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Paul
Jon Reid
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rerice
Rhancock
sailingbluenewf
Hi all, father of four here, ages 8, 6, 4 & 2 with 2 boys and 2 girls. Busy to say the least. Just thought I would check out the blog and see what it is all about.
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sailingbluenewf
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Paul
Introductions All Around
Hello there.
I’m Paul, husband of one, father of two, contributor to three blogs, I’m in the middle of my fourth university degree (a Phd), and I have lived in Newfoundland for nine months. It would be better if it was five months, wouldn’t it? But I would never lie to you.
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booksaredeadly
First Post
This post is about things that are new.
I’ll be a father soon. Give or take three or four weeks. My wife, Jackie, of two and half years and I are expecting a baby boy on May 5th. Being a father will be new. Not having the world evolve around me and my needs will be new. Not sleeping will be new.
I can’t wait. I’m excited, scared, happy, and proud. I’m worried, and nervous.
Quickly, Jackie and I have been together for 8 years plus. We have a boston terrier, Maggie, who is our first kid. Jackie is an artist by trade, but works full time in a office. I work as an outreach youth worker with at-risk/homeless youth at
http://www.choicesforyouth.caHopefully, my honest and blunt nature will be therapeutic in more ways than one.
This will be new.
Joe
St. John’s, NL
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PoeTattoo
Congratulations, Joe — I think you’ll enjoy parenthood/fatherhood. All those emotions you mention are the same ones I felt six-and-half years ago when our first child, a boy, was born. I think pride, though, was the strongest of all. I was present for the birth (I strongly recommend that!), and I remember just about every detail from that day like it’s imprinted on my memory. He was born at lunchtime, 1:10, on a Wednesday — a day that started cloudy and cool, but became beautiful and sunny and warm in the afternoon; a weather change I associate as being very appropriate to the big event. After the delivery, I asked my wife weather she was hungry — she said she could really go for a chicken caesar salad — which I immediately set out to fetch for her. While running that errand, I think I managed to inform just about everyone I met on the way that my wife had just given birth to our first child — a boy. I was that happy and proud.
Darrell
Corner Brook
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joe
Hi Darrell,
That’s awesome. Your description of that day seems like its imprinted in your mind. I hope the day my son is born is also imprinted and I can associate it with such awesome imagery. I think the idea of being a “proud” father is awesome, and I’m looking forward to feeling proud. Thanks for the comment. Look forward to sharing things here.
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ronology9
Good to see you on here Joe. Seems like this could be a worthwhile venture.
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joe
Hey Ron! Go habs go! Looking forward to your posts.
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Rhancock
First post
Hey all,
Just throwing out a first little blurb here. I live in Corner Brook and am married to my wife of nearly 4 years. We have two beautiful children, son R who is 3, and daughter K who is 1.
I hope I can find the time to throw out a few posts on here. Busy times these days of course, but it will be nice to share my thoughts and read what other dads are thinking.
Cheers,
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nldadsblog
Welcome
We all know how inspiring Twitter can be. From activism to a cause to looking for how-to tips, Twitter’s quick communication timeline can create meaningful dialogue – and help.
The other night, on Twitter, something happened. I ended up in a conversation with some Dads in Newfoundland. I had started out moaning about how there are few mommy bloggers in Newfoundland. And then @dougjonesnl made me aware of something: there are no dad bloggers in Newfoundland.
None.
Of course, there’s plenty of reasons why there are less dad bloggers than mom bloggers in general. But this blog isn’t going to be about generalisations. And as a mom and a woman I’m not going to come on here and make generalisations about men. This is your site. A site for Dad’s. All I did was set it up.
It’s set up to be a communal site, available to anyone who wants or needs to use it. And it’s yours. Please do use it.
joe, 
ronology9, and 
PoeTattoo are discussing. 
NL Dads Blog 
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