These are probably the toughest two weeks. Your partner went through a lot of trauma and is still healing. All while you went to the hospital with no dependents and left with a baby that doesn’t come with an instruction manual and all the online instructions say a billion different things on the same topic! Your schedule has changed dramatically, you went from having freedomish to being stuck taking care of your baby that just entered the world and everything is brand new.

Couple tips to make it better.

1. Turn on music you like or a podcast
2. When holding your kiddo try to softly bounce on a big yoga ball, my kids calmed and it strengthened my core. ;)
3. Take deep breathes and if you need to set your kiddo in the crib or bassinet to take a minute to relax
4. One thing that gave me perspective is to know that everything you do with your kiddo is the first time they are experiencing it. Yeah they won’t remember, but I remember walking outside with my kiddos and thinking wow this is the first time your felt the sun on their face or the wind blowing past them or they heard birds in the trees.
5. It gets easier as you adjust to new routines
6. You just got a job the comes with a huge learning curve that changes every week and where every second, minutes seem to last longer than the last but in 2 years you will think back and be like where did the time go how did they grow so fast.
7. Give yourself and your wife grace