What should every Dad know?
• Trust your instincts. You’ll soon be the world’s leading expert on your own baby. • Learn from the best. Ask the hospital nurses to teach you to change, swaddle and bathe your baby. • When it comes to Mom, remember to be patient and positive. Communication and support are the keys. You’ll be closer for it. • Stand your ground. Don’t let anyone push you away from your baby: not your Mother-in-law, your mate, your boss, no one. • Learn as a family, just the three of you. Keep help in the first weeks down to what is needed so it doesn’t become interference. • Your baby is portable. You can take your baby anywhere. Babies don’t limit you. • You will get tired and frustrated. Relax and count to a high number until it passes. • Make eye contact. Babies talk with their eyes! • Relax and enjoy your baby. Make it a daily habit to play with your new baby, check out her tiny feet, have him fall asleep on your chest, etc. These moments pass very quickly. • When times are difficult, they will pas
