Taking care of a child is surely a stressful job and most of the times it all comes to the mother as she is the one staying at home, taking care of the baby. That’s why its very important for you to plan the baby, taking in a way that your wife gets enough rest and find it bit easier to take care of the baby when you are at work. There are many things that you can do to make it possible.

Hire professional help

• Taking care of a baby and taking care of the home at the same time is really very tough and it’s too much pressure for your wife. What you can do is to make sure that she has all the time for the baby by hiring professional help for the home. If you hire a cook then your wife won’t have to enter the kitchen and she can spend the time with your baby or taking rest.
• Hiring a nanny for the day is really helpful for sure. There are plenty of organizations which can send you an experienced nanny and the nanny can take care of the baby really well. That will surely be a great idea for you.
• A cleaning lady is another person you can hire to take the pressure off your wife. The cleaning lady will take care of the house when your wife can be there with the baby all the time. This will give her plenty of time for herself and the baby. There are many different kinds of professional helps available which can help your wife and considering what kind of stress she is going through, this is the least you can do for her.

Take charge on weekends
You have to be in the office, and may even need to work from home, but on weekdays but the weekends are the days when you must take full care of the baby. When you have a child, there is no day off for you and that is what your wife does all week long. This is why you must take care of the baby on weekends. From putting the baby to sleep to changing the diapers, you must do everything you need to give your wife some time to rest.

Mental support
Many people don’t realize this but mental support is a really powerful thing. If you can make your wife understand that you are there with her then it will surely be a great help for her. If you can’t share her physical stress, at least make sure that you don’t cause her any mental stress. You must talk to her often, listen to her complains carefully, don’t argue with her even if she is unreasonable all the times and take care of the baby with her after you come back from office. 

Whatever you do, remember everything your wife is doing for the baby are really hard and you must always be ready to take responsibility whenever you have free time. Share the responsibility as much as possible with her to make things easier.