Congratulations, and trust me, you'll survive. You'll all survive.
Talk to people you trust once the baby's born about survival techniques: how to spell each other, taking turns alternate nights so you get enough sleep to not go insane.
The choice to introduce a night-bottle if you're baby is breast fed is a personal one, but one that allowes the all important 2am feed to be gender neutral, and therefore shared.
Naps can save your sanity too, even a few hours, where you can. To hell with housework, food, whatever, when that kid sleeps, drop everything and sleep too!
Decide sleep routine details you want your child to follow, and start as you mean to begin. Do you want your child to have a midnight bedtime, to need an hour of 'playtime' at 2am if he/she wakes before they can fall back asleep, and to co-sleep with mom and dad until he or she is 6? Then choose that and stick to it.
Wait, you don't want your that? Then guard against it by setting up good sleep habits as soon as is reasonable -my son was 'sleeping through the
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Trust me man, it's surprising how little sleep you actually need to function. it will get better and you may luck out and get a baby who sleeps.
We don't... was up until 4:30am this morning now keep in mind this IS exceptional and we're going through teething and sleep trainign and all this awesome stuff you have to look forward to.
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Talk to people you trust once the baby's born about survival techniques: how to spell each other, taking turns alternate nights so you get enough sleep to not go insane.
The choice to introduce a night-bottle if you're baby is breast fed is a personal one, but one that allowes the all important 2am feed to be gender neutral, and therefore shared.
Naps can save your sanity too, even a few hours, where you can. To hell with housework, food, whatever, when that kid sleeps, drop everything and sleep too!
Decide sleep routine details you want your child to follow, and start as you mean to begin. Do you want your child to have a midnight bedtime, to need an hour of 'playtime' at 2am if he/she wakes before they can fall back asleep, and to co-sleep with mom and dad until he or she is 6? Then choose that and stick to it.
Wait, you don't want your that? Then guard against it by setting up good sleep habits as soon as is reasonable -my son was 'sleeping through the ( ... )
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Even if it doesn't provide her any comfort, at least it will keep her on her side of the bed.
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We don't... was up until 4:30am this morning now keep in mind this IS exceptional and we're going through teething and sleep trainign and all this awesome stuff you have to look forward to.
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Yeah, a child that sleeps is ideal, but having a village raise a child is a sure win.
A rubber, or cheap, coffee mugs, for when you fall asleep standing in your kitchen at 4am, holding coffee.
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Happiest of wishes. Good to *see* you here again.
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