2 weeks left to DB

[newmama]

Like you though Babydoll, I would H to be playing the carer role, not my family... it's weighing on my mind.

I think I might have kind of lightly skipped over this concern, Piano! Sorry- I was thinking you were more worried about everyone's treatment of him OR if HE would not feel comfortable if they were there!

OK so here is what all the baby books say so you probably already know. But they advise that moms LET dads get in there and change diapers, get the blankets, get you ice water and food, rock baby to sleep, bathe baby...all without criticizing.

My WH was very confident and not scared of mishandling S. So he just dove right in. It seems like bathing is the dad duty. I did think of the future relationship that I wanted S to have with WH so I agreed to pump some milk into bottles and let him give him a bottle every night after the first week. HOWEVER I ended up using a silicon nipple shield to breast feed so S didn't get nipple confusion between the breast and the bottle! The bottle nipples were silicon too.

Do try to have a picture of you and your H and the baby I think so that when your daughter is older, she might like to see the parents together who created her from love. You know? I have that ONE at least.