https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:18:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-272557 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:23:01 +0000 1000tulip 272557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: Thank you everyone for the advice! DH and I agreed it was worth sucking it up for another class and found one at a different hospital that is 2 hours on a weeknight of basic baby care (swaddling, diaper changing, bathing). It is 2.5 weeks before my due date so hopefully we make it!<br /> I didn't know if I could take classes at another hospital and was so relieved they let us in.<br /> Bonus -They have a weeknight breastfeeding class farther from my due date than my hospital had so I am taking that as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265366 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:20:52 +0000 littlebug 265366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 years ago when one of our friend's had her baby was the first time Hubs held a baby, ever. And he hasn't since. So this is all going to be a big shock to him, I think. As I'm reading stuff, I tell him things that I think will be important. I discuss ideas I have with him. I'm planning to mark certain passages of books for him to read. We're taking an infant care class together. As we walked around Babies R Us putting our registry together, I explained things to him and asked if he had any questions. He's really interested in learning, so I'm trying to encourage that. But for the most part, I think we'll both do a lot of learning on the job, so to speak! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265361 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:17:07 +0000 Mrs squirreld 265361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH is completely clueless. But he likes me to read to him so i've just ordered him some daddy books to start reading to him at night :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265352 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:09:20 +0000 blackbird 265352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>both of us are clueless when it comes to baby care--neither of us have cared for babies, but I think we'll manage just fine. There are books we'll read and there's always the internet :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265184 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:25:51 +0000 Mrs. Pen 265184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my husband i think had a better starting knowledge. I read the entire Baby book by Dr. Sears cover to cover while pregnant and I would relay random info to DH lol</p> <p>He picked it up super quickly tho. You just have to believe in DH and give him the freedom to learn. the biggest mistake new moms can make is always correcting their spouse or redoing things because it wasn't done "right". Your husband WILL learn the hard way if he doesn't secure the diaper right lol</p> <p>He will pick it up in no time :) as long as you give him space to learn. </p> <p>Oh, and showing is better than telling.</p> <p>"I'm going to put LO down for bed, wanna come?" He will respond better to that than merely telling him how to do it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265169 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:02:48 +0000 littlecasita1122 265169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband has a similar background - only child, hardly any baby experience except for a couple younger cousins. He attended the childbirth classes with me, but I don't think a lot of the information really sunk in until LO was actually here. The first couple days in the hospital and then the first week home together was definitely a crash course like others mentioned! He would ask me a lot of questions and for advice while we were changing diapers, bathing, soothing LO, etc - I would always try to give suggestions without being overbearing or bossy. I think a lot actually comes naturally, just like it does for a mother - they just need a few weeks to get adjusted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265167 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:00:52 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 265167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read a ton and just tell him what I think we should try. If I think he needs to read a book or article he usually will because he knows that I feel it's an important one, or I 'd just tell him.</p> <p>He'll get the hang of it pretty fast when the baby comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265149 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:34:56 +0000 MsMini 265149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He just figured it out! He asks questions when he has them, goes by his own instinct, and when needed and he follows my lead. I wouldn't worry too much about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-265139 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:24:56 +0000 Weagle 265139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of told him information while pregnant, but not much of it stuck until LO was born. Hands on experience was the best teacher. Once I stepped back and stopped micro-managing, I realized that he felt more confident and had some great ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-264905 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:50:30 +0000 mrsjazz 264905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took an Infant Babycare Class together. I also send him little snippets of information because he won't sit down and read a whole book about it. Also, once your LO is here, it's like a crash-course. He will learn quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-264892 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:35:43 +0000 LuLu Mom 264892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find a Weekly Daddy email that gets sent to him each week (of course I can't find the site right now!) that gives him tips and a quick rundown of what is happening with my body, the baby, and what to expect. This has been so useful as DH isn't a book reader, but these quick emails have been super helpful! </p> <p>I also walk through all the shower gifts and as if he has any questions without laughing or making fun of him so he knows I'm on his side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-264878 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:23:11 +0000 Goldilocks1107 264878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I periodically sent DH blog posts from HB and other places with a "here's something I didn't know!" headline. He seemed to handle smaller chunks of info better than reading a book (he's only gotten through the first 6 weeks of the What to Expect during baby's first year" book, and our LO is 3 months old).</p> <p>Maybe see if there's a babysitting/baby care class or something similar offered through the hospital that he could go to. You don't need to both go - maybe he'll get a kick out of being able to teach you something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-264877 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:22:10 +0000 heffalump 264877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our hospital offered a daddy bootcamp class. It was supposed to be really good for the dads, they even brought in real babies for them to practice with. Maybe you can look into something like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-did-you-go-about-teaching-dh-about-baby-care#post-264874 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:19:16 +0000 1000tulip 264874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH is an only child with no first cousins. He hasn't had much exposure to babies other than our 18 month old niece. </p> <p>I was showing him the gifts from our baby shower and he was completely clueless on what items were or how/why they are used. He thought I was joking when I explained newborns can startle themselves awake without a swaddle. He asked how I knew all this--and I said being an avid HB reader since getting pregnant and time with our niece as a newborn/asking my SIL lots of questions.<br /> We already took a class that was supposed to cover this, but ended up just being labor &amp; delivery. I am really not up for attempting another class, but he seems eager to learn. Other than just talking about it with him I am looking for suggestions on how to educate him. </p> <p>I am going to order the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD at the suggestion of my brother &amp; SIL. I don't think I am going to get him to read a book (my MIL bought him what to expect in the first year daddy edition that has gone untouched). I am thinking maybe a few HB blogs about life with a newborn/schedules will help too.<br /> Other suggestions? DVDs? Daddy websites? Shouldn't there be a youtube instructional series or something? </p>