Right now I'm not exactly a "new" mum, but when I get home from work and see DH and DD have tidied the play area and he's done the dishes I feel a big rush of love for them both, it's so much easier to relax.

When DD was small DH could easily tell by the tone of my texts how my day had been. He'd come home, make sure she'd been fed then get me into the shower and bed. That always fixed everything, and even now he knows when I'm sleep deprived and just takes over so I can get some extra rest.