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TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number (www.mother.ly)

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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect that more than half of them change a diaper on the very first day - assuming that you spend the night at the hospital and that you keep your baby with you instead of in the nursery (which I believe is the trend nowadays) there are going to be a whole bunch of those disgusting sticky newborn diapers to change.

[–] harky@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

11 times in the first 24 hours. 11. Times. My wife was recovering and I didn't want her to do any more work than she had to. By the 9th or so we just started bursting out laughing because what else can you do