Try And Get Dad Involved In Feeding Baby

New fathers, these days, are making much more of an attempt in getting involved as much as possible with baby feeding - this makes fathers feel like they are chipping in and allows them to bond with the new baby.

The remarkable study established that greater than 30% of new dads made some sort of an effort to turn up home in time to give their baby a night-time feed on an almost daily basis.

The study moreover established that 30% of dads made the effort to get home from work once a week to give the bedtime feed, while an remarkable 37% made it their daily responsibility by doing it six or seven nights a week.

Of the mothers questioned, in the same study, more than 70% mentioned that they encouraged their partners to be alone with their new baby at least once a day.

Here are a couple ways to get Dad involved:

1. Establish an involved and important job for him by placing him in charge of sterilising baby bottles and other baby feeding accessories - this can be accomplished whether you are breastfeeding or baby bottle feeding. Make sure you provide him a appropriate education in bottle sterilising.

2. Assign him a regular daily bottle feed so he can enjoy a quiet cuddle time with baby- if you are choosing to do a ‘dream feed’ (around 11pm) this might be most suitable. Further, you can get some much required sleep.

3. If mum is busy feeding baby, let him give you a treat by rustling up a wholesome dinner for the both of you to have later when the time is right. He doesn't need to be a great cook, even a toasted sandwich or beans on toast tastes so much better if someone else has made it.

4. If you are the one who is feeding, give dad the job of burping baby - this job will make him feel a part of the team

5. If the day is getting closer to when you start to wan your baby, and assuming Dad is a decent cook, get him to start preparing weaning food.