Sleepless Nights Are Just the Beginning
The first thing every new dad hears before their baby arrives is, “Get ready to lose sleep!” While that’s absolutely true (and no one exaggerates when they say this), sleeplessness is merely the surface of the iceberg. What no one prepares you for is the mental circus that accompanies it—how a single whimper at 2 a.m. can send you into overdrive, imagining worst-case scenarios while fumbling with a diaper in the dark.
Suddenly, you're the guy Googling "how to swaddle without waking a baby" at 3 a.m., only to end up tangled in a blanket yourself.
But here's the twist: after weeks of surviving on fragmented naps, you'll discover a superpower—a dad-specific survival instinct. It’s like an internal upgrade that somehow lets you function on three hours of sleep while making silly faces to keep your baby entertained.
Let’s talk about poop. No, seriously, this is important. The day your baby is born, you’ll be inducted into a realm of colorful surprises that no one warned you about. You’ll quickly become fluent in “poopology,” observing texture, color, and frequency with the precision of a lab technician. Is it too yellow? Too green? Too much? Too little? Congratulations, you’ve become the leading scientist in the study of your baby’s digestive system.
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