Chapter 3 – The Baby The baby is born. With you or without you. With you it is a great experience, and should be. Strongly advise you to be there when it happens. Babies, and I hope that Mom’s all over the world will not issue a contract on me, are born as a very wise woman (my Grandmother) told me, either looking like a mouse with an elongated face or like a toad with a flattish face. Still everyone…
Sleeping in the Same Room Many a parent ask whether they should put kids of different ages together in the same bedroom. I personally can’t remember, as a kid, sharing my room with anyone. Just happened like that. A bit weird by the way. The reason for this being a bit weird is that my brother and I are one and a half years apart. Yet he had to sleep with our youngest brother who is two and a half…
Chap – 2 Baby Bug The baby bug hits you one bright average day. You or Mom need a kid. This urge and want for a child overwhelms the once calm couple. If you, the male are the source of the want, life is still calm. It’s not your call. If the future Mom is the source of the want, then you may be having fun going about creating a new life, but it can also be a second job….
Dolls or Cars ” Girls with dolls. Boys play with cars.” Does this happen spontaneously or do we sort of steer children towards the expected “boy games” for boys and “girl games for girls? There is no clear-cut answer for this. It would be quite interesting to hear from others. I myself was quite surprised when we noticed how our first grandson, at a very young age of just over one, began showing interest in wheels. The wheels of a…
Chapter One – The Beginning Being a Dad really changes things although some Moms may not agree with this. Being a Mom of course changes thing for her. And face it, even more than for Dad. Let’s look at what it was like before being a Dad. Life was goood, ye, real goood. Mom cared about you, you were two as one, and also one as one. Confused – not really. You had Mom and also your buddies. An evening…