The Birth Partner
by Penny Simkin · first published 2001
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Howdy! Our baby girl is one month old tomorrow. Three books that really helped me: The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin - a handbook for all things labor and delivery, wonderful reference, and very cheap to get secondhand Cribsheet by Emily Oster - data driven early childhood decisions. Super helpful from…
on “Ask HN: Concise, pragmatic baby manual for first-time dad?” ↗…help out around the house. If you are having feeding issues OTs and lactation consultants can be quite useful. Making friends with new parents will allow you to learn together. Penny Simkin's book "The Birth Partner" is mostly about birth but had helpful ideas on sleep rotations and early feeding. Random but I found this less wrong thread helpful for working through antivax ideas in good faith: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oFXXfP88nJrseeoMD/the-litera....…
on “Ask HN: Best Resources for a New Dad?” ↗Congrats! I became a dad 17 months ago. I would do both 1 & 2 if possible, and 3 if you feel like it. Total time cost is less than a weekend. 1. The Birth Partner - https://www.pennysimkin.com/shop/the-birth-partner-5th-editi... You can get by just skipping to the yellow-highlighted pages. They're 1-2 page How To's or summaries. Like a checklist of the stuff to…
on “Ask HN: Concise, pragmatic baby manual for first-time dad?” ↗