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Cake day: February 5th, 2025

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  • Congrats!

    To answer your main question, it sounds like you’re doing fine. Feed the kid, let them sleep. Change the diaper when it needs to be changed.

    As for Mom, she’s doing amazing. Don’t let her think anything other than that. If you breastfeed, great. If you need to pump and bottle feed, great. If you need to go formula only because her nipples feel like daggers are stabbing through them, great. Everybody is different. Formula gets just as much food into them as breast milk. Do what is best for the baby and for you guys.

    Around 5 to 8 months, that kid is going to start crawling and moving all over the place. As for now, laying on the floor and watching a mobile/fan/ your faces above it is all that baby needs. Read to them, sing to them, hold them while they sleep as you watch Malcolm in the Middle on a tablet. Keep your sanity, and try to figure out a solid sleep schedule.

    They’ll get to math and science and whatever else eventually. But there’s no need to stress about that right now.

    (Source: Father of a 6-year-old and 4-year-old.)