Hi,
so I've been scanning through this topic for a while now- I noticed there are a lot of complaints about our DPs & DHs, I'm trying to imagine what my DP will be like when baby eventually arrives.
So, I thought that maybe some people would like to write the positive, funny & caring stuff they do that makes it all worth while?

For instance... my DP sits there every night knitting a blanket for the baby (he'd kill me if he knew I told tongue but I think it's cute)

He's painted (most) of the nursery, put together the furniture that has arrived & has just been so supportive with my ever-changing-moods.

I think they deserve a positive comments page!!

Thoughts?

Knitting a blanket!! That is soo cute! Lol

Well my dp doesnt knit, and he certainly didnt put the nursery together. But he did suggest that we go shopping (he HATES shopping) so that he could pick out some clothes for baby. I jumped at the chance, so we did that.

He has put up with my mood swings, although i havent been too bad. If my back is hurting or my ribs are hurting he will always get my heat bag and heat it up for me so i dont have to get up. The other he emptied and staked the dishwasher gasp on his own accord because he could see how tired i was.

Lately baby has started going burko in my tum rolling all over the joint, and dp will sit by me and rub my belly and hold his hand on it and wait till he moves. The other night he was doing it and he did a huge roll and DP was like "oh my god did you just feel that!" umm no dear, i just have the baby inside my stomach and cant feel a thing...lol

Last night he felt baby with the hiccups he was like gasp very cute. Its funny to watch his reactions to feeling movements now, because up until about a week ago, whenever he would come near me or touch my belly baby would just stop and do nothing, and then DP would walk away and baby would start up again.

my partner has been awesome! he keeps going on about how he cant wait to have the baby and the day we found out he went down to target and brought a jump suit and is putting in a/l days for all my appointments! I love my hubby so much

i have a wonderful DH and he is a grat father as well.

just last sunday i went to a baby shower in the afternoon. i got home at about 6pm to find my two boys, DS1 in his spiderman costume and DS2 in his pirate costume, sitting at the table eating dinner. my dinner was in the oven and DH was doing the dishes from cooking, saying he was waiting for me to get home to eat with me. soo nice to come home and not have to do anything. and the best thing is this isn't a once off thing, he is just great when it comes to that stuff, and especially now with me 30 weeks pregnant


i have trained DH well, he is a keeper tongue laugh grin

Aww that's so sweet my dp wouldn't have the patience to knit lol
Dp was great while pregnant he took time off so I could rest (went into prem labour with the twins)
He did a very sweet thing the other night gasp
He made me go have a bath with no kids in there miracle lol he then watched them while he vacuumed the house and put them to bed for me grin
One thing I must admit I love is when he comes home from work at a good hour is he lays on the lounge floor and the kids crawl and jump all over him there so excited to see him and it's just sweet to see how much they missed each other I could tear up watching it.
He actually admitted the other day his clucky!! He misses the newborn stage it threw me the twins are only nine months old

Love this thread!! My dp his not the most helpful round the house because he works all day but his amazing with our dd (17 months) she is his world and he makes sure she knows it he spends so much time playing with her and reading 2 her I love it to me that's more important than him helping with cooking, washin ect... We have another bub due in oct we r both very excited smile

Aaaaawwww knitting that is soooooo cute!
I have to say I have been so lucky with dh,he is a great dad and dh. He was absolutely besotted with both our boys from the moment we were pregnant. He painted the nursery n came shopping for all the big stuff. Was an amazing birth partner(he organised all my pain relief). He rushed out and bought them each their ownn special soft toy whenn they were born. He baths them most nights and has no problem changing nappies. He is always playing,, reading and snuggling with the boys. Hes not perfect but he is an awesome dad n dh, I wouldnt trade him most dayslol

I'm very bless to have my DH in my life. He is super supportive and loving and he's such a great dad. He loves looking after our DD, changing nappies, bathing, feeding, hanging out with her. Sometimes it's hard to keep them apart!

He has been there for me during some really depressing and tough times and he has seen me through it and I love him for that.

Sure he can drive me frickin nuts some days but today I like him laugh

I knew the first time I went to my DH's flat that he was a keeper!! It was clean and he even cooked a roast dinner for our first date!

He is a wonderful husband and a fantastic father! I have basically not had to lift a finger either pregnancy and he is just so wonderful with our DD. He has so much patiences!! and I love him dearly!!!

This is our first, when i told him i was going to breast feed he got upset and said he wanted to feed the baby too, so we organized a breast pumps and bottles and he is all excited, he painted the nursery, and is putting everything together, he always rubs my back when im on the lounge and pulls me to help me get up lol, and he makes loud noises, blows raspberry's,rubs, tickles, taps on my belly and will lye there and have a full on chat with the baby, the baby kicks his face in response.. i love how excited and happy he is, and all the effort he goes to each day no matter how tired he is.. i love how he says goodnight and kisses me then he does it to my belly... and when i walk out of the room says goodnight to the both of us...and when he leaves in the morning for work says goodbye and gives me a kiss then pulls back the covers and taps my belly and says bye..(waking him up for playtime for an hour) hes going to be a wonderful Daddy!!!

Well i'll share my story about my DP.
I gave birth via emergency C Section at 30 weeks. I then suffered severe complications and was in a coma in ICU for several days.
Anyway, my partner was in complete shock (as was everyone!) it all happened so quick, we had no warning! He stood by me and my family the entire time, not complaining once. He changed nappies, bathed her, fed her (by tube) etc etc. So he did EVERYTHING for the first few weeks whilst she was in NICU and for the weeks thereafter. To this day he still does alot for her, and I adore him for that.
So that's my story, I too think there is wayyyyyy to many angry posts!

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He is Knitting???? That is so sweet. Well my dh always takes DD over to Mil and Fil's farm maybe 3 days a week so I can have a sleep in!!! They sit over there and have a coffee (not DD of course) and DD thinks it is great. I love it to! Even if I don't have a sleep I just watch some TV!!!

LOVE this topic. I haven't been with my partner very long (surprise baby!) and didn't know what to expect from him with all the baby stuff...
But a few weeks ago i had a nasty scare when my midwife couldn't find my baby's heartbeat on the doppler, so had to have a scan the next day to confirm that I hadn't miscarried (all was well, bub was just hiding. was a scary 24 hours though). DP ran home from work the second I called him after the midwife appointment and stayed with me and gave me cuddles and looked after me and made me dinner was so lovely and also took the morning off work so I wouldn't have to wait for the afternoon ultrasound by myself. Gave me a lot of confidence in the dad he would become, felt really good!

My Husband is awesome, at the moment we are trying to get my son to take a bottle so that I can leave him for a few hours at a time. Ben tried for an hour the other night without complaining or asking for help, to try and get our 14 week old to take this bottle. He screamed the whole time. And if my husband can't help if baby stuff he'll do washing, cleaning or make tea. And when he gets home from work at night he takes over all nappy changes. his so good to me. He loves playing with his son.

lol my husband hasn't knitted anything for the baby (yet) but i can see him doing it! Really he deserves praise for just putting up with me and all my worries and hissy fits.

He is always happy to head out and get all the baby items that I forgot to get the last time we were out and to hear my worries and reassure me. He will clean the kitchen and lounge with out asking and will help out with dinner if i am struggling.

He works so hard with his full-time job and postgrad study I almost feel guilty about putting the pressure of a baby on him as well (almost wink)

My DF is a great Dad to our two son's. He works 10 hour + days and then comes home and plays with our almost 2 yr old DS1 til its time for him to go to bed, then he will cuddle with our 7 weeks old DS2 so that i can have a break from kids lol smile
On weekends when he is off work he will take DS1 around with him to do the yard work or he will do the washing if i havent had the time and clean the house..

I can not imagine my life without my family. wub

My DH is an amazing man! He works away and when he gets home he will let me have sleep in's clean, do the yard, look after DD etc, we are a team smile he really looks after us and has always helped with DD. He loves her and loves to play with her, it is really very sweet!

Way too many dads and partners seem to do nothing, I can't remember the person but I saw a quote the other day " you are not raising an inconvienience, you are raising your child" so very true!

Really lovely to hear of so many supportive partners in this thread smile

I'm really not happy with the amount of women who go by the 'expect nothing & you won't be disappointed' motto when it comes to Dads helping out.

DP on the weekend tidied the loungeroom for me, brought in the washing, cooked an awesome spag bol dinner last night (he thought it wasn't nice, he used chunky steak which was a bit tough, but it was food & it was yummy, and we have teeth for a reason!!)
He even survived a (my) family dinner on Friday night. Poor thing.. The things I make him do lol!!

He sent me a text this morning just to say 'i love you xox'

It's nice to know after my family, all of the house work, that he still loves me smile

I for the first time was reading these forums about the complaints of dads and too was shocked.
I have the most amazing husband who cares for me and our daughter so well.
I had complications with my pregnancy at 32 weeks and spent 5 days in ICU and he sat by me the whole time.
We run our own business so after work everyday he would be by my side in ICU until late then get up and do it all again. Living on very little sleep as we were renovating also so our little angel had a bedroom.

Now still running the business he makes sure he is home to bath our daughter and get her ready for bed so I can have some mummy time (i.e have my own shower etc).
I don't know how I would get through everyday if I didn't know that he was coming home to be there.

Last weekend I kicked him out of the bed to settle our little one after she had been fed, after 2 hours he comes in and says "she still wont sleep and is trying to eat my arm, I think she is hungry again" I asked him why he waited so long and he told me "I wanted you to have a sleep in" - so so sweet. tongue
He is the most amazing dad and husband and I am very very lucky.

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yesterday- DP 'practised' putting a nappy on a teddy bear. After terrorising the dog. haha. Poor dog.

My DH is fantastic with DS, has been right from day 1. When he gets home from work he practically shoves me out of the way to do the evening stuff with DS (Food, Bath, Book and Bed), gets up to him during the night without having to be asked, gets up most mornings to let me sleep in. Basically he is wonderful!

My DH is great, he's away a lot for work so he doesn't get to spend much time with us but when he is home, he gets up early to feed and play with DS and lets me have a sleep in, he cooks and he cleans. Its so cute how he keeps talking about when DS is bigger they'll be able to go and have boys weekends camping or fishing and build forts in the back yard grin

hi its been lovely reading these, thanks everyone.
i love it how my husband gets up for the kids (2yrs&3yrs) in the night every time cos i'm so tired and my Pelvis makes it hard to get up (21wks preg) then watches the kids in the morning while i sleep in as long as possible- then goes to work all day, comes home, helps with or makes dinner and plays with the kids till their bed time then sings them to sleep. Thanks honey smile

Partners first saturday off since bub is born and he did ALL the washing for me about 6 loads i reckon there was! Didnt even complain about it and he was extremly hung over from the v8's yesterday! He entertained bub majority of the day too! He also did the washing up and cleaned the kitchen for me! He was so great today = D

They sure deserved recognition after all. It's not easy in their part doing all those stuffs. I know it's hard for them, according to my observations. Men don't usually do that, you should be proud of them.

What a great topic..I would like to say my DH if amazing. I am due in 11 weeks and still working full time in a very busy little office. I got home tonight and was absolutely exhausted. My DH ran me a hot bath, lit my candles and while i soaked he did the dishes and tidied the kitchen before cooking.

Thank you sweetheart xoxox

i did a mistake to my dp but he forgave me and as accepted my girl who he loves with all his heart like he does out kids together the love he shows her and that he said that she can call him dad and the way they play together makes me smile he took a while to forgive me but he said to me its not her fault she is an innocent little girl and i love that little girl

MY HUSBAND IS A GREAT DAD. WE NEVER WANTED KIDS BUT ONE DAY HE BEGGED FOR JUST ONE. WE GOT TWINS WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!! WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THEY WERE CONCIEVED INCLUDING CHANGING DIRTY NAPPIES. I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF TALK BEFORE THE FACT SO THEY CANT GET OUT OF IT.

Awwwww its so lovely to read these.
My DH is great, i love the fact that after working 11hrs he comes home and lies on the floor and plays with our 3yr old and 11 month old. It makes me cry its so cute they love him to pieces and he loves them.
And EVERY weekend he gives me a sleep in and cooks for us its great. I am also 24 weeks preg with our "surprise baby" when i found i was obviously shocked as was on the depo injection but he made everything ok smile was very positive and me seeing how excited he was, made everything feel great.

My DP is fantastic. I am a working mum and he is a stay at home dad. He is studying full time, looking after our one year old and manages some of the house work and cooking tea. I love him to bits and could not get by without him. He is so excited about baby number two and is looking forward to being the best role model he can for them. I realise I am one lucky lady!