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[quote=Anonymous]^^she highlighted once sentence I wrote and based her critique on the fact that I referred to DH, but the whole point of this thread is debating what DH should do. And no it’s not a “thoughtful” response. It’s a self righteous screed based on theory and not reality. The theory being that a dad’s entire relationship with his child is based on how their family handles night wakings in the newborn period. That is nonsense. There are so many factors, including the mom’s own preference, which oddly doesn’t seem to matter to this poster at all. I am one of those people who genuinely preferred to do night wakings with my first baby! It worked for us. Guess what - that baby is now 5 years old, and her dad gets her up, makes her breakfast, plays with her in the evening, and does stuff with her all weekend. My 2nd child was a much worse sleeper than my first. I still preferred to handle wake ups at first. When it was clear feeding wasn’t the issue, my husband took over rocking at night. That child is 2.5 and when he wakes up at night, my husband goes in to comfort him! Things change! None of what we do now has anything to do with the fact that I handled night feedings myself in the newborn days.[/quote]

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