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[quote=Anonymous]It's not easy, but it's doable. Few key things, at least for me:

1) Sleep train right at 4 months. The miserable parents I knew were still getting up multiple times a night (!!) with their 18 month olds (!!) Four months is bad enough. 
2) Equal partner. Truly, equal. Not "does his half when you remind him but you have to keep track of everything"
3) Short commute. Ours is 35 mins, and that's as high as I would go. 
4) Actually work 40 hours a week. Both of you. Working a late night once every week or two when you're childless, just because something came up, or because you weren't all that productive during the day, is no big deal. When you have a kid, it's a PITA. I would say an occasional hour or two of work after hours can be okay IF it's flexible, and you can do it after the baby goes to bed. 
5) Parental leave. Both my husband and I have 12 weeks of leave (each), and the majority is paid. We took every last day. Two weeks together at the beginning, then 10 weeks just me, then 10 weeks just him. That way, by the time kid is off to childcare, he's also sleep trained (see point 1) and you're both getting full nights of sleep.

With all that? We are loving parenthood and planning for a large family![/quote]

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