So yeah I'm gonna be a dad. On or around June 5th of next year. It's pretty exciting, been wanting a kid for a while now. But have just recently met that special person that I want to be with for the rest of my life. For most people it would be too soon to say that but it feels right. Anyways that's not what this topic is about.

What this topic is about is..tips and tricks of parenting! Maybe some of your fathers (and mothers) here can tell me how it was for you, what you had to deal with etc. Give me a little taste of what I will be experiencing. I have an idea (enough of an idea of the pros and cons that I want a kid) but I want more of one. My gf and I are really excited about it. I am in love with the idea more and more each day lol. It's completely weird for me because I was never like this a few years ago.

My friends and family have given me mixed feelings. Some think it's too soon (yeah sure, I'm unconventional though) and give me kind of offensive good luck wishes. Like I'm not going to want the kid or something. Or like my life is going to end. I'm of the belief that my life is just beginning or at least going into a new stage and I'm excited for it. I will still be able to enjoy my hobbies as much as I do now which isn't much with work and life and stuff, I will be able to spend 4 hours on a Saturday to golf or a few hours here and there to game every now and then. The other half is really happy for me. So yeah.

Tips, stories, advice! Share away.

Congratulations man!

Congrats! One of my sisters will be having a kid in the first half of 2014, which is cool because I'll be an uncle then.

Anyway, http://www.askyourdadblog.com/2012/11/5-things-i-forgot-about-having-newborn.html I think you may find it useful to read.

As a childless teenager, my only advice for you is: build up your relationship with your girlfriend as strong as you can, because you're in for the long haul now, and the fact of the matter is, you did get into this early. If your relationship isn't strong enough when the crap hits the fan (and as the article I just linked should show you, crap will be hitting that fan) you could in fact end up in a rather unhappy position somewhere down the line.

Don't send the baby to a chiropractor.