A couple of tips when you take your baby for a drive

I always found it nice to be able to take the family for a drive. Our baby was generally quiet in the car and most times never gave us any problems. I think the the warmth of the car and the gentle rocking motion had a calming effect. I'm sure even as adults, if were not driving and the journey is long, we tend to fall asleep.

However, a couple of points to remember, always make sure that the sun does not shine directly onto your baby's face, so putting a shade over the window closest to her was always a good idea, and over both windows at the back if necessary. In addition, make sure that there are no heavy objects or objects that have a sharp point on the back seat close to her. If you have to break suddenly, you dont want to risk a heavy object rolling onto her. So put anything like that into the Boot.

I wrote a book about my first year as a Dad, its called 'My First Year as a Dad'. Its aimed at providing an insight of what to expect as a new parent, especially a new Dad.

You can find it at : http://www.1stbaby.info

You can download it. Enjoy.

Try this to calm your Baby

I believe that every new parent has those times when it seems that nothing will calm your baby. You've made sure that she has been fed, and there are no nasty pins sticking into her, (if you're using cloth diapers). Also her bed is smooth and warm, so what could it be. Hopefully you've also checked her temperature and found it to be normal.

So then take her for a ride in your car. even if its late at night, the gentle movement of the car will certainly send her to sleep, and should overcome the crying, and the reason for it. I found this helped on a number of occasions. But remember dont turn the radio on or have any windows open, if you can. It may be hot, but try to keep the noise level down to a bare minimum.

I wrote a book about my first year as a new Dad, you can find it at :

Http://www.1stbaby.info

Enjoy

Bath time...one thing to remember

I found that bath time was always a fun time, for me it was a time to have fun, try and get some smiles, do funny things, and generally try and entertain our new baby.

I noticed that that our baby was fond of chewing on the sponge, or at least trying to put it into her mouth, which of course was no good, especially if it had soap thru it. The other problem is that with a sponge that is full of soap, it can make her eyes sting, (if you're using that kind of soap).

So what I did was to use two sponges, one for the normal washing and cleaning, and the other one I would keep close in fresh, clean water, for when she wanted use it close to her face and mouth.

Of course it soon became a little soapy, so it was a good idea to rinse it out and keep it fresh for her. I found this was an excellent way to keep her entertained and she loved the feeling of the sponge against her.

I wrote a book about my first year as a Dad. I wrote it because I couldnt find anything useful that was aimed primarily at new Dads.

My book is called 'My First Year as a Dad' You will find it at :

http://www.1stbaby.info

You can download and enjoy it, I hope it helps you.

Feeding Time

As our baby got a little bigger, she could join us at the table in her high chair. Of course when we were hungry, sometimes she wasnt hungry, so getting her to eat was a major problem. Usually it wasnt a problem, but the way I overcame the problem of getting her eat, was to put exactly on my spoon what was on her spoon, and we would eat it together.

Baby's and little ones spend their early lives as 'monkey see, monkey do'. So I learnt to use both hands to eat, one for me and one for her, raising both hands at the same time, one to my mouth and one to her mouth.

Most of the time it worked, she just followed me and ate what I ate, at the moment I was eating. It made life a little easier, as if she ate especially at just before going to bed, it made her night's sleep better, and that was good for all of us.

I wrote a book about my first year as a new Dad. It's called 'My First Year as a Dad'. You can find it at :

http://www.1stbaby.info

You can download and enjoy the read.

Knowing when to catch up on sleep

Before our baby was born, I read somewhere that parents on average lose about 2 months sleep during the baby's first year. I knew that sleep deprevation was always going to be a challenge. I'm sure that like you, I love it when I've had a good deep, 8 hours worth of sleep. I'm ready for any challenge.

However, when your sleep is constantly broken many time each night over a few days, you soon realise that you're not as easy to deal with and the little things tend to become big issues.

I found the answer to this, was to try and get some sleep at the weekends. I always thought that if i could give my wife a break from the baby, this was a good thing. So on Saturdays, I would tell her to go out and enjoy herself, and I would then have 4-6 hours with our new baby.

If I could get her to sleep even for a couple of hours, then I went to sleep too, in order to catch up on the sleep I had missed. I found by doing this, it really helped. Usually it worked. I slept very close to her, so if she woke, it woke me too. But 2 hours more sleep was a great help.

So my advice is always get any additional sleep you can.

I wrote a book about my first year's experiences as a new Dad. It helped me understand what I went thru. It's called 'My First Year as a Dad'

You can find it at : http://www.1stbaby.inf0

You can download it and enjoy.

How to calm her when she's seems angry

The one thing I could never understand and that is one moment our new baby would be all quiet and smiles and giggles, and the next moment something completely out of the blue could turn her mood into anger. It might be if we were out, and she wanted to linger at some place, and we needed to move on. It would cause her some distress. It could even happen at home, when there could be something that could change her mood.

What I found helped was to scold the very thing that has caused her to get angry, so if it was that she knocked into a piece of furniture I would scold the chair or table, and treat it just like a person. If we were out, I would try and look for something that was colorful or moving, for her to look at or to catch her attention.

I found if I was out I my own, in a Mall, I would look for things that would amuse her, so I could use these things if she suddently lost her temper.

I found the more I did these kinds of things, the less of a problem her crying became.

I wrote about my first year in a book, that tells of all the challenges, the funny times and the things I had to learn about.

The book is called : 'My First Year as a Dad' and you can locate it at : http://www.1stbaby.info

You can download it and enjoy. I hope this helps you.

Something small to help amuse her

I was working at the gym, weights and running, you know the usual stuff, and I always wore a headband and wrist bands because I'm a sweater (not the kind you wear either).

I looked at my wrist band and I thought wouldnt it be really good if I could get one that was coloured and tie it to our little girl's wrist, it might just keep her occupied at times, as she moves her hand to see the color move too.

It worked so well, I bought many different colored bands, and put them on her wrist, always making sure that they werent too tight and also that they didnt cause her any discomfort. It was amazing to see the giggles on her face, every time she moved her arm and she could see this flash of color. It work really well.

I wrote about my experiences as a first-time Dad, in a book called 'My First Year as a Dad'. You can find it at http://www.1stbaby.info

Enjoy.