Asking in-laws to change diaper...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would find this incredibly sexist...BUT! I am surprised at all these responses indicating that you don't want to change a family baby's diaper. In the first weeks after my second kid arrived, I didn't change a single diaper thanks to family (mostly my mom) helping out. I probably would have been sexist (against men) and insisted BIL change the diaper under my supervision. I am a feminist, but also accept reality which is that older men don't do things like change diapers and younger men sometimes need a kick in the rear to do it.

Lady, you MOM and your brother's childless wife are not the same thing, seriously.

[Anonymous]

I only chnged diapers of my. Children.

[Anonymous]

I'm 29 and have never changed a baby's diaper in my life. What exactly about my gender makes me more qualified to change a diaper than FIL?

(I'm pregnant now so I know my diaperless days are numbered!)

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's sexist in an old-school way, but I find that my FIL is too set in his ways to change him. I probably would have said, "I don't know what to do with one of these!" and awkwardly handed the baby to his dad, since I was terrible with kids before having my own.

[Anonymous]

Meh - wouldn't have bothered me. I enjoy babies, even smelly ones. In fact, I've always found it odd when family members of both genders hand baby back to mom and dad for a changing instead of doing it, so this thread has been enlightening.

[Anonymous]

My brother is 11 years younger than me. Any time
My mom wasn't home and he needed changing my dad made me do it. I remember mixing lots of formula and feeding him too, even when we had a babysitter.

[Anonymous]

I doubt the baby has a diaper full of diarrhea if it was a newborn. You obviously don't know what newborn poop looks like. That aside, if a parent is there and capable, do it. Is it sexist? Maybe. He may also just be lazy and you looked "free." I don't know how this is significant enough for a debate or even a post.

[Anonymous]

No way OP. NO WAY. I'd pass that baby right back or to a parent.

[Anonymous]

Glad others mentioned it, but if you missed it-- it's not diarrhea, it's normal newborn poop.