What do ‘amazing dads’ do? Need perspective
My husband is a (mostly) loving husband to me and our daughter. It’s been a learning curve for him to catch up to the great deal of responsibility that comes with parenting and running our household as a family, but he’s trying. Baby is almost 2 and we now switch of caring for baby in the mornings so the other one can sleep in, we switch bath time responsibilities and he does some dishes and trash without being asked though not much else. However I have had a lot of resentment from the earlier period of pregnancy and postpartum when he was still really behind on what was required.
What I want to know is…is my past resentment in the way of me receiving what support my partner is providing now or is it falling short compared to some really active, enthusiastic and supportive partners? Are men capable of truly making the same amount of effort towards parenting and household tasks as women in a system of patriarchy? If you have an amazing partner, what things did they do for you in pregnancy/postpartum? How did they show their support and understanding of you? What do they do for you kids or household?