The Crucial Role Of The New Father to a Newborn

Becoming a Father to a Newborn can be a confusing but exciting time because fathers feel such a huge sense of responsibility the moment the baby arrives. More is expected from fathers now than the previous generation.



Here is a great article I found that I wanted to share with you:


Loving and caring for our babies is the most important thing we can do. Our babies of today are the adolescents of tomorrow, who will grow up to be the adults who influence the world we live in. It is when they are a baby, that we lay the foundation of who they will become.


Father to a Newborn - Teach Your baby

When a baby is first born, the brain is developing at a rapid rate. It is at this time that you teach your baby about the world, and about relationships. If these pathways are not laid down in the first months and year, of a baby's life - that part of the baby's brain never develops. This is the part of the brain that teaches us how to care for other people and how to have positive relationships with other people. The most important teachers the baby has, are its main care givers - its Mom and Dad.
In my years working both as a Midwife, and as a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse, I had always included the father to a newborn, and kept both parents informed about matters that affected their baby. It was only when I was putting together my fun educational video for first time parents (I had realized that many parents were actually looking for information like this, and it was not available), that I decided to break with tradition and film the father to a newborn and a Male Midwife demonstrating how to care for a new baby. I decided to check what research had been done on the Role of the Father to a newborn to find out what the Scientific Research showed about how important Dad really is.
Of course I knew that Dads are important – but I didn’t realize how important they are, how their involvement, or lack of involvement will have an impact on the long-term outcome of their infant/child. I thought that a "super duper mother" could make up for any lacking father to a newborn. This is not the case at all!! It is so important that the Dad is involved – right from the start – and in a positive way. I really believe that if every first time Mom and Dad knew about this, they would be doing everything they could to ensure that their baby is going to have the best chance in life.