Aspies For Freedom

Be there The best any man can do for their child is to just be there. Love them, talk to them, have special one on one playtime with them, just be there.

Oh and pick up some of the household chores towards the end of the PG and just afterwards so your GF doesn't get stressed out and brain you

Congrats!

Paula

Congratulations...!!! Sounds like some challenges ahead...

Paula's advice is right on... Let me add: Get involved... in any way you can...

Parenting made me who I am today. I wouldn't trade it for anything...My kids taught me Love...

AND, Don't listen to the Marketers that say Mum's know it all. Here’s a funny one: Like when I went grocery shopping the other day and bought a breakfast cereal with a slogan: "Kids tested... Mother approved"... Jestingly I got a marking pen and added DAD approves... I'm going to go make some Muesli for them next time!!! (Should have added this to my “Peeve” post)

I finally found a great magazine that included Dad's. If your new-one is a girl, you’ll find lot's of great advice among the pages. Following is the link to their site (Not sure what's available in the UK).

http://www.daughters.com

Congrats..
My husband was very worried about finances before our son was born, being able to afford things..but it has all worked out. I had a depression after, caused by hormones, and um, just my basic personality,  so it helped to have some support from family.

Posted by Callista:
Baby: Big change, a lot of wonderful things, a few very annoying ones that are eventually worth it.
true!

Yeah... Don't let my earlier post fool anyone into believing it is all bliss.

Sort-of like a Love-Hate relationship. My now teenagers have used the phrase: "I hate You!!!!" when I'm enforcing the rules... I just quip back now: "you've mis-said Love, you will thank me for it later".  It wasn't easy getting to this comfortable stage... Hell at times... figuratively speaking, no dogma but my own here......

Oh, and plan on giving up a couple of your favorite hobbies for a new one: "Parenting". Worth it! It might become your favorite!!!

Regards, Beammeup

My favorite phrase for the "I hate you" ploy is "That's fine, because I love you enough for the both of us."

Some might say the best piece of advice is to buy a very large quantity of diapers before the baby is born, at least three packages of each size up to four. Also, stay frugal when it comes to baby's play clothes. They will stain everything and if you've spent a fortune on nice things...

Finally (and I don't care what well meaning busy bodies say on this) if your baby is crying, don't ignore it. You are not going to spoil them. A baby crying is crying for a set reason, and is not capable of manipulating someone just for attention.

Sorry... off topic... just had to post to this though...

Dad here again...��Won't catch me "being an old hand at..."


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