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Surviving — and loving — your baby's first 12 months.

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Flying With a Baby for the First Time: What to Pack, What to Dread, What to Embrace

By James Calloway
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Baby Bouncers: The Gear That Buys You 20 Minutes of Sanity

By James Calloway
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The Quiet Way Fatherhood Gives Your Life a Different Kind of Weight

By James Calloway
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The Best Baby Thermometers — Because Guessing a Fever Is Not an Option

By James Calloway
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Nobody Talks About How Lonely New Fatherhood Can Feel

By James Calloway
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Month 4: The Sleep Regression Nobody Prepared You For

By James Calloway on Wednesday, July 9, 2025
4 month sleep regression

James here. I’m a first-time dad and Claire is now two. I remember the 4 month sleep regression like it was yesterday. We had a calm bedtime routine, then everything shifted overnight. This phase often begins between three and four months. It is a normal, biological shift in how your little one processes rest. It …

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Month 3: Your Baby Is Starting to See You as a Person

By James Calloway on Thursday, June 12, 2025
3 month old baby milestones

My name is James, and I write this as a first‑time dad who remembers the chaos of those early days with my daughter Claire. Watching a newborn shift into a more aware infant felt like a small miracle. I recall the moment she stared at me and seemed to really know me. That look made …

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Month 2: The First Smile and Why It Changes Everything

By James Calloway on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
2 month old baby development

I’m James, a first-time dad, and I still remember Claire’s first real smile. It was a Tuesday morning and the exhaustion of the newborn phase felt worth it in a single moment. That gummy grin made me feel seen. I went from being a milk machine to someone she was noticing. It shifted how I …

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Month 1: Everything Is New — Including You

By James Calloway on Tuesday, June 10, 2025
baby month by month development

My name is James, and as a first‑time dad to my daughter Claire, I know the first month can feel like a blur. When Claire arrived, the world of parenthood shifted overnight and every small task took more time than I expected. I learned quick lessons from the early information after her birth. I watched …

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The First Week Home: What Nobody Warned You About

By James Calloway on Monday, June 2, 2025
newborn first week home

My name is James, and when my daughter Claire was born I learned fast that the newborn first week home is less vacation and more survival. I held Claire for the first time and felt utterly unprepared. That feeling hits most parents right away. Books and classes did not match the chaos of constant feeding, …

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The Dad Year is a guide to your baby's first 12 months — written from a dad's perspective, for dads. Not a medical journal. Not a parenting manual full of terms like "secure attachment framework." Just honest, practical, sometimes funny writing about what it's actually like to become a father for the first time.

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