My husband feelsa that God made women better able to handle diaper changing and that is why he should not have to do it. He gags and has actually thrown up from changing a stinky diaper and claims that God made women so they could handle smells better so they could change the abay. I say he is full of crap.. What do you guys think about the whole diaper and man thing?

My husband has the same theory, mostly...he HATED changing diapers, and would run like a little girl if Andie had a poopy one! :rolf:

He said it was because he had a "weak gag reflex" or something....yeah, right! :wall:

I voted "Only if the wife can't do it"

Wanna know what I've gotta say bout ya'lls hubbies?? I don't think it would be appropriate...... Le's jes say I think ya'll have let em lie through their teeth to ya an ya let em git aaway wit it. I don't enjoy changin poopy diapers an if I don't have to well then I'm not goin to go out of my way to do so, but it's a fact of life an someones gotta do it. It was the crazeist thin, I have done some gross thins in my times, cut animals wide open, performed experimental surgies... never had a prob tell Sarah got prego... these days... my goodness I gotta watch what I eat jes cause my gag reflex is much more susepitable to pukin these days. I say feed your kid some spinach one day an plan to have ya hubbies watch all the next day heheheh

:rolf: That's a great idea...what's funny is, now that Andie's potty trained & out of diapers, Ty's more likely to help her when she has to go to the bathroom....crazy, I know....

Hubby never had a problem changing diapers, giving baths, feeding and all that. He helped make the baby he'll help take care of the baby...no matter what it is.

Any of you men who answer this, could one of you put this poll on the men's forum on CF for me? I have put it in several places there and I would like to have it in the men's forum too. I would appreciate it much! So far from the looks of it all of my polls about this are turning out the way I thought they would and not how my husband thinks..Go me!!!

In my 5 (on-going) years of diapers, I've done MAYBE a dozen or so...


I only do them when wifey is away and the kid has "BLOWN-OUT" with poop running down their legs...then it's off to the shower...otherwise, they can wait for momma.

I change the daipers whenever it's needed. Soon I'll be staying home w/ the little monsters during the day so....I'll be doing them all the time.

TWB(typing with baby)

If I'm there to do it, how do I make my husband help me out and change it for me? He startd whining about how he will throw up then I'll have two messes to clean up...it has turned into huge fights before.. How could I possibly make him do it?

I agree with A2J.

A lot of you ladies are simply making yourselves into doormats by letting your husbands tell you all that "women's work" stuff.

I'm certain that I've changed more of Rachel's diapers than my wife has. And I'm not even a SAHD.

I changed all of my sisters' kids....

I'll change any of mine...

I'm not gonna want to do it, but I'm betting Misty isn't going to want to do it either... it's like takes something that you don't want to do but have to cowboy up and take care of....

Please somebody tell me how to make my husband step up and take on the complete responsibility of being a dad without starting World War 3 in my house? I have tried everything..Nothing works. Am I am king myself a doormat ? He will fight tooth and nail about stuffd like this that he feel she shouldn't do...

To be honest, there are some things that won't change.

For me, I knew what kind of father I would be LONG before my daughter came along. Long before I even thought of being married.

If your husband is vehemently against something like changing the diapers of his child, then that's just his mental conditioning and it's unlikely to change. You forcing the issue won't do much, so you're pretty much stuck.

But if it makes you feel any better, there are a lot of couples where one spouse can't get the other spouse to do something that they feel they SHOULD do. This doesn't necessarily have to do with kids or changing diapers. Some men can't get their wives to do certain things that many would assume most women would do. Same thing with women who have husbands who won't do simple things.

Thanks...i do feel stuck..I have decided, that being a SAHM and Homeschooling that I will have more infleuence over my boys than he will and I will make them do housework and make them be more responsible..If necesarry ai will explain to them why I am making them doo all these things that dad doesn't do.

To be honest, before Nichole was born, I had never held a baby - let alone change diapers. That whole thing was for girls. Boys held guns and steering wheels. Girls held pots and babies. Well, I did become quite a good chef when a teen, but I still balked at holding children.

I went to a Mexican baby shower one night. My musician buddies and I were jamming when his next-door neighbor invited us over. Mexican baby showers are fiestas for everyone regardless of gender. Men, women and children were there. The alcohol was flowing quite freely. And the tripas were hot and delicious! If you don't know what tripas are, don't ask. If I wasn't drunk, I probably wouldn't have had any!
Anyway, they had a diaper changing contest for the guys. I dropped the baby doll on its head three times before aborting.

When Nichole was born, I couldn't take my eyes off her. A C-section baby, I stood outside the nursery and stared. Finally, a nurse opened the door. "Sir, would you like to come hold her? It's against rules, but I don't mind." Well, I couldn't resist. I went and held her for about twenty tear-filled minutes. This was MY little girl. She was mine! I learned, right there in the hospital, how to change diapers. I was still in awe when she first pooped on me.

Then she grew up. And it was all I could do just to get her potty-trained.

Yeah - I cried like a baby when both of my kids were born. I changed both of their first diapers - and about 100 after that. :)

I have pics of Abe changing diapers and giving the baths at very young ages. I just love those pics!

I have pics of my husband changing diapers at the hospital ---only because my mom made him do it and I couldn't walk after my c-sections...After that--there were very few times and only wet ones then..Like with all three kids maybe about 10 total...