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We got discharged from the hospital yesterday morning and brought our daughter home. She's sleeping right now but every few minutes I get up to check if she's still breathing. I kn
My son is 3 weeks old and honestly I still feel kind of disconnected from him. Everyone keeps asking if I'm in love with him and I'm like yeah sure but mostly I just see him as thi
Newborn is 6 days old and I think I've had maybe 8 hours of actual sleep total. I'm hallucinating a little bit. My wife is worse off obviously but I didn't expect this level of tir
My wife is two weeks postpartum and struggling hard with feeding. Cracked nipples, latching issues, and she's barely sleeping because the baby eats every 1.5 to 2 hours. I feel use
Our baby is 5 weeks old and barely sleeps. We're doing 2 hour shifts at night and I'm running on fumes. Yesterday I snapped at my 3yo over nothing and he just looked at me with sad
First time dad here. Our daughter is 2 weeks old and my wife is set on exclusive breastfeeding. I get it and I support her choice but I feel pretty useless. I can't feed her, I can
We're at 3 months and I still feel like I have no idea what I'm doing. Is my baby crying because he's hungry, tired, gassy, or just because he's a baby? I can't interpret his cries
We brought our son home 3 weeks ago and he's basically attached to me. The second I put him down in the bassinet he screams. Doctor says he's healthy and fed but he just wants to b
Baby girl just arrived two days ago and I've been watching my wife do the diaper changes. Today she asked me to do one and my hands were literally shaking. Got the diaper off fine
My son is 3 weeks old and we're running on fumes here. We're trying the shift system where my wife sleeps 9pm to 1am and I take 1am to 5am. Even getting 4 hour stretches feels amaz
We're doing combo feeding with breast and bottle. Just started introducing bottles with expressed milk so my wife can get a break. How do you know if baby is getting enough? She se
My wife is really struggling with latching and nursing is painful for her. Pediatrician says baby is getting enough but it's rough watching her be in pain every feed. We got a pump
We're on day 14 and I feel like I haven't put my son down in days. The second we try to set him in the bassinet he loses it. Is this normal? I keep reading that you're not supposed
Been home on paternity leave for the last 6 weeks and honestly it's been amazing spending time with my daughter. Now I have to go back and I'm dreading it. Not because of work but
My 6 week old has been doing these little smiles and I honestly can't tell if it's a real smile or just gas. Everyone says it's gas but I want to believe my kid is already the happ
Been a dad for 2 months and my son gave me a real genuine smile this morning during feeding time. Not a gas smile, a real one. He locked eyes with me and just grinned. I literally
Holy crap. Literally. I thought I was prepared for this. Read the books, watched the videos, felt confident. Nothing prepares you. It was everywhere. On the onesie, on the changing
Our daughter is almost 3 months and still waking up twice a night for feeding. My wife is exhausted and honestly so am I. We've tried everything - white noise, blackout curtains, k
My son won't sleep longer than 90 minutes at a time and it's destroying me. My wife and I have tried everything - white noise, swaddling, the bassinet right next to the bed. I'm ru
My daughter is 6 weeks old and I swear she smiled at me yesterday but everyone says it was probably gas. It didn't look like gas though, her whole face lit up when I was talking to