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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask him, not tell him to do things. Not "the baby's diaper needs changing" but "can you change the baby's diaper please?" That's just common courtesy. Think about how you'd talk to a coworker, and afford your DH at least that level of courtesy.

Men have difficulty bonding with babies when they're really young (I know I did) as they don't "do" much and they need to be around mom for eating anyway. I didn't do night diaper changes either -- we agreed if DW is up anyway to feed baby, no need for me to wake up also. What we did do is that I did baby bath time, alone, almost every night.

Most men I know get a lot more involved with their kids once they can do things back (like at 9-12 months). 8 weeks is still really young.[/quote]

Oh for Pete’s sake. You’re singing OP for supposedly failing to show “common courtesy”? She said he doesn’t like it when she tells him what to do, so it sounds like she’s communicating passively to try to placate him.[/quote]
+1 wtf.. HIS baby needs diaper changed. Why should the mom have to ask.  This goes back to the thread about clueless dads.[/quote]

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