Wonderful! This advice was given to me many many years ago: Don't hold your baby too much otherwise he/she gets accustom to being held and your two hands will be busy holding a baby, can't do other things.
Avoid this habit will be much easier for you, your wife, and anyone taking care of her later on.
Just a small suggestions.
Another one, have your wife stick w/ the chicken diet and other suggestions on self care for new mothers. Way back then, even though I was a skeptic I still follow through just in case and now in my older years, it pays off even though I was a skeptic then. Those old folks, they know what they're talking about.