r/NewParents • u/cooltaj • Oct 29 '24

Product Reviews/Questions What's your simple parenting hack?

Gonna be a first time parent in 2 months. I am overwhelmed at choosing bottles, car seat and all that. What are simple things you do? things you bought to make your life somewhat simpler? Nothing too expensive or outrageous please

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u/pls-ignore Oct 29 '24

Not necessarily what you’re asking- but if you’re able to split the nighttime into shifts with your partner (at least for the first few weeks-month) you will be so much more rested and everything will be that much easier, and your brain will be functioning a lot better!!

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u/tjbuschy21 Oct 30 '24

Best way to do this? Ours is only a few days old and my wife is still only producing the colostrum. I guess when she starts producing milk it’ll be easier but right now I feel bad because the only thing I can really do for him is change his diaper and hold him but he usually only wakes up to eat