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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 06:51:09 -0500
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Shame on you Phillip for not cleaning bathrooms!  :)

I'm reminded of the ethnographic descriptions of infant care and feeding in
the South Pacific, where relatives *feed the mother who is breastfeeding*
and thereby feed the baby.  Any sort of care of the home and mother and
children helps when you have a new baby in the house, and if you can lighten
the load for the mother by doing chores, that is part of recognizing that
you are now a FAMILY, not just a couple, and that everyone must pitch in and
help.  In our household, dad always bathed the baby in the tub with him,
played with the baby, did the laundry, cleaned the house, cooked, etc. --
whatever needed doing.  He doesn't clean bathroom either, though.  :(

Kathy Dettwyler

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