Techie Dad Hosts an Exchange Student » Fatherhood http://hightechpapa.com Father of a young boy hosts exchange student Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:23:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 cloth vesus disposable diapers- a dad’s perspective http://hightechpapa.com/cloth-vesus-disposable-diapers-a-dads-perspective/ http://hightechpapa.com/cloth-vesus-disposable-diapers-a-dads-perspective/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:08:12 +0000 chris http://hightechpapa.com/?p=55

]]> http://hightechpapa.com/cloth-vesus-disposable-diapers-a-dads-perspective/feed/ 1 A blog post about my baby boy http://hightechpapa.com/my-little-boy/ http://hightechpapa.com/my-little-boy/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:50:48 +0000 chris http://hightechpapa.com/?p=47 I’ve learned a whole lot- The last three months have been challenging, fascinating, and tiring. My little guy smiles at me a lot now- as long as he’s not in need of food, sleep or a diaper change- he is discovering the world and so am I.

So I haven’t been using this ‘Baby Blog’ as a baby blog. Hopefully this will change because I have a few insights that might help other new fathers, particularly when it comes the practicalities of fathering. My wife works part time again as a rehab nurse- and so I am responsible for his care when she goes to work. This is an interesting juggling act.

OK- so nothing is new under the sun and dads have been taking care of kids a lot longer than I’ve been around. However, there are some things I want to address:

  1. Diapering: Cloth versus Disposable
  2. Meal times: Feeding the kid with Momma’s milk
  3. Crying and how to help the kid calm down
  4. The most fun
  5. Peoples’ reactions in public
  6. How to multitask with the baby on board
  7. Attachment centered parenting
  8. How to get over yourself to be a better parent
  9. Technology to the rescue

If I can cover half these topics in the next few weeks I shall claim victory.

Also I’m playing around with things on the sidebar- ads and videos. I know this is annoying and it probably wont make me any money, so I will probably do away with them or at least peddle things only that I’ve personally used like babybjorn which I’ve found just awesome.

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