When I qualified as a male midwife last century, I was one of only two fellas in my training group. And the other guy - well, let's put it this way, he wasn't planning on rearing any children of his own making. I have now gone on to have four children of my own, so that makes me a Male Midwife Father. And Aussie. And thick skinned. And proud as hell at how nicely my children are growing up like - damn that's bad grammar, but djanowaddimean?
And I know it all - not(!). But I have some ideas about being a dad that I've given away FOC previously. Like - start early. My wife and I value our sleep (remember that HORRIBLE feeling when you get rudely awoken, scan the bedside clock, see 4:12am, and silently fume?) So we have always started a regular bedtime routine at about 6 weeks of age, resulting in sleep-throughs by bubba at about 3 to 4 months of age. That's four children. All sleeping through. Every night. Serious. If we get woken in the night, it's because they need help, not just a little "attention".
F.a.b.
Sleep is (mostly) an uninterrupted 7hrs for us.
You know there just aren't any decent 'dad' sites around. And even though the girls get all the fun (OK - I know - it's like passing a bowling ball - and yeah - we'll NEVER really know how it feels) we dads still want to get it as right as we can.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work mate - Hope lots of people take notice, cos there's safety in numbers, right?
Wallaby Will