[BrainScraps]

If I could do one thing for you, I would make it possible for you to parent your first like your third.

But it's impossible.

I wish you could cowboy-code your way through infanthood, like a parent of two can: "Chill out, baby! Your diaper isn't that wet." or "You can't crawl yet, so just stay in the middle of the room while I run out to the car"

Please believe that we've gotten this far as a species because we're fairly fault-tolerant. We're built to survive. I know that preventable tragedies happen all the time, but don't let fear run your life.

If you help out your wife with as many things as you possibly can, you'll all survive with your sanity intact.

Gear: Boppy, mirror that enables you to see the baby in your rear view mirror, good low-light camera, good photo library/storage solution (Picasa, Flickr, whatever), cheap lightweight stroller for quick trips, Ergobaby