- Are you a new parent?
Are you wondering when life is gonna get back to normal?
Well, we've got some great self-care tips for you.
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- Checked out of the hospital this morning.
We just got back.
You wanna come visit with all the kids?
That sounds great.
Fantastic, we'll see you soon.
- Mama, you spent 48 hours in labor.
They can wait 48 hours to meet that baby
if you want them to.
Let's see how this should've gone down.
- Oh, you wanna come over.
Um, we're actually not gonna take visitors until next week.
Okay, man, thanks.
Appreciate it; alright, we'll see you soon.
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- You guys need any help or anything or...?
- No, I don't think so.
- Yeah, we're good.
- Yeah, we're doing it.
- New parents should always accept help when offered.
I recommend keeping a list on your fridge
of things that friends and family can do
when they come over and give you that empty offer to help.
Let's see how that should play out in real life.
- Actually, yes.
We're out of milk and diapers.
Can you go to the store and get some please?
- And the dishwasher is full, if you can empty it out.
Oh, the baby's new clothes are just sprawled out
all over the living room.
What else; I don't wanna forget anything.
- Diaper pail.
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- Hey.
- There is nothing more important
than making friends with other parents.
No matter how cool your regular friends are,
they live on a different planet from you now.
So, let's see what Shawn should've done.
- Hey, how's it going?
- Oh my God, man.
Am I ever gonna sleep again?
- Depends, how old is she?
- She's two months.
- Well, with my first, she started sleeping
about four to six months, so you gotta a little time
before the sleep starts, but hang in there.
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(yawning)
- You and your partner made this baby together.
Try to remember each other's names.
Can we see that again?
(yawning)
- I love you.
- Te quiero.
- Muchisimo.
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- You're not truly a parent
until some well-intentioned stranger
tells you to sleep when the baby sleeps.
And while that can be great advice,
it's just not always doable.
Here are some other options.
You could do something you miss,
like take a shower, binge watch a show,
spend some actual time with your spouse.
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(baby crying)
- Can you take her?
I can't handle it.
- I can't take her right now.
There's a headache.
- I'm trying to get her to stop shrieking.
Stop please.
- It is hard enough those first couple months
if you guys are battling each other every step of the way.
Try to remember that you made this thing together
and you're a team.
Let's see how dad could've done better.
- Oh my God, I can't, she's been crying for over an hour.
- Okay, okay, let's tag team this.
You go outside; take ten,
and I'll get her fed.
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But you come back.
You come back; ten minutes.