And the rockets' seedy yellow glare...

....the Bombs Bursting in Air!

Ah, memories! My favorite baby memory?  Watching liquid black poop shoot out of our strange, new baby's butt onto Ben's hands, shirt, the hospital floor, and down the side of the baby carrier at 3am in the morning.  As if God was saying, "Meet the sweet new addition to your family!" 

Before getting her first shots! (Today!)

Ben is often the recipient of the poop rockets.  We all know how cute those naked baby pictures are.  Shortly after snapping the above photo, a rocket was launched.  The pathway of this projectile (Ben's shirt, pants, and about three feet of carpet) was coated with yellow, seedy poo.  

For a while there, Ben and poop were like bread and butter.  I, on the other hand, have not had more than a drop of poo (Nora's) on me in the last two months.  He gets pooped on way more than me.

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Ben came home today from work and showed me this YouTube video.  It reminded me of something I once read and got me thinking. In general, fathers get pooped on (metaphorically) way more than moms.  

More often than not, mothers seemingly "wear the pants in the relationship".  Many constantly boss their husbands around.  They often treat them as another child they have to raise or make them feel like a lesser parent.  These moms proudly "demand respect" and special privileges because they "deserve it".  And you do deserve those things.  You just don't have to remind everyone that you deserve them.  You are not getting pooped on in society anymore, you are widely respected for the job you do.  Fathers are the ones getting pooped on - they can be just as "hands-on" as mothers, yet be treated like Mom's helper.  Ben is an amazing father.   He should get to "demand" respect and other luxuries, too.  

I'm returning to work soon. Things will be tough but millions have done it before.  I hope to make a conscious effort not to join these ranks of wives with condescending tones and claims to special privileges.  And I trust Ben will have no problem keeping me accountable :)  

And he can trust I will have no problem laughing when he actually gets poo'd on.