...possible 6 more months paid 60%.
The father's leave is two weeks.
Newborns need a lot of attention 
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4. Don't create a "sleep debt" before the birth, rather, try to be as well-rested as possible. Maybe think about what kind of daily routine you want to have with the newborn and try to establish it now.
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5. Look for what a recommended layette for a newborn contains and buy it in advance. I don't remember the details. but we had a shared Google doc with a list compiled from several different sources. - creams - soaps - powder? oil? - clothes! - disposable diapers & cloth ones!
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6. We used disposable diapers, but having some cloth diapers is useful either way (we had somewhere around 10 of them I think).
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7. There are some things you can learn on youtube, etc. For me the most useful were instruction videos about how to change the diaper and how to wash the baby. I've watched some videos multiple times, we also went to a course in our hospital (pandemic -> I'd rely on videos)
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8. Consider instruction videos about first aid.
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9. Breastfeeding can be difficult! We had problems. If you are planning to breastfeed, consider buying a breat pump & set of milk bottles. Choice of teats is important - both the one for feeding and the one for collecting milk. (We used Medela Swing electric breast pump.)
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10. Baby clothes! You need quite a lot of them (well, you could survive with just a few, but it's easier if you have more). For a newborn I recommend clothes that are easy to put on and off - I recommend the ones where you can unbutton both legs. Easier both for baby and parentpic.twitter.com/MQrM69eidg
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11. Get a wasching machine (and optionally a separate dryer). I think value added here is >>> bidet. I almost can't imagine living without a wasching machine at home.
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Simon Sarris had a tweet where he asked for advice for young parents, and he got hundreds of responses.
@bitemyapp also did a similar thing a week or two ago IIRC1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
I appreciate this so much!
We're good on leave in particular--@selentelechia works part time-ish from home on a Very flexible schedule and I get several months of paternity (obscuring precise amt for opsec)
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I remembered some more stuff, which ou probably already have planned: - a bath tub for the baby (we had one on a dedicated stand, we no longer use the stand but the tub is still the same) - a bed with a good mattress - probably best to have a bed with adjustable mattress position
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- Research baby strollers! We ended up buying two: one more comfortable for the baby, but heavier. And another, much lighter, just for the walks. Easier for my wife to carry.
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