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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "emotional labor" part of taking care of a baby in the middle of the night is feeling responsible for that baby at that time, enough that you wake up and and think "my baby is crying--what do they need and what should I do?" rather than tuning it out, and feeling it's someone else's responsibility. You'd be surprised how many men simply don't feel that basic level of mental responsibility. I think women are biologically wired to feel it more intensely, but that doesn't mean we can't be evolved enough and mature enough as couples to share the work.[/quote] They don't feel it OR they are too lazy and prefer to sit back and let you do it. Either way, not very flattering. Hope they don't learn a childcare or safety lesson the hard way. My husband slept with ear plugs so I would have to wake up, and then wake him up. Self-centered. The ear plugs stopped after an argument. [/quote]
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