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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had a kid recently and people are impressed I know how to make a bottle saying a lot of fathers don’t. Seems wild. [/quote]

That’s just a stereotype and stereotypes are ignorant. [/quote]
Stereotypes come from somewhere though. Obviously, one should not generalize traits, however, it is true that women still do most of the childcare, and that would include making a bottle.  But, I do think millennial men are more involved than the previous generations.

FWIW, my DH (end of boomer gen from Europe) not only knew how to make a bottle, but he pureed all of DC's food (and he was better at it), changed the diapers (did all of it the first few days because I had a csection), etc.   The only thing he couldn't do was breastfeed, but I think he would've happily held the baby up to my breast to feed DC if he got see my naked breast.  :wink:

I will say he wasn't great about seeing to their needs when they were sick, though.  He's very much a "tough it out" kind of person.  That bothered me.

He's also super handy around the house. He just fixed a clogged sink today, had to take the pipes out and everything.[/quote]

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