How to Hold a Newborn (without panicking)

📖 Father's Ed → https://fathercraft.com/one 🎒 The Fathercraft Bag → https://fathercraft.com/dad-diaper-bag/ Nobody teaches you how to hold a newborn. There's a class for Lamaze breathing you'll forget in four hours. There's a thirty- minute video on car seat installation. The actual carrying of the actual infant? They walk you out the front door of the hospital and say "good luck, see you in two weeks." This video is the class nobody offered you. What we cover: one non-negotiable rule that's the whole game (support the neck — that's it, that's the rule), why your relaxed body is more capable than your tense one, the four holds every new dad should know (Cradle, Shoulder, Football, and the Colic Hold — also called "tiger in the tree," yes really), and the one thing you should say out loud every time you hand the baby off to your wife. If you've never held a baby before, this is for you. If the last small mammal you held was a hamster in 2003 and that didn't go great, also for you. 🎓 More from Fathercraft Want the rest of the manual? Father's Ed is our flagship course for new dads — the first 9 videos plus a 32-page guide packed with checklists, tips, and everything we wish we'd known before our kids arrived. Try it for $1: https://fathercraft.com/one ⏱️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - The One Rule (Support the Neck) 1:24 - Cradle Hold 2:31 - Shoulder Hold 3:18 - Football Hold 4:15 - Colic Hold 5:13 - Transitions