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So you're going to be a dad...now what?
Here's what you need to know that nobody tells you ahead of time:
- You will lower your personal standards of cleanliness. Bodily fluids used to freak me out. Now it's hardly worth wiping if it isn't brown.
- Your hearing will evolve. If you're a sound sleeper now, you won't be for long. You'll listen for every breath on that baby monitor. However, you won't be able to hear your wife as well as you once did ("Get up, Honey. It's your turn.").
- Everyone but you will be an expert on your son's problems, progress and preferences. It will drive you insane. They mean well, so try not to beat any of them with a large piece of furniture.
- Unless they're the kind that say the source of every problem is teething. These people will tell you that your son is teething while he's still coming out of the womb, and they won't stop until 10 months later when he actually has a tooth, and then they'll say "See? I told you so." Beat these people with the couch they're expertly sitting on. They deserve it.
- You will be tired. A lot. For a long time.
- And you won't care. Not one bit.
- Your blog will become a 'mommy blog' approximately 4 seconds after that last push. And you will not be ashamed.
- If you start trying to put the car seat in now, you might be finished by the time Aidan comes.
- You cannot childproof your home. You think you can, but you are wrong.
- Babies cannot move for a few months. Take advantage of this. You can leave them anywhere - on a table, on the roof, on top of your car - and they will be there when you get back.
- Probably.
- You'll be the biggest man in Aidan's life. He won't so much as sneeze without looking to you for your reaction. Build him up and instruct him accordingly.
Congratulations, Kevin! You'll do great...or at least not too bad.
What tips do you have for Kevin?
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