ミルクデー｜Milk Day｜2021/02/18

リモートワークが増えて家にいることも多くなった。ムスメも３ヶ月になりボクも子育てをちゃんと経験するにはいいチャンスだと考えた。しかしそんな子育ては甘くなかった。パソコンに向かおうとするとムスメは泣いて抱っこやミルクやオムツ交換を要求してくる。これらの作業は両手を使うので、パソコンは使えない。しかも絶えず呼ばれるので仕事も途切れ途切れになって進まない。結局仕事も子育ても中途半端でかえってストレスを抱えてしまう。そこで子育てに専念する「ミルクデー」を設けることにした。この日はムスメ最優先。今日はその第一日目だけど、すでに夜中に泣かれてボクは疲れ気味。はたしてどうなることやら。（絵と文：サカキテツ朗）
The number of remote work has increased and I often stay at home. My daughter has become three months, and I thought it was a good chance to experience child-rearing. However, such child-rearing was not easy. When I try to start to work at the computer, my daughter cries and asks for a hug, milk and diaper change. I can't use a computer because I use both hands for these tasks. Moreover, because she calls me constantly, my work is interrupted and it does not proceed. After all, I can not work or raise a child, I get stressed halfway. So I decide to set up a "milk day" dedicated to raising child. She has the highest priority on this day. Today is the first day, but she was already crying in the middle of last night and I'm feeling tired. I wonder what will happen. -Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki