Everyone deserves rest when it comes to the issue of giving birth, we have some responsible fathers who are always there to help their wives during pregnancy, so I would say fathers deserve paternity leave as well. Yes, I believe fathers should also be allowed to take paternity leave to bond with their children and support their partners during the postpartum period.
Some fathers are the ones running the errands at home when their wives are pregnant, starting from washing clothes, taking care of the house, and even cooking for the wife, we all know how women can be so dramatic when it comes to issues of pregnancy, their cravings is never from this world.
I remember When my sister was pregnant, the husband took time to take care of her because no family member was around to help with the house chores, he was the one to be running around just to make his wife happy.
During the seven months, I went for visiting just to check on her and spent two to three days, this particular night I heard my sister murmuring around 3:00 am so I stood up to ask what the problem was, the husband told me that my sister is requesting for Masa, people from the northern part of the country eats this food and it is mostly prepared by people who sells it in the street, masa is street food, it can be paired with suya or stew, on a normal day where will that man get such thing around that time, he had to be begging my sister that he would get that for her the next day.
It wasn't funny that night because my sister couldn't sleep again and that was how we ended up sitting and looking at each other till dawn, I can imagine what that man would be going through, the next day I packed my luggage and went back to my house because I can't deal with her.
Fathers deserve more treatment when their wives give birth to calm their mental health and regain their stability, the stress they go through during that process is always too much, I am talking about the responsible ones, not the ones who will always run away from their responsibility.
Also, there is a lot of stress after giving birth, some children love to be awake during the night and sleep during the day, and this can take a toll on the husband too, we only see that women are the ones doing the work but no, fathers are also trying as well, some fathers will be the one to put the baby to sleep, singing and dancing for the baby to sleep, so having a paternity leave for the fathers won't be a bad idea.
Giving fathers paternity leave fosters a stronger family unit, encouraging equal parenting responsibilities, it will help them to bond with their families, have enough time to spend at home, and also relax without thinking of work.
Also during paternity leave, shared responsibilities reduce the mother's workload, fathers should be available during this period to take care of the home, this will promote the wife's physical and mental recovery. Some men always think that is the duty of women to carry out all the duties after giving birth but it is not, like the way you deserve rest, the new mother too deserves rest and receive all the care she can get from the husband, this is the little you can do as a husband to make your wife happy.
This is my entry for today's episode of hivelearners community prompt of #hl-w127e3 which is tagged PATERNITY LEAVE
