Don’t exclude Dad from baby care. Sometimes, in her exuberance, a new mother comes off as a know-it-all to her husband. While she agrees, in theory, that they should share the baby’s care, she casts herself into a supervisory role, constantly directing—if not ordering—the new father and even chastising him if he doesn’t do things exactly her way: “Don’t hold her like that,” “You didn’t burp him enough,” “The bath water’s too cold.” In the face of this barrage, some husbands are more than happy to withdraw, to cede the role of expert to their wives and accept their own ignorance. The sad result
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