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Dempsey himself acknowledges that the newborn phase isn't his specialty. "Certainly for the first four or five months, the husband is really kind of a houseboy," he says. "I've talked to a lot of guys and I think it's a hard transition, because you lose your wife for a while. She's putting all her energy into your children. When the babies get a little older I do much better."
Still, the twins – who were born two weeks early – have quickly settled into a familiar routine and matching schedules. "Here's the cycle: They wake up, they cry, they go to the breast, they eat, they poo or pee, you change a diaper and they go back to sleep," says Dempsey. "This happens every two to three hours." Even so, there's one thing the new father of sons hasn't quite adjusted to: diaper duty for boys. "That's a whole different technique!" he says. "Fortunately I've been working so much that I haven't had to change too many diapers."
