4 Time Father?4 Time Father?A father of three, learning and dealing with becoming a father for the 4th time. Articles
How Many Children to Have? - Part 2
2007-05-29 23:30:00 This is part 2 of a series on how many children to have. Check out Part 1 here. In this piece we will look at the overpopulation myth as a reason to limit the number of kids you have. Overpopulation For example, throughout the 20th Century we have had an undercurrent of overpopulation fears. ... More About: Children , Trimester , How Many
How Many Children to Have?
2007-05-29 22:10:00 Have you asked that question yet? I know we have. The question of how many children are “right” for you is a hard one to answer. I think it is also critical to ask the question in the right way. For example, this is the wrong way. From a purely happiness standpoint, ... More About: Children , Trimester , How Many
Train Up a Child?
2007-05-29 16:44:00 The Bible has some very good advice to parents (besides do not kill… which believe me, does come up from time to time with respect to your kids!). Let me throw a proverb at ya: Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not ... More About: Child , TRAI
In the House With the Dad
2007-05-28 20:27:00 It occurs to me I haven’t said anything about how things are going personally in the house. The Mom was insistent on Saturday that we begin to craft some gardening in the front yard, so I put off my hoped-for 4×4 trip to the mountains in favour of domestic life. We packed the ... More About: House , Trimester , Ouse , The House , The D
Tips for New Dads From the Funky Stork
2007-05-28 17:44:00 Here’s an interesting resource for ya. The Funky Stork purports to be all about expectant fathers. I’ll buy that. Take a look around and see what’s there. Up on their front page is some advice to a lawyer who wants to be a part of his new child’s life, despite his busy ... More About: Tips
A Case Study in Explicit Language
2007-05-25 23:26:00 Pregnant people find all kinds of things to worry about. Pregnant husbands’ job one is to make sure those worries are minimized or neutralized. Here’s a bang-up example of this from the Blogfathers, on the matter of “What if I swear during delivery?” It’s still a long way off for this to be a worry, and ... More About: Study , Language , Case
The So-Called ?Pregnancy Bible?
2007-05-25 18:28:00 There is this book, called “What to Expect When You are Expecting” that every single mother I know has read. It is pretty much unavoidable. You will be asked to read it, sooner or later. If you aren’t asked, and you read it yourself, you will score MAJOR points. If you ... More About: Pregnancy , Bible , Calle
Couvade Syndrome - Do You Feel Pregnant?
2007-05-25 16:23:00 I just ran across this article on couvade syndrome, the phenomenon where the father-to-be claims he is having symptoms similar to the pregnant mother-to-be. Yeah, believe it or not, it does happen! And yes, it is psycho-somatic. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen though. They courteously provide a list of underlying causes. I thought I’d ... More About: Pregnant , Syndrome , Trimester , Feel
Excitement, or not? How to Read Your Wife?s Emotions
2007-05-25 06:25:00 Women* are interesting creatures. They can be all excited and enthused one minute then humdrum the next. Take for example, the moment she MSN’ed me at work. “Guess what?” she says. I have no clue what she is talking about - last I heard, we were a week away from ... More About: Wife , Emotions , Read , Trimester , Emotion
The Pregnancy Test
2007-05-24 18:27:00 I will say this up front: this was a planned pregnancy. We had every intention of getting pregnant. In fact, we are rather good at it. With our first child, we “tried” for 1 month, failed, then succeeded in the second month. With our second, we hit the mark the first month. With our third, ... More About: Pregnancy , Test , Trimester
Introducing a 4 Time Father!
More articles from this author:2007-05-24 08:07:00 Thanks for dropping by. This is the blog of a father of three boys, who just found out his wife is pregnant with a fourth child. In this day and age, here in Canada, 1 is normal, 2 is a “big family”, 3 is a REALLY big family, and 4 is utter madness. Yet, here ... More About: Time , Father , Intro , Fath 1, 2, 3 |
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