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littlecavalier (176.1 days ago)
From the beginning I was always in charge of the washing, rinsing, etc and my husband would always be ready with the towel after the bath to dry him off and help me get him dressed. It`s actually really good bonding time for everyone if you can do things with the baby together and make them fun. Babies are a lot of hard work but it is a lot more fun if you don`t look at it as a chore and as your job or his job. Just compromise and take turns, regardless of who works outside of the house. It is so important for Dad`s to play an active role in their little one`s lives and it all starts when they`re babies. I feel sad for Moms and babies whose husbands use work as an excuse to not help out and bond with the baby. I think that those Dads are really missing out on a great relationship not only with their baby but also with their wife.

mommy2bejune6-8-08 (177.1 days ago)
yes he needs to experience all the baby`s daily needs. even changing diapers.. :}

buzzbebe (192.1 days ago)
When my nephew was born last yr.. my brother insist to help at bath time... and my g/f`s partner always bathed with his son from when he was born as a bonding thing and this guy is tough and full with tattoo`s. No doubt my husband will also be the same, he has to be involved with everything which is something I was not ust to as with my daughters father 11 yrs ago had nothing to do with it and I was the boss. I think it`s gret if ur partner does :o)

captshelley (197.4 days ago)
The dad has never bathed our daughter. I don`t trust him to do it anyways.

jenny504 (198 days ago)
Mine doesn`t help alot, it used to frustrate me, but now i don`t care just means i get to do all the fun stuff! He is better with the older child and helps alot with him.

kater (198.6 days ago)
my husband and i have different but equally important rolls in our house hold. if i need help, i ask him, and he helps, but he works 60+hours per week, so i wouldn`t expect him to do certain things like get up with bub in the night, because he cant make up sleep as easily as i can. but i expect him to WANT to help :) which he does

alex76 (198.7 days ago)
Yes. My husband is very hands on, he changes diapers, gets up during the night to feed the baby and bathes him all the time. It`s great because both our kids will settle for either one of us without a preference

tto (199 days ago)
Yes- start with routines and such in the very beginning- you are training your husband! Believe it or not, you are establishing who is going to do what for the next several years and it is hard to change that later on.

RobinG (199 days ago)
Of course he should ~ even if he works all day, you worked all day too ~ why do people think being a SAHM mom is easy and not has tiring as a full time job? Why is it ok for him to have a job 9-5 and you are a mom 24/7? Plus at his job he is not bonding with his child so how is that healthy? Hubby and I split everything we possibly can ~ we both feed, diaper, bath cook etc etc and I am SAHM and he works FT. We are both parents and we both want to raise our kids and care for their needs, it was our choice to do so, somedays I do a bit more some days he does a bit more ~ it all balances itself out ~ he will not be an absentee dad there only when he is not to tired ~ with our first I was a married single parent and it made our marriage very hard and we almost divorced ~ parent hood should be 50/50.

pregosharpe (199 days ago)
zen not everyone is a SAHM though... so yes, I understand that he just got home from working hard but so did I... (we`re both military), so my husband and I try to take every other night so I do the bath routine on Mon, he does Tues, I do Wed...etc.. I don`t think its horrible to expect him to help out regardless if he works and you are a SAHM. He`s the father plus it is a great time for bonding especially when the baby gets a little older and they enjoy the bath more. :)

sadielady (199.1 days ago)
i personally didnt want him to in the beginning because im a control freak, but as your child gets older he should definately participate,, its a fun time!

summerisis (199.1 days ago)
i agree that he should for the purpose of bonding with the child. my husband helped me in the very beginning but he doesn`t any longer. i don`t pressure him because i don`t want the care of our child to ever be a point of contention between us. so i think he should, but not because he`s our husband -- because he`s the child`s father. and it`s not something that i would fight over.

kathleen (199.2 days ago)
yeah off cause he should. bath times can be so much fun y would he want to miss out on that ?



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