Why not Mr. Dad?

We bought a bouncer and it advertises that it is "great for Mom too!"
The hospital I delivered at has weekly brunches for new moms.
The Parenting magazine we get says it is "what moms really care about."


I didn't get pregnant by myself! What about dad?

In this land of equal opportunity, Title IX and such things, why are stay-at-home dads so shafted? I know they are a minority, but is it really appropriate to call them Mr. Moms? People always assume that because I work, my child is either in day care or with a baby sitter. It never occurs to most that maybe the other parent could be watching the babes.

Now, I don't get offended by all this. I mean, most of the time it is the women that watch the kids, and in our situation, if I could, I would jump at the chance. I do believe men and women are wired differently and get satisfaction from different things ... child care being one of them. I am not saying that dads don't enjoy child care, I am just saying that I think women tend to be more satisfied by staying at home then men do. And nursing, something only moms can do, is much easier when you are not working.

But, as it turns out, with my husband going back to graduate school online and me with a good, steady job, it only made sense for me to work and him to stay home. He is an awesome dad, and having him watch after our son makes it much easier for me to come back to work. After I came back to work after six weeks of maternity leave, people said,"It must have been hard to come back to work." It made me wonder if people ask dads that after they come back to work after just one week or sometimes even less time than that!

After I finish this post, I am going to google search "stay-at-home dads" and see what I can find. Hopefully there is some sort of group that gets together around here that he could join. There are a million for moms. Babies are wonderful, but spending all day diapering, soothing and feeding without any adult interaction can get tiring sometimes!

Anyone know of anything?