Role Out

"My daughter—for whom I gave up margaritas and caffeine and even pain relievers for nine months, the child I labored 13 hours to bring into the world, the daughter I sang to and continued to nurse even after her first teeth came in—runs right past me and straight into the arms of her daddy," laments Andrea Todd in the October Self magazine article, entitled "My Husband Is a Better Mother."

The title does play off the stereotypical mom and dad, but she is clear on what her and her husband's strengths are as parents. Todd concludes with a nice perspective on grabbing the best from both mom and dad to aid a child.

** If Daddy is mommy and mums is daddum, maybe we need new names? **