend time with me because he was realizing how much his mother being here is wearing on my nerves. But then today my family (from far away - stopped in after checking in at hotel/ will only be here 3 days) visited for a bit in the evening and he got all huffy and annoyed and stormed off to hide in his home office (wish I had one of those!) because then he felt was too late for him to make anything for dinner and didn't want to deal with getting leftovers smorgasbord ready (DD is usually fussy and cluster feeding at dinnertime so he usually brings me food while I feed her but if it's leftovers he wants me to quickly say exactly what I want which is hard for me because I'd rather just have whatever is left after he and his mom have what they want. So anyway that was sucky.

He wad adorable with DD the first few days and is trying more again now but its hard for him because it seemed like mostly she just wants to eat so he feels he cant usually comfort her and now she is overly attached to me and cries after maybe 20 minutes of me not holding her. Earlier today he was holding her and trying to interact and she just kept staring at me the whole time. Usually when he holds her I go do stuff so she can't do that but then she starts crying quickly. He's getting better about trying other ways to soothe her but it really just stresses him out when she cries. More than it bothers me. It's sweet he's so sensitive about it except that he often handles that by being annoyed at me . I want him to start giving her a bottle at least once a day now that i finally got a double electric pump both as practice for daycare and to give them more time together but just haven't been able to pump as she has been insisting on me holding her all the time.

So anyway... great in some ways but not in others. Though some of those aren't exactly his fault since he feels powerless to help DD many times because only I've got the boobs.

Helmink0804 · July 2014

I have a wonderful husband! Where ever we go he always carries the car seat or pushes the stroller. Before he started working mornings I would get up with Brooke at her 5-6am feeding and we would go back to sleep and than he would get up with her for her 9/10am feeding, but now that he works I do both- but as soon as he comes home from work he comes over and says hi to the both of us- Brooke gives him a big smile- he goes and changes and washes his hands to take her away from me. Every night I give her the last bottle and read her a bedtime story than pass her off to daddy for some night talks until she falls asleep and he brings her over I give her a kiss and he lays her in the crib. Anytime I want some me time I give her to him and go in the back to take a nap, shower, take a bath, do my nails, etc and he has no problem with it.

Tonight he surprised me with a dozen roses as a thank you for everything I do! I almost teared up!

kat8805 · July 2014

aimee223 said:
Ha. Hahaha. Where is the thread that is the opposite of this one?

Right?! You bitches and your awesome husbands can kindly fuck off. I can barely get mine to change a diaper, and it's a fuckin phenomenon if I do anything anymore without at least one kid accompanying me.

But really, kudos to you ladies. Pass out all the beejs to your baby daddies.

letal316 · July 2014

@springbeduk2‌ I totally get what you mean about DD being attached to you and that she won't be soothed as easily by DH. My DD is the same during the week bc DH is gone for 10 hour stretches and when he gets home she kinda looks at him like, 'oh, you're vaguely familiar.' But by the end of the weekend, bc she has spent so much time with him she is totally in love. And then the cycle starts again on Monday.

Tifers777 · July 2014

Lmao @kat8805‌ ! Seriously! Haha love it!

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