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[quote=Anonymous]1) read up on infant sleep. You may change your mind, but if you and your spouse agree on an approach now, you’ve at least got a starting place, and potentially you’re all prepared. Personally, I’m a fan of early (4 months) CIO and use the Sleep Easy Solution book, but there are tons of other schools of thought. 2) if you’ve done any reading on this site, you’ll see that a major workload imbalance between husband and wives is a common, difficult problem. Assuming you want an egalitarian marriage, get ahead of this! Have some conversation. Maybe list out some “zones” that one or the other of you will take on completely. For example, in my house I handle all the clothes stuff - laundry, organizing, shopping for the kids. My husband handles all the cooking. Work that out now - it may change, but you’ll at least start off in the right foot. Don’t forget emotional labor. Whose going to remember to order diapers? Whose going to remember to schedule the pediatrician appointments? Etc, etc. 3) sleep. All the time, as much as you can. [/quote]
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