Before you bring a baby home, it would be an especially good idea if you have a place ready for it to stay. This is something that should be done sooner rather than later. For example, it’s nearly impossible to put up ducky wallpaper while your wife is complaining that her water just broke. And, it’s totally impossible to assemble a crib while rushing a pregnant woman to the hospital.
You might think you’ll have time to prepare a room while your wife is in the hospital recovering, but trust me, you won’t. After the baby is born you’ll be too upset thinking about the medical bills and about having to change diapers to do much of anything that requires the use of tools. So, start early—sometime in the second trimester (when your wife is at least near normal) is probably best.
Preparing the baby’s room is actually quite easy and far less trying then dealing with a pregnant woman. In fact, it is probably something you may want to do from time to time just to get a break from your wife. Just remember that babies are very simple people. They basically just look around, poop, eat, spit, cry, poop, eat, spit, and cry. Therefore they really don’t need a lot of excess stuff in the room. Just make sure you have a nice safe bed and some cool things for them to look at. Unfortunately though, no matter how many footballs you place in the room, the baby is not going to think of these as anything other than something else to spit up on.
Source : John Zakour. A Man's Guide to Pregnancy.2003
You might think you’ll have time to prepare a room while your wife is in the hospital recovering, but trust me, you won’t. After the baby is born you’ll be too upset thinking about the medical bills and about having to change diapers to do much of anything that requires the use of tools. So, start early—sometime in the second trimester (when your wife is at least near normal) is probably best.
Preparing the baby’s room is actually quite easy and far less trying then dealing with a pregnant woman. In fact, it is probably something you may want to do from time to time just to get a break from your wife. Just remember that babies are very simple people. They basically just look around, poop, eat, spit, cry, poop, eat, spit, and cry. Therefore they really don’t need a lot of excess stuff in the room. Just make sure you have a nice safe bed and some cool things for them to look at. Unfortunately though, no matter how many footballs you place in the room, the baby is not going to think of these as anything other than something else to spit up on.
Source : John Zakour. A Man's Guide to Pregnancy.2003
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