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How to Show Up for Your Partner After a New Baby
Short videos for the partner who wants to do more than hold the baby.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
The collection · 3 videos
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New Dad Advice To Help Your Wife After The Baby Is Born | Dad University
Dad University · 13 min
A dad-educator on the concrete moves that make the early weeks easier on the partner doing most of the caregiving.
Takeaway
Don't ask "how can I help" — show appreciation out loud, take the baby so they get a real break, and don't critique how they spend it.
Reflection
01
Pick one chore your partner is silently carrying right now (night feeds, the dishes, the visitor texts) and take it over completely this week — without being asked.
02
Block out one stretch this week where your partner leaves the house alone, baby fully on you, and tell them tonight it's already planned.
03
Write your partner one specific line of appreciation today — name the exact thing you watched them do, not a generic "you're a great mom/dad."
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