We are expecting baby this month and have no family here to help us. Husband will be taking 5weeks off initially and I get about 5 months maternity leave. We are first time parents. Im thinking we can handle it by ourselves with no one’s help. Husband wants to be ready with all the help we can get. Can someone share your experience?
Plan is it get food delivered for first month or so.
I know it’s long shot but If you have any nanny contacts i’d really appreciate it. Btw we are in greater Seattle area.
Household income: $350k
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The way we set up our routine was that my wife would stay awake during the day to take care of the baby while I would sleep. In the nights, she’d sleep for a good 9-10 hours while I stayed awake and took care of the baby. We got our baby accustomed to bottle feeding as soon as we could. This way none of us was sleep deprived. We were both always well rested. I slept in the day and she slept in the night. At all costs, avoid staying awake together and wasting time. Maximize your sleep duration.
For the first few days after we got back home from the hospital, I wanted my wife to recover from the delivery and get as much rest as possible. So even during the day, I used to stay up for a few hours for her to take naps.
We didn’t cook at home. We ordered food delivery from healthy places (salads, soups etc). House cleaning was completely outsourced to a maid.
It is an absolute must that your husband should know every aspect of how to handle a baby. He should know it as well as you do so that he doesn’t wake you up to ask questions when you are sleeping.
I had attended all the pre-birth and baby care classes provided by our hospital and was as good as my wife in handling the baby independently.
Things got significantly easy after the first 3 months or so. The kid started waking up less frequently at night. By 5 months or so, we were both able to get a good night’s sleep since the child started sleeping for 6-7 hour stretches.