It could have been any play group in the Washington area, except for the diaper bags. No Vera Bradley flowers, no pastel polka dots. The bags lying around Matt Vossler's Rockville living room Tuesday afternoon were dark Eddie Bauer canvas. One was red but, as its owner quickly pointed out, "very metrosexual."
"Potty training was a lot of angst for me," Vossler, 43, a onetime paralegal, told the group.
"Bottle feeding was my angst," said Matt Trebon, 36, a former Capitol Hill staffer, as his 3-year-old daughter nuzzled his side.
"And trying to get them to eat well," Vossler continued, bringing up his 6-year-old. "Martin is all carbs."
"Eight days -- no diapers!" Trebon suddenly announced, thrusting his fists into the air.
With their wives as breadwinners, the fathers are part of a small but growing group of men who are quitting or retooling their careers to stay home with their children.
This from the Washington Post.
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