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teacherdad
Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
My name is James, and my wife of 8 years and I just had our first child, a girl, three weeks ago. We're both teachers on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. I've been watching the show since my wife got pregnant, and I love it. I decided that it was time to get out and start interacting with other dads, since I have no idea what I'm doing, so I thought this would be the place to be.
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bobjr79
Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
Congrats and welcome James! I'd say there aren't many of us first time dads that know what we're doing. Luckily someone else has been there and done that and we can learn from their mistakes!
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Daddy Clay
Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
Hey, James! Welcome. Dad you know DadLabs was started by three teachers? Troy, Brad and I were all working at a private boarding school in Austin, Texas (a pretty far cry from the Navajo reservation). I still live on the campus (my wife is an administrator), and Troy's wife works there as well.

I know how busy two-teacher families are, but we would love to hear more about raising kids on the Navajo reservation. If you would ever be interested in writing a guest blog, please let us know.

Hope you find lots of useful stuff here.

Cheers!
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teacherdad
Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
I'd love to write a guest blog at some point, but I probably need to get a little more experience under my belt first.
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ben
Re:Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
Howdy, James.

I think we all feel like we're in a bubble at the beginning. Hopefully, you're finished with the worst part.
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Daddy Clay
Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
@teacherdad No need to be an expert. Just share your experiences. No hurry, or pressure though. Just curious.
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Daddy Troy
Re:Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 11 Months ago
Jame,

Similar to you two, my wife and I had about nine years together before our first child. I have been asked many times by childless friends how long to wait until having a child - better to wait and get some relationship time under ones belt first. Jury is still out, and I am sure it differs for each person, but it was good thing for us.

The only weird part is that people change over time, so now my wife and I have a past on which our relationship is founded, now we have changed, and our kids will never know us as those people. For example, we were backpackers, and now don't hike as much but still fancy ourselves as backpackers.

Reminds me of a site myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com/
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teacherdad
Re:Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad
1 Year, 10 Months ago
@ Troy:

I feel like it was a good idea for us to wait too. Of course, my wife and I were still in college when we got married, and then we both worked through graduate programs after we finished our degrees. And then, we both had trouble finding decent jobs in the town we were living in at the time. So, neither of us felt like we were in a good position to have a baby until we moved where we are now and both got good jobs. But, even with that in mind, I feel like we're much better parents now than we would have been at 22/23. Not to mention, we got to do a lot of the great stuff we wanted to do, that is going to be a lot more difficult, or at least take more planning, now that we have a kid.

Like you said, it's impossible to say that this would be true for everyone, but I wouldn't have done it any other way.
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