by Bruce Linton, Ph.D.

In the third month of fatherhood you begin to hope for a "routine" to be established for your baby. But that's not always the case! It doesn't mean anything is "wrong" with your baby or that you and your wife are not doing things right. Babies take a long time to adjust to being in the outside world. Remember for nine months your baby's every need was met on demand. Eating, sleeping, all bodily functions were met immediately and without any effort while inside the womb. Over the last two months your baby has been learning how to communicate their needs to you. Needs they don't even understand themselves. ... read more >>

Walking – well it’s a long road to hoe as any father knows when you have a little person crawling quicker then lightning around the floor but is also pulling herself up and wanting to walk. She is in the in between stages again, she knows what she wants to do but can’t do it straight away and gets very angry with herself for not being able to do it, so what we did do is go to the Salvation Army Toy Library, you pay a membership fee around $50 and you get to use all these difference ages and stages toys for free basically, they are great and it means that you don’t have to worry about having a swing and slide set in your home for 20 years wha hoo! But any way we manage to find this basic trolley for her to push and therefore it’s just tall enough for her to be able to stand up and for one of use to make sure it doesn’t go too fast and her fall over. ... read more >>