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I don't think anything like that could exist anyway seeing as how every child and their circumstances would be different.
Howdy! Our baby girl is one month old tomorrow. Three books that really helped me: The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin - a handbook for all things labor and delivery, wonderful reference, and very cheap to get secondhand Cribsheet by Emily Oster - data driven early childhood decisions. Super helpful from one month to 18 months. Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman - skip the book and read the 100 point appendix for ma…
I was in this same spot couple years ago. I read this book that was recommended in this very same forum. It's called Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool. It's by Emily Oster. It was helpful.
5 kids here. The reason they are all fluff is that there isn't that much to it. It's just a lot of work. (1) Feed baby. (2) Change baby. (3) Clothe and bathe baby. (4) Baby needs sleep. (5) Transport baby. (6) Troubleshooting "Feed baby" typically boils down to breastfeeding or formula only. Breastfeeding is a whole field unto itself. But for formula, get some bottles and some formula, and follow the directions on th…
Congrats! I became a dad 17 months ago. I would do both 1 & 2 if possible, and 3 if you feel like it. Total time cost is less than a weekend. 1. The Birth Partner - https://www.pennysimkin.com/shop/the-birth-partner-5th-editi... You can get by just skipping to the yellow-highlighted pages. They're 1-2 page How To's or summaries. Like a checklist of the stuff to put in your Go Bag. 2. Talk to different types of people…
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> - precut a bunch of little rectangles of paper towel for butt cream application Just use your fingers and then wash your hands. > - pump and use a bottle or just use formula if the baby is having a hard time eating in the first week, don’t let the breast dogmatists scare you Agreed. > - keep a box of gloves near the changing table. rather than leaving someone watching them on the table to wash your hands, just take…
You’re right about the gloves, I didn’t end up doing that one much. For the cream, I found washing thick oily cream off your fingers multiple times a day is a real pain.
Sounds like you want the Army Ranger’s Field Guide to Infant Civilians, which sadly doesn’t exist. The kind of people who write books about parenting can’t help but put in anecdotes and cute stories. That said, the most helpful resources for me have been: 1. Happiest Baby on the Block. Chapter 1 is an outline of the full book and is pretty close to what you ask for. I had never cared for a child before, and reading i…
Appreciate the recs, I'll check them out.
If they are crying, try walking around while carrying them. They cry much less while you’re walking. This is a lot more important than it may appear at first glance.
Subscribe to: https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/signups/ (I'm a 9 month old dad).
In the UK, the NCT[0] runs courses. I hope there are equivalents elsewhere. They are a few weeks long, e.g. an evening a week. They cover the basics you mentioned, including practical stuff for the parents and the baby around pregnancy, birth and infancy. Being part of a cohort was valuable for discussing and socialising the ideas, and it was far more valuable to me than e.g. reading from a book. They were also a gre…