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Reply to "What didn't you understand until you were a parent and now you do"
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[quote=Anonymous]That you really, really need to have a very detailed conversation with your spouse about child care responsibilities and household chores *before* the baby is born. If you just assume it will all work itself out, odds are you will slip into a highly gendered division of labor and at least one of you will be very resentful. Questions to discuss before the baby comes: who gets up in the middle of the night? who gets up early in the morning? who takes time off from work? how much time? who's in charge on weekends? how much are you willing to let in-laws/grandparents visit/help? do you agree re breast versus bottle? cloth versus disposable diapers? what's your infant sleep philosophy? do you agree about the value of day care versus nannies etc? where will you live? will you both work long-term? and so on ignore these at our peril.[/quote]
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