A new Baby and your world turns upside down

There you are travelling along this life of yours, going out, meeting and mixing with your friends, going to the football games, the Basketball, the Baseball. Not much of a care in the world, money in your pocket. You have a lovely partner, you have your times together, dinners, movies, outings. The world surely is a great place to be in.

'We are going to have a baby'. Those words will totally change your life and the way you act, react and also how the seemingly simple things in life, take on a whole new meaning.

Suddenly, the conversations now include a third person, as yet unborn, but no less important, and in many ways even more important.

A room has to be made ready, (that is if you have a spare room). Clothes have to be bought, now pink or blue (does it matter?), of course it does. Your wife wouldnt think of dressing your new baby girl in blue, perish the thought.

New activities to learn, new ways of handling situations. One really good tip, BEFORE the baby is born, practice folding and unfolding the push chair with one hand. Make sure you can do it with both your left and right hands.

I had an eventful and interesting first year as a new Dad, so much so that I wrote down my struggles and victories in a book. 'My First Year as a Dad', is an attempt to help other new Dads, understand what will happen when their first baby arrives.

You can download and read it at :

http://www.1stbaby.info I hope you gain an insight of what it will take to be a new Dad for the first time.