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Originally Posted by HumanePain
IMPORTANT ADVICE: please HELP your wife with the diaper changings and midnight feedings, she will love you more for helping her get some much needed sleep during the first 3 to 4 months. After that, your baby should start sleeping almost all night and your sleep cycle will return to more or less normal.
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Agreed. Being a new mom is one of the most trying experiences your girl will ever have. Help her out wherever you can and she'll love you for it.
I remember being so stupid tired when my son was a newborn that I saw a commercial for psoriasis medication on tv and it said "Consult your dermatologist" on the bottom of the screen, but I thought it said "Consult your demonologist." I spent the next few minutes wondering if it was a common thing for people to keep demonologists on retainer and I just didn't know about it. Shortly after that my husband switched to the night shift at work so that he would be up all night on his nights off. He handled all the nighttime feedings and diaper changes two nights a week and took care of the baby in morning for a couple of hours when he came home from work so I could get some sleep. He's a saint.
Anyway, congratulations. It might be scary sometimes, but it will be so totally worth it the first time your kid says "Daddy!" when you walk into the room.