Thursday, May 1, 2008

My Role as PaPa Mono

So it might not be a huge surprise to many, but the role of father who has managed to swing a month at home with MaMa Mono and the two monitas is not always readily obvious.

Sure I have been trying to do my share of diaper changes, burping, and the accessory actions to the actual feedings, but other than the obvious things I feel like I am a bystander watching as my beautiful wife gives them sustenance and is the primary reason they are growing into such wonderful girls.

So with that floundering on my part, I have fallen back on perhaps the most time tested of husband/boyfriend/male suitor adages:

If Moma ain't happy, NOBODY happy.

Knowing that truer words are hard to come by, I have embraced my self-assigned job with a passion. I try and make sure Moma is well fed, relaxed, comfortable and entertained.

The last of those was fulfilled this morning by this piece of internet real estate that was right up her ally:



3 comments:

Mrs. K said...

That is prime internet real estate. I have fwd it to my husband who will, no doubt, enjoy it as much (if not more) than your lovely wife.

Mitraillette said...

yeah, that was the downside when i breastfed exclusively - mike didn't get to do the bonding with the baby while bottlefeeding thing. after the first month i started pumping breastmilk though, so he was able to feed her. it really helped because i could get away from the house for longer than 3 hours if i wanted to, plus, once i got enough milk stored up in the fridge or freezer i could even let someone else watch her overnight so hubby and could do "date night" :-)

will said...

e bit more 'southern drawl' version I was raised on is "Ain't Mama happy, ain't nobody happy."

Mmmmm, multiple ain'ts...