Baby Tips - "Babymoon"

Advice from friends with children:

"Go on a 'babymoon' with [your wife] - time away together before the baby arrives . . . last chance for awhile :-)"

- Just about every friend & mother we know . . . .

Baby Tip: Weight Gain

Tips from friends with children:

"First of all don't eat anything . . . . . . . I gained more weight than [my wife] did during the pregnancy."

- A friend and a father

Pregnancy Tips

One of the good things about being one of the last couples in your social circle to have children is that you can rely on your group's collective experience to guide you through the process.

I am not very interested in going through the whole pregnancy, birthing, raising a child process "my way". I am much more concerned with going through it the "best way" and I freely admit that "my way" and the "best way" may not be one and the same.

Of course, we are all individuals and so we all come to this stage of life with our own variations. But it makes sense to me to collect thoughts and opinions from those whom you trust and admire and weed through them to find those that work for you. So I put out the "let's hear it" call to our friends.

One of the odd things is that I received more suggestions from the fathers in our group than the mothers.

I thought I would share some of the tips we have received here on the ol' Dawg Run in the hopes that they may spark more tips from others and maybe help someone going through the process for the first time like us.

So, here it is,our First Friendly Pregnancy Tip!

"So it's going to sound obvious but I mean it, spend time together. Have quiet dinners and good conversation, go out on dates regularly and try to limit the baby talk during these times, if possible. It's easy to get swept up in baby world and all the preparation that goes into it but the baby isn't here yet and these are the last opportunities to really enjoy each other for a long time."