Preparing for Baby

Parents

Articles

• A New Dad’s Survival Guide

  Being a new dad is a challenge—sleepless nights, a crying baby, and most likely, a crying wife. Here are some tips to help you survive in this new, uncharted territory.

• A New Mom’s Survival Guide

  In the weeks following the childbirth, many women find themselves alone in the new world of motherhood, a world both beautiful and exhausting. Here are some tips to help you survive.

• Adoption and Your Marriage

  Adoption is one of the most rewarding—and potentially challenging—decisions a couple will ever make. Here are some tips to help you navigate the complex world of adoption and keep your marriage strong throughout the process.

• Planning a Babymoon

  The arrival of a new baby brings excitement, anxiety, and fear into a couple's lives.

• Preparing to be a New Dad

  After the initial shock of becoming a dad goes away, you're left with an interesting mix of excitement and pure terror. You've never been a parent before, so what are you supposed to do?

• What Every Dad Needs to Know

  Learn about the challenges and rewards of becoming a Dad.

• What You Really Need Before the Baby Comes

  You can't blame new parents for jumping at the chance to stock up, getting everything they think will make their baby's life perfect---crib, stroller, car seat, swing, cutesy pajamas---nine months is a long time to sit idly by and wait.

• Other Challenges

  • Pressured to Have a Child?

    Feeling peer-pressured into having a baby? How to cope with the push to have a child.

  Relationship Stages and Commitment

  • I Want Kids but My Spouse Isn’t Ready

    Is your timeline for having children not lining up with your spouse's?

Videos

• How can we, as a couple, prepare for a new baby?

  In this video, Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D. talks about how as a couple you can prepare for a new baby.

• We're having a baby! How will it change our marriage?

  In this video, relationship expert Erik Vecere addresses the impact of a new baby on a marriage and how you and your spouse can keep your marriage strong during the transition.