Top 6 Things All New Moms Wish Dad Knew!
Is your husband a hands-on father? Even if he is, we bet, there are things you wish dads knew! Take a look at some of those moments.
Decoding Baby’s Cries
“Every time Rusha (our daughter) cries Susmit runs after her with a bottle of milk. He has no idea that there are zillion other reasons apart from hunger that make babies cry. And if she refuses to take the feed, he insists that I call the doctor! His logic is that a well-fed baby never cries. In the process, I have a baby that is more often than not throwing up excess food in her tummy.” – Suchetana Ray, Journalist, Noida
(It’s always) Time to Eat
“I think we moms probably have natural instincts about baby’s cries, while daddies mostly keep fumbling during the initial phase. My husband Falgun would often insist me to sleep through the night to get proper rest. He would assure me that he will take care of every need of the baby. But soon I would find him waking me up & telling me in a hush-hush tone, “I did everything I could – gave him colic drops, checked his diaper & gave him his favourite blanket – but the baby is still crying. What could it be?” And I would quickly reply, “He must be hungry!” After few months, when he would cry, Falgun would try to feed him some food. But then the reason would not be hunger, but inability to reach out to his favourite toy. The moment I handed him the toy, Khush would stop crying. Falgun often wondered, “How come I did not realise that!” ~ Forum Chhaya Pathak, Media Professional, Ahmedabad
Weight, it’s okay!
“My husband took his duties as a parent very seriously. If the ideal weight chart said 4 kgs and our baby weighed 10 grams less, he would get paranoid and start ‘Googling’ furiously-How to increase baby’s weight by 10 grams!”
- Archana Mohan, Freelance Writer, Bangalore
Nail It
“My hubby was surprisingly quite well informed about handling the babies. He aced the burping and diaper changing duties. He had his ‘no idea’ moments going too and the one thing that struck me hilariously was how he was completely shocked to see those baby nails! He had no idea how a baby so tiny could grow nails which quickly become talons and talons which can be potentially damaging for the baby and all around. Daddy dearest had to be explained: a) the necessity of mittens b) the art of cutting nails which is one of the scariest aspects of parenthood!.”
– Deeksha Mishra, Marketing Manager, Delhi
Daddy, cool!
“While travelling once, Anaaya felt little sick and wanted to puke. Jiten, my husband, panicked and didn’t know how to handle it. He stopped the car and put forth his hands to be puked on instead of letting her out of the car!”
– Urvashi Kumar Bhatia, stay at home mum, Faridabad
Toy Story
“I think for my husband who was travelling, getting age appropriate toys was the most eye-opening experience. He usually ended up getting stuff that our son would play with years later. I always suspected he got them for himself, while pretending they were for our son. Like the set of hand planes, which needed to be made and flown, for my one-year old. I later found him building it for himself!”
– Sushmita Mohapatra, content developer, Singapore
The edited version of this article first appeared in Child India magazine (April issue)
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Purva Bhatia
Purva is the co-founder of Blue Sky Dreamers. A journalist with 11 years of experience, she also freelances as a content writer & editor.
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indusrimal
Yes…. Father’s should some quality time with kids and I m blessed that my hubby do spend some really amazing time with our baby
Papri Ganguly
I can totally relate this post. But sometimes hubby becomes super supportive. That’s a great thing
prernasinha2000
This is a great article. I completely agree that father’s should also spend time with the kids. I always make my husband do fun activities with the kids for both of their benefits!
theanonymusr
I can so relate to each and every point mentioned in the list loved reading this piece
kitskanvas
haha, all the daddies should read this. I will show this to my sister to show to her husband, such a funny post!
akashpatwari
its really a funny post… I wish my hubby know How to properly change a diaper…and dispose of it!
Reetu
How moms understand the little ones’ needs may be baffling for the father. But they try their best no matter what!😊
Ruman
I enjoyed reading your post I haven’t experienced this part of life yet.. It sounds exciting and fun as well and so cute
themommytale
I loved your post and so well can relate to it. My husband has done all homework before my delivery so I know you feel so happy, lucky and funny at the same time.
Snigdha
Hahaha, now I can say every husband is same. I can imagine the same situation when my son was small.
Mrinal Kiran
Man! This made me crack up so badly! Thank you for this post, my mood (which was down) is much better now! This was hilarious!
Nidhi KM
Ya, I so agree.Different cries have different meanings. As new mother’s, it takes some time to understand but the baby makes us learn it fast
Varsh
I was laughing the whole time I was reading this post. My husband was suprisingly receptive towards our kids’ needs while I struggled to understand. Dads are cute, really.
Nisha Malik
I think they try hard but can’t compete with mothers when it comes to caring for a baby. Not their fault though. Lovely post.
foodiemama_diaries
Haha! Some of these are hilarious! I remember even my husband got down from the front seat of the cab to “catch” the puke that my daughter was about to do in the back seat!
Jhilmil Bhansali
Ha ha totally loved this post, it gave me a feel that all daddies are the same, no matter what we say. It was the same with my better half, when initially he used to cry for him it would always be, he would be hungry, feed him, lol.
Ruchie
You have nailed this post …I felt like reading my mind here and now have to admit many things my hubby knows but still few are need to be known!!
Priyanka Lodha
My hubby very supportive when it’s comes to caring our angel.. I love to read all moms messages