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Slept. Helped. Enjoyed time with my daughter. Rinse. Repeat.
You’ll be busy.
And congrats!
As a dad of 3, I think you’re underestimating how much time caregiving takes. An infant may still be on a 2-3 bottle cycle and 2–3 nap cycle. You are always getting ready for, or cleaning up after, one of those things. During my 2 “real” pat leaves (first kid was during MBA), I basically:
- Did lots of caregiving
- Caught up on TV during bottles and snuggle naps
- 2-3 days / wk, went to library, music class, park play dates, anything with adult interaction that entertained the kiddo
- Cranked through honey-do list, 30 minutes ata time (and some days not at all)
Good luck. It’s an awesome time.
By the way, the was with kids #2 and #3. I had a few skills by then. If don’t get past the caregiving part for a couple weeks, don’t sweat it. It’s hard.
I was planning to do a bunch of things around the house, and only managed to accomplish about 20%. Looking back I would have lowered my expectations going in, and enjoy every moment with the little one. This experience won't come back; house chores and learning opportunities will always be there.
My son would not nap for me unless I wore him and we were walking. I walked 4 to 6 hours a day.
Other than walks, go run one errand a day. Start small and build up your confidence. Just give yourself plenty of time.
I had ZERO kid experience before having my son so I simply used the time to build up my confidence and parenting skills.
This is pretty similar to me. Watched the sopranos and a lot of nba playoffs. If you’re a Celtics fan, it was the overachieving team without Hayward and Kyrie. Fun times
I got a massive portion of the honey-do list done. newborns sleep like rocks, it's a good opportunity
Most people I know look for jobs and interview.
On a good day, could get in 1 hour at driving range and a ride on the peloton.
Lavish time on your SO. One or the other of you is likely to be sleeping, but take care of each other.
there's always new skills to learn, like using your driver's seat as a changing table, how to hold a baby, feed it, and still do a presentation remotely, finding out you can actually function on four hours of sleep a night, and figuring out how to fit all that stuff in you grocery cart along with the baby seat.
I built the Saturn V5 rocket with my five year old. It was a great bonding experience.
Ha, I also built that same one. On my own though, as the kiddo was only a few months old. I'm eyeing the new lunar module now!
podcasts and wireless headphones if you want to be productive
I built a home gym, took care of chores around the house (laundry, clean house, cars, anything broken or needed fixing), tried to make dinner (key word: try lol), made her as relaxed as possible during the transition, sent pics and videos, bonded with the baby on a deeper level.
Thanks very much for your advice and kind words! 2 weeks in and my experience has been like many of you have described.
I’ve knocked out some larger projects around the house but only because I have the occasional extended visits from the grandparents... otherwise you’re going to be plenty busy as the primary caregiver. I had dreams (now realized they were delusions) that I’d learn some new stuff, get an Xbox, etc. but none of that has materialized. Just expect to be 100% heads down with the kid and have one or two things teed up if/when you get some free time. Otherwise just enjoy it, you’ll never get that time back