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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The mom is clearly being very difficult here- claiming her baby needs to BF every hour at this age is absurd. Ditto with “the baby won’t take a bottle”- nearly all babies will have to eventually, and it works out.

That said, I’d give it about a 95% chance that the dad is only demanding overnights because he wants to pay less child support.  Furthermore, I’d bet a million dollars that the baby will be primarily cared for by the guy’s mother (or sister, or girlfriend)- not him. Come ON people. You know it’s true. My DH- a fantastic and involved father from day one, would agree. [b]Fathers are as important as mothers- in some aspects they are MORE important- but during infancy? Not really. 
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These parents need to learn to compromise on what is best for this baby. They (admittedly limited)  information provided makes both sound selfish and awful. We have a close friend this happened to (he is the dad, never married the mom). I don’t think his daughter started staying overnight with him until she was around 2ish- however- the mom let him see baby/take baby pretty much whenever he liked. She is in nursing and often worked evening shifts, so he would care for baby and then mom would pick her up on the way home. [b]Of course, he understood that the child was an infant who needed her mother more. [/b]Fast forward 14 years and he is VERY close with his daughter, and the daughter-who has the choice- actually spends more time with him than mom. All is well, all around. But both parents put their selfishness aside for the sake of their daughter- which does not appear to be the case here. [/quote]

Sexist bullshite. This is just not true.  It's 2023 and we are still stuck in this same sexist garbage. There are plenty of men who do it all. Ask any of us who had multiples. [/quote]

DP but of course there are exceptions to every rule. Men and women are not interchangeable. Failure to recognize our innate differences while expecting equal performance from both sexes in ALL areas is unrealistic and ultimately hurts us all. [/quote]

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