Caring for the baby was regularly identified by mothers as a way a father can be supportive of breastfeeding. Mothers identified examples of caring for the baby such as changing diapers, bathing the baby, putting the baby to sleep, waking in the middle of the night to help care for the baby, and spending time with and playing with the baby. As with household chores and responsibilities, mothers described this type of instrumental support as indirect breastfeeding support, which “lessens her load” so that she is able to devote more time and energy to breastfeeding. Prenatally, the majority of mothers identified caring for the baby as a type of positive support that they anticipated receiving from their partner to support them to breastfeed; additionally, almost half of these mothers specifically identified their partner waking during the middle of the night to help care for the baby as an important support to receive for breastfeeding: