My Husband Gave His Couch in the Delivery Room to My MIL and Went on a Boys’ Trip Instead – He Got a Lesson He’ll Never Forget

And he did. Luke started getting up for the midnight feedings without being asked.

He learned how to swaddle our son properly, how to tell the difference between hungry cries and tired cries. He stopped disappearing after work to “decompress” and started coming straight home to help with dinner and bath time.

For the first time since our son was born, Luke was actually present. Not just physically there, but emotionally invested in every little moment.

But he never lived down what he did.

Janet made sure of that.

Sometimes karma doesn’t wait. It shows up in your hospital room wearing a “Boys Weekend” T-shirt and a guilty smile. And sometimes it comes in the form of your own mother handing you a diaper at three in the morning and saying, “Welcome to parenthood, son.

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