Random Observation/Comment #583: Fathers can also nest.
When we were prepping for our wedding, there was a fairly detailed checklist of things to do. I think there were some in these baby books, but I decided to make my own.
Most of my subsequent blog posts will be about these activities.
First trimester – 1-13 weeks
Month 1
- Don’t freak out / celebrations
- Change of diet – Man, we drink a lot
- Change of chores
- General research
- Bare minimum reading (maybe just my blogposts)
- Doctor appointments
Month 2
- Buy some stuff – Mommy needs things
- Bodily changes to expect – also my sympathy bump
- Sex and pregnancy
Month 3
- Plan a baby moon – you can fly up until third trimester
- Baby registry research (buyers guide in what to expect on first year)
- Daycare planning – yes, you need to do it this early
- Clothes – hers and her baby’s
- Telling your work
Second trimester – 14-27 weeks
Month 4
- Pregnancy press release
- Financials and budget – don’t freak out
- Plan for living space – baby’s don’t move a lot the first 6 months
Month 5
- Changes to apartment – Throw out half your stuff
- Doulas?
- Baby names
Month 6
- Study the phases of labor – these are pretty cool
- Plan baby classes
- Birthplan for B-day
- Baby shower
Third trimester – 28-40 weeks
Month 7
- Continued prepping
- Read what to expect on your first year
- Take a tour of the birthing center
- Parenting style discussion
Month 8
- Baby birth bag prep
- More Prepping as a father
- More prepping of the apartment – organizing stuff and settling in
Month 9
- Push present
- Reread labor chapter
- Learn to cook in half the time
- Print and see milestone development
Month 10 – post partum
- Be aware of PPD – hormonal shifts and depression is real (so I hear)
- Medicine cabinet
- Stock the fridge with stuff that can be made quickly
- Baby Press release – printed announcement
~See Lemons Check
