I'm hesitant to give advice, because everyone and their dog seems to have the secret when you're a new parent, but these are a few things that worked for us or made a difference along the way. Use or disregard as you see fit:
- this really helped my wife get out of bed after her c-section (was a painful nightmare for her up then):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiDy0d7sKQo
- to ensure we were each able to get a dedicated amount of sleep, I would be responsible for everything baby-related from the time I got home from work until 1:00 am (easier for us because our daughter was formula fed) and my wife would take over after that
- diapers - they can all fit differently and some parents choose cloth for the obvious reasons, but for us - President's Choice worked every bit as well as Pampers, fit our daughter better than Huggies, and were barely half the price - it adds up over a couple years!
- sleep - this book was given to us and I can't second recommend it highly enough - we followed the instructions to a 'T' at the 5 month mark and after the 5th night, right on cue, our daughter slept through the night and we never looked back - it was like we had a different baby once she was getting enough sleep:
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca...5603-item.html