Hello all

Need some quick tips on taking care of new borns. My first child is due Aug 2019, keeping the gender as a surprise

Need all the help that I can get on baby's first weeks, food, nutrition, communication, sleeping, potty, etc

Appreciate your help in advance.

Tim

Hi Tim

i advice you to have the checklist first ( eg pampers, milk bottle,breast pump)

thanks

What are the key items in the checklist to start with in your opinion?

We have quite a number of recommendations and all are different

Do a trial run to see how fast it takes to go from your house to hospital (even when its jam) so that you can manage your time and expectations.

Also, get a bag ready with all your essentials (e.g. phone charger, extra clothes, etc)

Thanks for the tip. How long do we have to stay at the hospital for during delivery? 1 week?

Usually it's only 3 days if there's no complication. by then the hospital will kick you out, because your package only included 3 days. Once you're out, your wife i mean, it's time to check her into confinement center, if you plan one.

From there, life as a husband will be home > Work > Confinement Ctr > home and rinse repeat

When go booking for confinement center, try to find out what's covered and what's not. Some might say everything's covered..until you're there..then they will change their tune to ya, covered for 1st few days or first few times etc...so make sure to confirm if the included, is included for all 30 days

note : usually urut and tongkol not covered though. Formula (if dont plan breast feed but it's recommended for antibody build up in baby) and diapers are included.