I’m sorry. This will sound very unfeminist of me - but as I get older I realize just how unfeminist I truly am! I just read this article on Night Nannies on The New York Times and let me say that I am appalled. Now, not only are more and more children being shunted out the door to daycare at a younger and younger age, but now their parents can’t even get up with their baby in the middle of the night.

I’m not going to go into how bad this lack of interest in one’s children is - there are plenty of people who have done that already. Let me just say that I don’t understand why people who don’t want to hang out with their children even bother to have them. I’m sorry that waking up in the middle of the night to nurse or comfort your wee one is too much of a strain for you. I know your life and sleep are so much more important. Wake up people - they are only this tiny once in their life! Enjoy that time to snuggle - and catch up on your David Letterman watching. And if you don’t want to do the job of parenting…don’t become a parent. It’s not difficult. And it’s not a job that needs to be outsourced.