Newborn care for dads: the hands-on skills
Nobody is born knowing how to swaddle. These are the hands-on skills of the first weeks, explained step by step and checked against pediatric guidance, so you can take your full share from day one.
Guides
- How to Soothe a Crying Baby (and Get Them to Sleep): A Dad's ToolkitWhy babies cry, the checklist to run first, the soothing techniques that work, how to get a crying baby to sleep safely, and what to do when you're at your limit.
- How to Swaddle a Baby: Step by Step, and When to StopHow to swaddle a newborn safely in six steps: snug at the arms, loose at the hips, always on the back. Plus zip-up swaddle options and when to stop swaddling.
- Safe Sleep for Babies: The ABCs Every Dad Should KnowSafe sleep, simply: alone, on the back, in a crib. The AAP's recommendations for reducing SIDS risk, what to avoid, and the situations where dads slip up most.
- When to Call the Pediatrician About Your Newborn: A Dad's ChecklistFever of 100.4°F in a baby under 3 months, breathing trouble, poor feeding, few wet diapers, jaundice and more: when to call the pediatrician and when to call 911.
- Bottle Feeding for Dads: Formula Prep, Paced Feeding and CleaningHow to bottle-feed a baby: safe formula prep, how much and how often, paced bottle feeding, burping, and cleaning bottles, so you can own feeds with confidence.
- How Dads Can Support Breastfeeding (It Matters More Than You Think)Breastfeeding is a team sport. What a good latch looks like, the jobs dads can own around every feed, when to get help, and supporting any choice.
- How to Bathe a Newborn: Sponge Baths, First Tub Baths and SafetyBathing a newborn without panic: sponge baths until the cord falls off, how to give the first tub bath, water temperature, how often, and the safety rules.
- How to Change a Diaper: The Newborn Edition, for DadsStep-by-step diaper changing for newborns: setup, wiping, umbilical cord and circumcision care, diaper rash, and what newborn poop should look like.
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