A blog about being a dad. And life.
He was wrapped up in a blanket, he was warm, and seemed to be completely calm as I walked around the apartment with him.
That was the scene after bathing my son for the first time.
He seems to be OK with the process, but I on the other hand was a nervous wreck.
[Read more…] about My First Experience Giving the Baby a Bath
The day my wife and I were schedule to leave the hospital with our son I saw a sign on the wall that had the heading, “breastfeeding tips.”
As I read the flyer I looked to my wife and said, “none of these are actually tips.” I’m not joking. There literally wasn’t one tip.
Our son was a pretty good latcher from his first hour of birth, but once we got home we definitely experienced some moments of anxiety.
Then there was the day the doctor told us our son had lost a little more weight than was to be desired and that we had to do a two hour feeding schedule for the next two and a half days.
Every. Two. Hours.
It was fun and all for a bit, and then we hit a wall. My wife was exhausted, slightly discouraged and just overwhelmed with the frequency.
Things are now a lot better now, especially after our little guy gained the weight, plus some back in two days, but if it weren’t for the breastfeeding tips below we might be in a world of hurt.
[Read more…] about 10 Great Breastfeeding Tips from a Dad & Approved by Moms
A new episode (#4) of the Hello Dad podcast is available today.
You might call it somewhat of a new parent peptalk with Jim Lin of Busy Dad Blog.
Jim’s a longtime dad blogger that has a ton of parenting experience, so he was a great person to chat with as our due date was just around the corner. In the show we chat about:
[Read more…] about Podcast: New Parent Peptalk with Jim Lin of Busy Dad Blog
Breastfeeding apps are a must for parents, especially for first timers like myself.
Prior to giving birth my wife downloaded a breastfeeding app per to a suggestion during a class. I on the other hand did not do so.
Once our son was born I used her app for a bit, and it felt much less intuitive. That prompted me to download another app, and that’s what I’ll be sharing with you today.
[Read more…] about Breastfeeding Apps are a Must for New Parents
It’s an exciting week in Hello Dad land.
First, there was the “small” event of the baby being born, and now I get to share a little about the podcast with you.
Shortly after starting this website I started kicking around the idea of chronicling my parenting adventures by way of a podcast.
My wife said she was on board with the idea, so I went forward with creating the Hello Dad Podcast.
And I have to admit, creating episodes and sitting on them was incredibly challenging. The process was so much fun that I wanted to immediately share things with you.