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A new baby is going to upset your routine and add a lot of stress. Make sure you are taking care of you, and one another so you can take the best care of baby. Eat good, healthy food. Prioritize good sleep. Get some exercise. Give each other some free time to just be normal again. Don’t take on too much. A new baby is enough without having other things competing for your attention.
If people ask how to help, get them to cook you a meal. A freezer with a bunch of home-cooked meals ready to go is a huge blessing when you hardly have time for cheese and crackers.
Your baby is going to follow your lead. If you don’t lead, they will, and you will be a stressed out zombie because what do they know about anything?
As soon as possible, and for your sanity, investigate sleep training. This was a game changer to have baby(s) sleep through the night., and to have evenings back again. I think we started at 8wks. Basically you feed lots throughout the day and don’t let them nap too long so they are full and tired by bed time. Took maybe 1 week to get our twins on schedule and they have slept through the night ever since. Check out “baby wise”.
Take lots of video. Lots of pictures. Memories fade fast when you are sleep deprived and just hanging on. It’s nice to have a reminder of the early days, to remember how they sounded when they were just fresh to the world.
Being a father is a pretty amazing thing. If you lean into it, you’ll never smile so much.
- Noone's mentioned sleep training yet, so this is helpful! Thanks for sharing. I'm super excited, just trying to figure out how to handle the lack of sleep :-)pseud