Mom? Dad? Shared responsibility? If you are a same-gender couple, how do you split the responsibility?
As a new mom, it is very easy to take on the main part or all of the responsibility for your new baby. While this can create a really strong bond between mom and baby, it also creates tired mothers!
Letting dad (or your partner) help out is good for many reasons, such as mom being less tired, a stronger bond between dad and baby, and that you as a couple will feel more like a team with being
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As a new mom, it is very easy to take on the main part or all of the responsibility for your new baby. While this can create a really strong bond between mom and baby, it also creates tired mothers!
Letting dad (or your partner) help out is good for many reasons, such as mom being less tired, a stronger bond between dad and baby, and that you as a couple will feel more like a team with being a new family.
For babies who accepts the bottle (breastfed or not) or who don’t eat, only wake up, there really are no limits to how much the other parent can help out at night.
Many breastfed babies don’t accept a bottle, however, and there is also the risk of nipple confusion for babies starting to reject the breast if introducing a bottle too early. (Even if it is full of breast milk.)
But even without a bottle, dad can help out at night! (Hint: He doesn’t have to do the breastfeeding – he can still be of great help.
I'd love to know who attends to your baby more at night?