Although important changes in a pregnant mother are obvious, the father must also go through a long wait before arrival. It is a time of adaptation as you change your own image and your relationship with your wife and other children to welcome another baby.
Some parents change their physical appearance, such as letting their beards grow, while others take a second job to make sure they can keep their family growing. Even others make arrangements at home or start a new project. Everyone will think of their own parents and wonder if they will be the same or different. Most men are very anxious, although it is hard for them to prove it. These mixed feelings generate the energy necessary for adaptation and relationship with the baby, and they will become the father the baby needs. It is a healthy concern.
The father is a very important person in the life of a child, beginning before the child is born. Many parents "play" with babies before birth, by speaking or singing to them, or by gently caressing the mother's abdomen. The baby will recognize the father's voice when it is born if the father has related to him closely.
Babies who interact with their parents in this way demonstrate all kinds of positive benefits. Boys and girls have a better birth, maintain a better self-image when they grow up and demonstrate good school performance if parents get involved.
Parents are not mothers (and we do not want them to be either!)
Parents interact with babies in a different way than they interact with their mothers. At 4 weeks of age, the baby reacts uniquely to the father's sight. He hunches forward and his face shows that he is anticipating something, with his eyebrows up, his mouth open and his eyes gleaming. He is ready to play. The games, the stories, the greetings and the laughs they share are very different from those of the mother and the baby.
Fathers and mothers have special styles of parenting. They present children with different views of life and different skills. Both parents learn by practicing caring for the baby with their own style, and by learning from their mistakes. All parents need time to test new skills.
In addition to attending classes on the birth of the baby and reading, parents can answer these questions to begin thinking about their role as parents:
How do you play or calm your baby in the belly? How does your baby react? Do you have a special song for the baby?
What level of participation do you want to have regarding the physical care of the baby? What kind of care tasks will you take care of? When will you do them?
What aspects of your own father do you want to imitate? What are the ones you do not want to copy?
Have you changed your appearance? What is the image you have of a good father? * Will your baby have your name, dress your clothes or play with your old toys? Or do you want to start from scratch?
Parents establish another type of connection with babies. As a parent, the more you play, learn and interact with your baby, the closer the relationship will be.
3 months ago I will be a father today I can say that I am somewhat nervous, but also happy I am thinking a name that I agreed with Nathan I accept suggestions I will be a father for the first time at 27 years old I will be a child and I will do my best to be the best father my baby
