Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25536775-20160522145949/@comment-24674051-20160523024834

Given what we know about Rumple, I would not be surprised if He is the one that ends up sidelined taking care of the baby. He crippled himself so that he could be home with Bae, He made the (poorly conceived) Deal to save Bae's life, He became the Dark One primarily to protect Bae from having to serve in the Ogre War, he spent 200 years pursuing Bae after making the mistake of breaking a promise, and he sacrificed himself to protect Bae and Belle. He is very protective of family, and this child would be no different. The child could give Rumple an opportunity to try the parenting thing again, and see if he can learn from and avoid the mistakes he made the first time.

I'm not saying that is what is going to happen, just saying that it is a possibility.