Fellas is it gay to have a kid?

To all the people putting guys down for using it, screw you. If it gets dad's more involved in parenting, that's categorically a good thing!

Is it a cheap trick to boost some men's confidence? Yes. But so what? If your wife has an overly girly nappy bag, an "ironic" overly manly one has a lot more effect than you might think.

A lot of men are very insecure, when it comes to parenting. There is a massive amount of training and advice out there for mums, but VERY little for dads. We are left in a limbo of either being disconnected, and complained about, or bumbling and being complained about. It's improving, but slowly.

When we had our first, there was a military spouse who would take old uniforms and turn them into really cool diaper bags (the side was the front of the shirt with name and service tapes). It wasn't camo, because my service just wears blue, but they ended up being effective and unique.

Honestly is one of those cases of "if tbis stupid thing gets you to do it, go ahead".

What a ridiculous thing to own (and I actually served!). 😅

I actually own this. It’s fantastic!!!!! The baby diaper bag is a must have. It’s been to hell and back with two kids on many of family trips across the country and outings. the material it’s made out of are kid proof which is saying a lot

Hot take: This is just an aesthetic, like baby aesthetic. Nothing wrong with it. Bro lines CoD

Tactical dads are OP

When I first saw this when my wife was pregnant I was really annoyed & upset & scoffing at the thing. But then I looked at it & it has all the functional shit I should expect out of parenting gear & pockets/ loops galore.

then I got mad all over again because it shouldn't just be MEN'S baby gear that has all the utilities.

the patriarchy done got me again

Not sure how this is any different than buying any of the branded fashion bags. Those offer no special or unique functionality, just a name and maybe a specific material design.

Smells more like Call of Doody.

Actually, Call of Daddy is the name of the queer dating sim I made.

When my kids were babies a “man’s” diaper bag looked like a leather satchel.

Thing was awesome, too. The flap was attached with Velcro and was padded plastic on the inside so you could use it as a changing mat.

It held about a dozen diapers and a full pack of wipes and a change of clothes and snacks.

All the moms at the park were jealous.

Who gave this baby an infant to carry?

Well, other than it being all tacti-cool in aesthetics, standard baby gear is not as well arranged as what's in the picture.

That gear in the pic would let you carry the baby stuff with your hands free and able to actually take care of an infant out and about. Waaay better than the usual shoulder sling or backpack options, and absurdly better than the kinds meant to be carried by hand.

There's a reason surplus gear used to be wildly popular. It was mostly designed to work. It would be better than what you could get outside of a surplus store, even when what you were getting was years out of date and current issue was better. With companies making stuff that's built with stuff like molle in mind, following principles that make what's being carried leave hands free but be reasonably accessible, shit just works better, even though it looks ugly.

If I'm toting an infant around, I don't need pretty, I need comfortable and capable.

I mean, with how America is going, a kevlar baby carrier might be a reasonable purchase. Sigh.

Tactical papoose.