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Readers offer advice for new fathers
Sleepless nights are just the beginning
The illustration on the first congratulations card we received after becoming parents showed a screaming toddler waving a rattle like a tambourine and a message that read: “Party. My Crib. 3 a.m. Be there!”
And so I was, night after night.
I had been warned about the lack of sleep. But some other aspects of fatherhood took me pleasantly by surprise. Our son recently turned 4, our daughter just turned 2, and I now know the following to be absolutely true:
• Thomas the Tank Engine rules
• Pediatricians are doctors who call back
• Kids do indeed ask the darndest things, like, “When will it be today?” and “Now that I’m 4, can I touch plugs?” and “How come I didn’t know you when you were little?”
Fatherhood. For fun, mystery and memories, I highly recommend it.
Robert Smith
Westlake
The two items that will save your life
My wife and I just had our first baby, a little girl born April 16. If there is one piece of advice I can offer new dads, it’s this:
Buy Velcro swaddlers and “The Happiest Baby on the Block” video!
Swaddling sounds easy in concept, but when you have a newborn thrashing about, the Velcro versions are a thousand times easier and maintain their “straight jacket”-like grip on the little guy or girl.
When you watch the “Happiest Baby” video, the advice it gives may seems like common sense, but it is helpful to see its suggestions on things like how to calm a crying baby.
Dan Miller
Chagrin Falls
Sleepless nights are just the beginning
The illustration on the first congratulations card we received after becoming parents showed a screaming toddler waving a rattle like a tambourine and a message that read: “Party. My Crib. 3 a.m. Be there!”
And so I was, night after night.
I had been warned about the lack of sleep. But some other aspects of fatherhood took me pleasantly by surprise. Our son recently turned 4, our daughter just turned 2, and I now know the following to be absolutely true:
• Thomas the Tank Engine rules
• Pediatricians are doctors who call back
• Kids do indeed ask the darndest things, like, “When will it be today?” and “Now that I’m 4, can I touch plugs?” and “How come I didn’t know you when you were little?”
Fatherhood. For fun, mystery and memories, I highly recommend it.
Robert Smith
Westlake
The two items that will save your life
My wife and I just had our first baby, a little girl born April 16. If there is one piece of advice I can offer new dads, it’s this:
Buy Velcro swaddlers and “The Happiest Baby on the Block” video!
Swaddling sounds easy in concept, but when you have a newborn thrashing about, the Velcro versions are a thousand times easier and maintain their “straight jacket”-like grip on the little guy or girl.
When you watch the “Happiest Baby” video, the advice it gives may seems like common sense, but it is helpful to see its suggestions on things like how to calm a crying baby.
Dan Miller
Chagrin Falls
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