Tag: The Dad Speaks

2-3-4 isn’t the latest social media fad where you take 2 selfies every 3 minutes and post them to 4 social media sites.  I think the only people who can actually accomplish this are the KARDASHIANS!!! 2-3-4 is a baby schedule that helps us manage awake and sleep time for Niko.  I will attempt to…

I get my fair share of alone time (whether it be at my full-time job or my freelance writing/photography job).  But, Nina doesn’t because she is a stay at home mom and is the main source of food right now for Niko. When I come home from work and on the weekends, I like to…

Right now (and hopefully for the rest of my life), the two most important people in my life are my wife and my 7 month old son.  I cherish every moment I get to spend with them and I will never hesitate to choose them over anything else (even if it involves my freelance High…

My wife, Nina, is a stay-at-home mom and everything she does while I am at work (whether it be my fulltime job or my freelance sports writing/photography job) is always greatly appreciated.  She makes my life very easy.  I, in turn, make her life easy and together, we make Niko’s life easy.  On the weekends,…

Since our anniversary on October 10th, we have been feeding Niko something other than breast milk.  We wanted to keep it a secret and unveil the truth on Thanksgiving, but unfortunately, Nina spilled the beans (that isn’t one of the foods) to her mother a few days before Thanksgiving.  So, no surprise!!! That wasn’t the…

On November 16th, I wrote: Ever since we started putting Niko in the crib for night-time, it doesn’t matter how early it is, Nina and I always join him (not in the crib, but in our bed) about 10 to 15 minutes after he falls asleep. Well, I am a liar!!!  Starting this past Sunday,…

Just within the past few weeks, Niko has mastered crawling and he is a fast little baby.  Right now, we are limiting his crawling to a small defined space in our living room for his own protection. But, don’t worry because that space is actually very roomy and fenced in as Nina and I get in…

Ever since we started putting Niko in the crib for night-time, it doesn’t matter how early it is, Nina and I always join him (not in the crib, but in our bed) about 10 to 15 minutes after he falls asleep.  I almost broke the crib once when I stupidly thought it could hold a…

One of the perks of my full-time job at Chase bank is I have 4 weeks of vacation. When Niko was born, I took 2 weeks of vacation along with 2 weeks of paternity leave.  But, it was no vacation as caring for a newborn baby requires all day and all night attention.  And, for…

One year ago today, Nina and I made the announcement to the Facebook and Twitter universe that we were pregnant (ok, I wasn’t pregnant but I helped with it).  Our announcement wasn’t anything spectacular like you see these days.  I wore a t-shirt that said THE MAN BEHIND THE BUMP and Nina wore a little skeleton on the…

Last Saturday, Nina and Niko came to a St. Anthony football game with me.  In case you didn’t know, I am a freelance writer and photographer and my current gig is St. Anthony football. St. Anthony is a private Catholic school in San Antonio.  I covered St. Anthony basketball games in 2013, 2014, and this…

Besides being a daddy to an almost 6 month old baby, I am also a high school football writer/photographer for St. Anthony football.  Of course, when I am at a football game, I miss Nina and Niko and whenever I see a baby, I always smile and have an urge to cradle them in my…

Yesterday (10/10), Nina and I celebrated 6 years of marriage and we didn’t do anything spectacular or even leave the house.  It was actually a very pleasant day at home in our pajamas and we enjoyed each other and of course Niko (and, I can’t forget the loudest thing and the thing that gets the…

On Sunday, October 2nd, Niko turned 5 months old and that time sure has gone by super-fast. It really does feel like yesterday when Nina and I were at the hospital.  To celebrate this momentous occasion and also the Jewish New Year, we had a very early brunch at my parents’ house.  This was the…

I have probably written something similar before on thedadspeaks.com, but I really don’t care!! It is hard work raising a baby.  Just taking him out takes preparation and a lot of patience.  You also can’t make scheduled plans because we are on baby time.  I do get tired when we take him out. Besides being a dad,…

Since September 2nd, Niko has been sleeping in the crib over-night.   He hasn’t yet slept thru the night and Nina and I are OK with that.  Hey, he is only 4 1/2 months old and he needs his “mommy milk.”  After he eats, he goes right back to sleep in the crib (this usually happens around Midnight). …

On Friday, September 2nd, we celebrated Niko’s 4 month birthday and my wife’s birthday (I won’t tell you how old she is because that is none of your business).  All I will say is she is younger than me and I am 39.  Well, Nina was having a great day, up until that afternoon, when we…

On Friday, Niko celebrated his 4 month birthday (it was also my wife’s birthday but since this is thedadspeaks.com and not the thehusbandspeaks.com, I won’t tell anything about what I got wife for her birthday).  Ok, I will tell you…I got her a bean bag chair so she can be comfy when she plays with the…

In addition to being a daddy (and a daddy blogger) to an almost 4 month old, a husband to a very beautiful woman for almost 6 years, and a fulltime employee at Chase Bank in the Unclaimed Property Department for almost 10 years, I am also a FREELANCE writer/photographer for the St. Anthony Catholic High…