Which is why a confused father came to Reddit after a fight with his wife, asking if he had actually messed up as badly as she thought:
AITA (Am I the A-hole) as a father for coming to my child when she is calling for mother in the middle of the night?
mkomkomko writes:
My wife and I were asleep in our bedroom. Our daughter (3) screamed 'mommy' in the middle of the night in her room.
I ran over as fast as I could to see what was wrong and to prevent our other daughter (1) from waking up from the noise.
We had a big fight, and her standpoint is that only she is allowed to go to our daughter when she calls for mommy. Especially because she is at home with the kids right now and I have to work.