For expecting and first-year dads. No question is too basic.
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We had our baby 5 days ago and my wife wants to exclusively breastfeed. I get it but she's been in so much pain and I feel like supplementing with formula would help her. She gets
Our little guy is 6 weeks old and I swear he smiled at me today but everyone keeps telling me it's just gas. It felt real though. He was looking right at me and his face just lit u
Our son is 3 weeks old and the second we put him down he cries. The only way he'll sleep is if I'm holding him. My wife and I are exhausted. Is this normal? When does this phase en
Seriously how do you guys do this? The sleep deprivation is insane. My wife is recovering and doing the night feeds and I'm trying to help but I feel so useless. Like what's my job
My wife is going back to work part time next week and I'm going to be doing some solo parenting. Scheduled to give our daughter her first bath while mom's at work and I'm lowkey te
We're doing breast and bottle combo and my wife wants to pump at night so I can do a bottle feed and she can sleep more. I read something about it messing with supply but then I re
Not gonna lie I'm kind of a mess. My son is 6 weeks old and today he actually smiled at me intentionally. Not a gas smile, a real smile because he saw my face. Something in me just
My daughter is 6 weeks old and still up every 3 hours at night. People keep asking if she's sleeping through the night yet and when I say no they give me this look like I'm doing s
That was not in the YouTube videos. It's not in the hospital classes. It's not in the parenting books. It was just... everywhere. On the onesie, on the sleeper, on his back. How do
My son is 3 weeks old and he was looking at my face the other day and I swear we made eye contact and something shifted in my chest. Like suddenly all the memes about 'would die fo
Is this normal? My son will sleep for maybe 2 hours and then he's up screaming. My wife is breastfeeding so I can't really do much except maybe bottle feed expressed milk so she ca
My daughter is 6 weeks and we got our first real smile today. It destroyed me. I cried like a baby myself. Everyone says the newborn phase is hard but this moment made everything w
My son is 3 weeks old and I think I've slept maybe 4 hours total this week. I'm hallucinating. My wife and I are taking shifts but we're both zombies. People kept saying "sleep whe
We brought our son home yesterday and I don't think either of us slept more than 20 minutes. Every noise he makes, I'm convinced something's wrong. My wife is exhausted, baby is cr
My wife is breastfeeding our 6 week old but we want me to do some feedings with a bottle so she can get breaks. We got the bottles but when I try it, the baby screams and my wife g
We were combo feeding and my daughter was getting frustrated switching between breast and bottle. Talked to the lactation consultant and switched to bottle feeding pumped milk and
My son is 8 days old and I love him but honestly I don't feel that overwhelming connection yet. My wife seems instantly obsessed and I'm over here feeling like I'm just keeping him
My son is 3 weeks old and he's up every 2-3 hours. My wife is exclusively breastfeeding so I can't really help with that but I'm doing diaper changes and trying to soothe him and I
I was terrified I was going to break her or do it wrong. Watched three YouTube videos before I even tried. But honestly it's not that bad? I've definitely gotten faster and my wife
First time dad here with a 4 week old. He seems fussy no matter what position I hold him in. Tried the football hold, cradle hold, burping position, everything. My mom said I'm ten