The amount of work in your life has now more than effectively doubled- find ways to remove load as quickly as possible . There are laundry, cleaning , food services etc and you should use them to the point of feeling guilty. My wife’s work gave her $4000 in meal kits for our daughters first year driven by her very hard-nosed boss (and former working mom) - we can all emulate her wise example.
Don’t be bullied by parents and family on kids. As others have said their advice is pretty limited to their experience and after a few days may be / may not be helpful. For me the biggest help of grandparents was in keeping the older kids occupied when new arrivals came.
Be careful around water. Accidental drownings are super easy with this set.
Some things I’d do differently :
Get work squared away so you can support mom. If she’s breastfeeding there’s a lot of load she’s going to bear and having work stuff interfere will make you tired and ineffective.
Sleep more. I’ve never been so tired as my first who refused to sleep consistently for three months.
Some super biased thoughts on stuff:
I get every new parent in my life a set of Aden and Anais Muslim swaddle blankets - family, friends , coworkers. Good swaddles make your life so much easier.
Start a college savings fund and tell everyone you’d prefer they contribute to that vs plastic junk. You might get a few takers on something with enduring value.
You are about to get a tsunami of useless crap from lots of well(?)-meaning people in your life. Keep a pretty clear shot for the useless things to go to donate or other parents. 80% of what you receive rounds to useless.
> Start a college savings fund and tell everyone you’d prefer they contribute to that vs plastic junk. You might get a few takers on something with enduring value.
Such a great idea. Alternatively, get a snow shovel to use when cleaning up the house because there will be a lot of plastic junk.
The amount of work in your life has now more than effectively doubled- find ways to remove load as quickly as possible . There are laundry, cleaning , food services etc and you should use them to the point of feeling guilty. My wife’s work gave her $4000 in meal kits for our daughters first year driven by her very hard-nosed boss (and former working mom) - we can all emulate her wise example.
Don’t be bullied by parents and family on kids. As others have said their advice is pretty limited to their experience and after a few days may be / may not be helpful. For me the biggest help of grandparents was in keeping the older kids occupied when new arrivals came.
Be careful around water. Accidental drownings are super easy with this set.
Some things I’d do differently :
Get work squared away so you can support mom. If she’s breastfeeding there’s a lot of load she’s going to bear and having work stuff interfere will make you tired and ineffective.
Sleep more. I’ve never been so tired as my first who refused to sleep consistently for three months.
Some super biased thoughts on stuff:
I get every new parent in my life a set of Aden and Anais Muslim swaddle blankets - family, friends , coworkers. Good swaddles make your life so much easier.
Start a college savings fund and tell everyone you’d prefer they contribute to that vs plastic junk. You might get a few takers on something with enduring value.
You are about to get a tsunami of useless crap from lots of well(?)-meaning people in your life. Keep a pretty clear shot for the useless things to go to donate or other parents. 80% of what you receive rounds to useless.