Make sure that you do this....

If you're like me, then the first few weeks when I came home from work, I couldnt wait to see how our baby had changed and what she was doing and the little things that were progressing...however, I made sure that always did this, and that was to change into casual clothes, which was a tee shirt, and shorts, something easy.

I never went first to out new baby, because I knew that I would want to see her, and hold her and talk to her.

Our baby was about 6 months old, and after changing I went in search of her, picked her up, and she threw up, vomited all over me. So I put her down in her cot, and walked straight into the shower with my clothes on.

So be warned when you come home, always change first.

I wrote a book about my first year, and all the things I had to learn. Its called 'My First year as a Dad' its at : http://www.1stbaby.info

Enjoy

Checking your new baby at night time

The first few weeks of our new baby, was somewhat strange. Here we had this new person in the house, and there was a strong temptation to keep on checking her, even at night. It took a few weeks to get over this, but during this time, I decided on a couple of things to do to make these checks a little easier and less noisy.

I bought a flashlight, so that I wouldnt need to turn on any strong lights, which made it easy to locate handles on doors, and prevent me from accidently knocking into anything. Also I found that the sliding sides of the cot/crib tended to make a noise when they were lowered and raised, so I put some non stick vegetable oil on the sides, and wow the slides slid up and down, wthout making any noise.

The first year was a real learning curve for me, and I found myself doing many things I hadnt done before, and learning new skills.

I wrote a book called 'My First Year as a Dad'. You can find it at http://www.1stbaby.info

Washing baby's hair

You know the thing that was a problem at first, and that is as my Baby's hair grew and I had to wash it, was keeping the shampoo suds from getting into her mouth and eyes as I was rinsing. One of the problems was that she would keep moving.

The actual washing seemed to be ok, but it was the rinsing off that gave me less control. So I put some coloured stickers on the ceiling about the bath tub, so she could look at them and in that she kept still. I changed them every week or so. I found that by having something like this that distracted her, helped me do what I had to do and do it much faster. I also found that having numbers or letters on the stickers seemed to make it more interesting for her.

The first year of being a new Dad was certainly a challenge, and it gave me plenty of opportunities to discover what I was capable of.

I wrote a book about all that had happened in that first year, as a sort of therapy of wow this is what I achieved, even going thru the major heart surgery, she had to go thru. I hope you find it just as interesting and helpful.

The book is called 'My First Year as a Dad' Its at http://www.1stbaby.info

Things to help you change baby's Diapers at Night

Hi,
Having a new baby is a challenge, no matter if its the first one or the next one. There are still new things to learn, as every baby has his/her own personality, and things that might work and be ok for one, wont work for the other.

Some tips for those midnight changing of diapers :

Why not keep a flask of warm water for when you need it, for wiping baby or just for having some warm water around, when you need to 'clean' up. Much better then stumbling in the dark, in the bathroom, waiting for the water to come out at the right temperature. After all you want to get back to bedquickly, dont you.

Why not cover the changing table pad with a pillow case, which can be removed easily for washing.

Having a new baby will certainly test you, especially for the Dads who will wonder as to how they fit in.

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

Enjoy