Advice

[jessesgirl]

What advice would you give an expecting father?

 

[Birbitt]

I think I would give an expecting father two pieces of advice...first don't be afraid to hold your baby they aren't quite as fragile as they look. Second, hire or get a volunteer housekeeper for your wife for the first month after the baby is born she'll need it!

 

[Hadassah]

I would also suggest that he do all he can to give his wife a break at night when he comes home from work. That helps HEAPS!!!

 

[Linnis]

Help your wife/mother of your child! She may look like she has it covered but recovering from child birth is tough.

Don't be afraid to hold, touch, change, bathe your child...these are times you can't get back.

 

[Robinsegg]

If this is the first child, I would suggest:
1. Going to whatever "father training" classes the hospital you're using for the delivery might offer . . . if that's the type of thing you'd learn from.
2. Ask the nurses at the hospital to show you how to change, swaddle, hold baby . . . and feed baby, if bottle-fed.
3. Help mommy do anything that requires lifting for the first 6 weeks.
4. Be patient with mommy, as her body, hormones, and emotions regulate after birth.

Rachel

 

[HeKnowsMyName]

Change diapers. Bathe the baby. Get up at night with the baby. Feed the baby (unless mother is nursing). If you do these things, when the baby gets two, he won't just want his Mommy, he'll let you do things for him as well.