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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This. Don't hang back and leave your partner to do the child care heavy lifting. Get stuck in right away. We didn't have any choice, as my wife had a c-section and we had twins. Those first 8 hours when it was just me and the newborns, with my wife zonked out after the surgery, threw me into the deep end. But it was the best thing that could have happened. I did the first changes, the first swaddling, etc., and it gave me the sense of being just as capable and responsible for the children as my wife.
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Agreed. Don't be one of those dads who "babysits" his own kids, or "helps his wife out with the kids". It's called being a parent and you are one of them.