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> I think it'd resent it taking me away from spending time on the topics that legitimately interest me

oh, this one is kinda easy to prepare for: just forget about having time for this at all in the first couple of months. First 3 months you're not doing anything but caring for the baby, deal with that. Well, ok, you may have time to watch youtube or other videos while feeding or so.

Around 1 year old, the kid can become real fun though.

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It’s not really that bad for every baby. I have a 4 month old, and I’ve managed to get a few chapters of a technical book I’m writing and illustrating done during the last month on paternity leave.

After a month or so he started mostly sleeping at night with 2 or 3 feedings needed. Then during the day he started napping for 1-2 hour stretches.

Just want to add: you're lucky to have four months paternity, at least if you're in the US. Many companies provide far, far less, if any at all.

Sorry I wasn’t clear. I got 6 weeks of paternity leave. I just didn’t take it until my wife finished her 12 weeks of (unpaid) maternity leave.

Still super lucky to have that!

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