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My husband pitched in. He cooked, washed up, did laundry. I breastfed and we co-slept.

Both our families are in Europe. We lived in a small apartment (for DC1 and DC2), which made the postpartum period a little easier - less housework. [/quote]

Me again. Honestly, I don't quite understand when everyone says it's hard. Yes, there is plenty of sleep deprivation at first, but that's also the time when I'm most motivated to get up and care for the baby, because I'm full of motherly instinct or whatnot :-) . My first was born with special needs, so his health was a big concern. But the actual daily routine? Not a problem.

Perhaps when you say it's hard, you mean you have other things going on apart from newborn/early childhood and work? Because that's all we did for a while, and that's all we wanted to do. We didn't have hobbies, we didn't plan regular parties, etc...

Now my kids are teens, I foster puppies for a rescue, and there's still plenty of sleep deprivation (newborn care, potty-training, etc). Motherly instinct needing an outlet, I guess.[/quote]

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