How did your husband or partner do with your little infant?

Oh don't, worry my husband was the same especially before our daughter turned 1 year old. The biggest problem he had when he thought if he would be left alone with the baby was changing diapers. He barfs at the thought of it. The other minor things were he couldn't understand what to do when the baby started crying, and if he thought she might be hungry and give her a bottle she would keep crying. He didn't know how to hold her properly to keep her from crying and would end up calling his mother for help. And when he does soothe her by carrying her around, he would end up getting sore muscles from holding her the wrong way. It was very hard for me and I could hardly go anywhere because I had to make sure the baby was cared for properly, and my husband wouldn't be traumatized too much for not being able to care for her. We all start out with few to no knowledge in babies when we first have children. We would never know how to hold a child unless someone teaches us or we figure it out for ourselves. You might need to spend more time with your husband and your baby so that you could show him how to carry her properly to soothe her. Share the baby caring tasks with him even when you are home so that when you need to go somewhere for a while, he will know what to do while you're gone since he's been doing it while you were there.

My husband did a really god job helping me take care of our baby. He never had experience in babysitting, since he was the youngest in their family and didn't have younger cousins or relatives around. I didn't expect him to be such a nurturer. When i was in the hospital after giving birth, he was the one who fed the baby with formula milk, when I didn't produce any, at first. That was a wonderful sight seeing him carry the little thing in his arms. He took turns changing the diapers during weekends - when he's off from work. He was a superdad! Ironically, it wasn't after a couple months when I thought of asking him how he felt when I was in the delivery room. It's just that people always talk about the mother's experience more than the father's. He happily told me about his unforgettable moments on those days.

My husband helped me a lot when our baby was born. Actually he did it better than me. He bathed for our baby and changed the disapers. At that time our baby often cried at night. So every night they would go out since our baby would be calmful outside. And after our baby was asleep, then he went home with our baby. I love China

My husband used to play with our daughter a lot when she is very small,but not nowdays.I think women just wish their husband to give a help hand and it makes our lives more easier and happier.There are men do love children and would please the children as much as we do,but not all of them. So don't mind too much.I was also confused some time ago,but now I'm learning to arrange the things at home,I don't expect him to do somthing,I order him to. You are lucky that you don't have to leave your child to work outside the home. :) Have a nice day!

I am a boy. Maybe I can't know exactly what would happened if I would take care of the litter infant alone. But, I like children. Years ago, I helped to take care of my elder cousin's daughter at some time. At that time, my grandma gave me some advises. And my grandma took care at most time. So I didn't have some difficulties. Some people like children, and then try to learn looking after them. Then maybe it is not a problem. But there are some people around me, they feel very bad when they are informed to look after the babies. And then, it is a troublesome problem for them.