7 Conversations to Have (and Agree on!) Before Baby Arrives

It’s wise not to wait until all the clean baby sheets have pee on them and the trash bin is overflowing with Chinese takeout containers to discuss an appropriate division of labor. If you do, a fight is a near certainty. Decide in advance what day-to-day tasks you will each take on. Be sure to share in newborn-related chores — diapering, soothing during “witching hours” — so it’s not one person doing all the cooking and cleaning while the other gets all the baby time, as stressful as that can still seem.