and I know completely masculine guys who do Mommy-squee

Oh, yes, that's always fun to see and/or hear.

Also, on a completely different topic:

I haven't done anything with my writing in about a month, but one of the muses seems to have woken up at last. The sap/fluff/romance muse, which means that the fic I started on for your birthday challenge is moving again. Sluggishly, but it's moving. ^_^;