John is gonna leave Elly at home alone with the baby on her first day?? Shame on you. Her mom is several provinces away and your mom is up north on the farm. Hope Liz will stay around and help. My MIL was so helpful. With my older, she stayed an slept at our apartment for a week. We were blessed. She lived in the same city but she stayed with us. With our second, she stayed three nights. My mom was not able to stay with me as her health was deteriorating and she died before my younger was born. So I am indebted to my MIL – who, I suspect, was not too fond of me at the time. I suspect she wanted someone else for her oldest son but she had the grace to stay with me and help out.
One thing nobody really talks about is how your seat feels after baby is born. Well, sitting down ain’t comfy! My favourite gift to a brand-new mom is an egg timer and a box of “TUCKS” pads. The Tucks reduce swelling and inflammation and make life much easier. The egg timer is for the middle of the night when you’ve been up many times and done everything you can do and baby is STILL crying. It allows you to take a 10-minute time out.
I my maternity days, the hospital gave us “peri bottles”. I hated those darn things! I swear that my Dr. embroidered the Declaration of Independence on my bottom!
Who said he was going to work? Maybe he was going to the store, or take the garbage out. The month of April can still be cold. No need for “male bashing” John was always a caring father and a compassionate husband.
Maybe he’s going to the store to get diapers or some other things. We don’t really know.
When you have your own business you don’t have paid paternity leave. In the 80’s, as others have pointed out, men didn’t have that sort of thing, either. There certainly wasn’t that kind of expectation. So his going off to work (assuming that’s what he’s doing) isn’t an issue for them.
Granted, it was a long time ago but when two of the three of us kids were born Dad had to go to work. He was a principal and two of us were born during the school year, so he had to work (one brother was born during the summer). In those days mothers stayed in the hospital for awhile after giving birth. Dad had to arrange for babysitters for when he went to work while Mom was in the hospital. When mom came home she was on her own during the day, although she did have a housekeeper who came in twice a week to help out. When my older sister came home from school (different dad), she helped out. Nobody thought anything out it. It’s just how it was done.
Different when you have a C-section. No issues with your “bottom”. But I doubt she had an episiotomy at home. That said, a C-section comes with other issues. My incision became infected….it was a nightmare. No matter which way you go, it’s not an easy thing to go through.
Remember, this cartoon is an ongoing saga, that was stopped and then began again from the beginning, retelling it with some modification, in response to the artist/creator’s divorce.
Shouldn’t Elly be in a hospital after giving birth? I mean in school, I learned that mom’s like Elly who have just given birth are at risk for bleeding and infection. Plus being postpartum, she’s also at risk for postpartum depression. She really should have been in the hospital to be screened.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
peachy
howtheduck over 4 years ago
“Yes, mom. The baby’s fine, and I feel wonderful. You definitely don’t need to come and help me out. We are doing great!”
capricorn9th over 4 years ago
John is gonna leave Elly at home alone with the baby on her first day?? Shame on you. Her mom is several provinces away and your mom is up north on the farm. Hope Liz will stay around and help. My MIL was so helpful. With my older, she stayed an slept at our apartment for a week. We were blessed. She lived in the same city but she stayed with us. With our second, she stayed three nights. My mom was not able to stay with me as her health was deteriorating and she died before my younger was born. So I am indebted to my MIL – who, I suspect, was not too fond of me at the time. I suspect she wanted someone else for her oldest son but she had the grace to stay with me and help out.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
I’m hoping she just doesn’t want her mother to worry. Yeah, I’m skeptical too, but I’m hoping that’s what it is!
Gerard:D over 4 years ago
Lynn’s Comments:
One thing nobody really talks about is how your seat feels after baby is born. Well, sitting down ain’t comfy! My favourite gift to a brand-new mom is an egg timer and a box of “TUCKS” pads. The Tucks reduce swelling and inflammation and make life much easier. The egg timer is for the middle of the night when you’ve been up many times and done everything you can do and baby is STILL crying. It allows you to take a 10-minute time out.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 4 years ago
‘Feel’ is a relative term. This means how you actually feel is revealed differently to different relatives.
summerdog over 4 years ago
I my maternity days, the hospital gave us “peri bottles”. I hated those darn things! I swear that my Dr. embroidered the Declaration of Independence on my bottom!
DaveQuinn over 4 years ago
Who said he was going to work? Maybe he was going to the store, or take the garbage out. The month of April can still be cold. No need for “male bashing” John was always a caring father and a compassionate husband.
kathleenhicks62 over 4 years ago
She tells her mother this so she won’t come to “help”-she needs to get a donut pillow.
Sassy's Mom over 4 years ago
Maybe he’s going to the store to get diapers or some other things. We don’t really know.
When you have your own business you don’t have paid paternity leave. In the 80’s, as others have pointed out, men didn’t have that sort of thing, either. There certainly wasn’t that kind of expectation. So his going off to work (assuming that’s what he’s doing) isn’t an issue for them.
Granted, it was a long time ago but when two of the three of us kids were born Dad had to go to work. He was a principal and two of us were born during the school year, so he had to work (one brother was born during the summer). In those days mothers stayed in the hospital for awhile after giving birth. Dad had to arrange for babysitters for when he went to work while Mom was in the hospital. When mom came home she was on her own during the day, although she did have a housekeeper who came in twice a week to help out. When my older sister came home from school (different dad), she helped out. Nobody thought anything out it. It’s just how it was done.
dlkrueger33 over 4 years ago
Different when you have a C-section. No issues with your “bottom”. But I doubt she had an episiotomy at home. That said, a C-section comes with other issues. My incision became infected….it was a nightmare. No matter which way you go, it’s not an easy thing to go through.
snailgate over 4 years ago
Remember, this cartoon is an ongoing saga, that was stopped and then began again from the beginning, retelling it with some modification, in response to the artist/creator’s divorce.
Mijo94 over 4 years ago
Shouldn’t Elly be in a hospital after giving birth? I mean in school, I learned that mom’s like Elly who have just given birth are at risk for bleeding and infection. Plus being postpartum, she’s also at risk for postpartum depression. She really should have been in the hospital to be screened.