• southsamurai
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    49 months ago

    Are those still that unusual?

    Seriously, long hair for guys is pretty common, and it translates to taking care of someone else’s.

    Diaper changes are a fairly common older siblings job sometimes, and it’s usually covered in parenting pamphlets and classes.

    I mean, maybe I’m just running in the wrong crowds, but I can’t think of a single adult male that I’ve met in the last twenty years that didn’t know how to do both, though not necessarily having had enough practice to be fast and good at them.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      I don’t know how common this is, but right after we had our kids, a nurse came to our room and gave us a tutorial on how to change diapers, bathe a baby, feed, etc.

      • southsamurai
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        49 months ago

        My aunt did that for a while. She loved doing it, but she was finishing her BSN, and after that didn’t get to do as much direct patient care.

        Most hospitals do it now, afaik. Might be a regional thing, but even here in the boonies of the US, there’s the option.

    • Bob Robertson IX
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      39 months ago

      What isn’t covered in parenting classes is that when you put a diaper on, you need to pull the fringes out on the legs, otherwise when the baby pees it will come right out on your wife’s lap during the hockey game.

      • southsamurai
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        29 months ago

        Ouch. That would be a very unhappy ride home for everyone involved.

        • @surewhynotlem
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          59 months ago

          Peeing on your lap is the least of your concerns as a parent. It doesn’t compare to the rest. 3:00 a.m. standing naked in a bathtub with a puking child. Diaper blowouts so bad that the poop ends up on the top of their back. Catching every disease in a twenty foot radius and sneezing it right into parent’s mouths. Biology is horrible.