Diapers Q&A - Do you think a father should be expected to change baby diapers if the mother is healthy?

Do you think a father should be expected to change baby diapers if the mother is healthy?

I just don't think men should be expected to change their babies diapers anymore than they should be expected to deliver the baby. Women are supposed to be the maternal ones.

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Riiiight...
Get your azz over to the changing table and change the fricken diaper...
You'll get used to it. LOL
yes i do
Why not? Is the big guy too scared of the little baby poopy? It might jump out of the diaper and bite him?
eh!
they are expcted too. Why are you so sexist?!
then don't have a child, - sexist. You all want the kids with none of the responsibility. Since it takes two to make the child, it takes two to raise the child. What happen, you're spineless? Think the odor from the diaper will make you puke and you won't look macho in front of your friends? Aww too bad. Grow up
You are an idiot and yes they should change diapers and make bottles and help anywhere else they can.
You didn't deliver the baby either? Hey, we carry 'em and we birth 'em, step up to the plate and help with the dirty work.
well then daddys should keep their winkies in their pants
Uh, no. Men should have to change the diapers just like the women. A baby is an equal responsibilty.
get off your butt and change some diapers. your kids need to know they have a father that can handle them. or maybe your to retarted to do it and in that case no you shouldn't have to wipe your own butt.
How are things in the 18th century? Needs changed; change it.
Oh man, I hope for your kids sake you never have kids. A real man would WANT to be a part of EVERY part of child rearing. I was with my son (well, save for the breast feeding part).
do you think a man should have his ars* stapled shut to stop him talking shi*
No you should do what you do best........... whine !!!
what u from the dark ages gee
Fathers should know how to change baby diapers if the mom is busy doing something else. But i agree what you say, even tho i feel moms are more likely to care their babies more than men do.
OMG! Why does YA still allow you to participate?? When will they ban you??!!
What century are you from? Get back in your time machine.
my god thats stupid, he helped make the child, why should he not help raise it?
of course he should! 50% of the job in making that baby was yours so 50% of the job in taking care of that baby is also yours!
Both made the baby, both can take care of the baby. If you don't believe that, then keep your pecker in your pants.
The sad, sad thing is you are not alone! there are tons of men out there who feel the same way. perhaps you can get together with them and form some sort of "male chauvinist pig support group"... just an idea.
The kid is HIS as much as it is HERS!! Every man who is a father should BE a damn father and be involved in his kid's life!!!!
It takes two to make the baby and two to raise it. (this includes diaper changing). No one likes doing it...but you gotta do what you gotta do.
WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT! boy you outta be slapped! If i am "expected" to go back to work after the baby is born-- HELL YA the man should help change diapers.. you probably think that if you are alone with the kid - you are "babysitting" it too!
what is it 1950 where u live i changed many a diaper when my kid was young
And men should go out and work their asses off and make AT LEAST $100,000 plus a year to support their families. And also, plan out elaborate $38,000 vacations 3 times a year for the whole family. Add a full-time nanny on there since the money is decent. Otherwise, change the damn diapers.
That's archaic. It took two to make the baby, it takes two to raise the baby. Including the unpleasant parts.
Uhh, it's his child too. Why should the mother be the only one taking care of the child? She didn't make it herself. Being the maternal one has nothing to do with it. He should do it to be a good father and husband
If the child belongs to you, you should help to take care of it. Raising a child is more than a full time job...it is a 24/7 job.
A-OK, then! Good luck finding a mate who 1. has half a brain and 2. doesn't end up pulling a Lorena Bobbitt on you.
You know what, you layed in your bed you made a baby you had a baby you should help raise the baby also... this includes changing, feeding, comforting... I know for a fact how hard it is to raise a baby with out ANYONES help! You should be ashamed of yourself for thinking this way, your wife girlfriend or who ever she is deserves a better man (or should I say boy)
I think fathers should take active roles in their child's lives no matter what the circumstances are. The only thing a newborn does is eat, sleep, & poop. So if the father doesn't change any diapers he is missing out on 1/3 of their life (at that point in time).
Um, are you serious? This is 2007, not 1907. It is precisely because you can't deliver the baby that you should be bending over backwards to help the mother in any way possible... my husband did every single middle of the night feeding and change. Real men do that. Be a real man.
Uhmmmmmmmmm.......time to wakey wakey........you are in dream land somewhere. She didn't make that baby alone, now did she? YES....Men should change diapers, do baby laundry, make bottles, feed baby......GET up in the middle of the night and let the Mother sleep in!!! She needs a break....there is nothing wrong with you or any other man pitching in taking care of a baby!!
I disagree. It takes two to make the baby, the responsibilities should be evenly divided. A man's role in parenting shouldn't end with the "making the baby" part. My husband changed just as many diapers as I did, and never complained once.
Yes! I did it ! I also cleaned 50 stalls at our horse stables when I was a kid growing up..Guess what ? Im still alive..It wont kill you to be a part of your childs life. Thick or thin..
Well if u had to carry the baby for 9months & burden the painful birth, the least the father could do is change diapers.
Do me a favor walk into the present!!!!! The woman didn't get pregnant on her own, you helped make that baby, you need to help take care of the baby. It has nothing to do with being maternal it has to do with being responsible. What about all those dad's who are raising the kids by their selves how do you think the diapers get changed.
i hope you don't have a kid cause if you do then u are frickin retared...men should deliver,change,bath,feed(with a bottle),read,sing,and do everything a women can do...if you dont then you are a horrible father
HELLO If a guy got a woman pregnant he should help with the baby it takes two to make a baby. Be a MAN be a GREAT father!!!!!
Sandstorm, can i have your baby? I want to mother a child for you so bad that my thighs hurt just thinking about it.
50/50
That is very selfish changing the diper is just helping if you offer to do that every once in a while you don't have to help all the time just sometimes it is painful to have a child as well as stressful so just helping out once in a while is a very good thing it helps get rid of the stress of trying to keep up with the baby as well as trying to keep up the house and pay attention to the husband/father
Ok, but if for some reason healthy mom isn't home....the baby is still his to care for.
Parents should share the rearing of the child. Do you think going to the pub or football is the father's job? I raised 4 kids and took care of them all I kept the pampers people in business. It's your responsibility to give your wife a break. She's not a servant.
A father is expected to change the baby no matter what condition the mother is in. Judging from the majority of the answers you loose. Get in there and change that diaper.