Ryan interviews Adam. Adam and Ryan are related through Ryan’s cousin. Adam is a dad of two girls aged 8 and 6. Adam is an incredibly thoughtful person. This conversation inspired me and I’m sure will inspire others out there. 

Topics discussed:

• Difficulty getting pregnant and how to push through.
• How best to deal with the hardships together as a couple.
• The panic that set in when they finally did get pregnant.
• The most exciting times during the pregnancy for Adam.
• Importance of spending time with your partner and connecting.
• Adam and his wife decided not to find out the sex of their first child before birth.
• Why they wanted to find out earlier for the second child.
• Routine changes during the pregnancy. 
• Practicing empathy when your partner describes the changes they’re experiencing.
• First few weeks after the baby was born.
•  Adam’s nighttime routine of watching the baby sleep while playing video games.
• The dad-daughter bond
•  Activities dads can do with their daughters.
• Adapt to doing things together.
• Hobbies Adam does with his daughters today.
• 90s cartoons have aged terribly.
• Advice for couples trying to get pregnant. 
• As Dory says, “Just keeping swimming.”
• Advice for dads and expecting dads.

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Mario is a professional drummer and dad of an 8-month-old son. Mario has the opportunity to work from home which adds another dynamic to the conversation. Mario offers a perspective that is different from other dads in part because of his career. 

Topics Discussed: 

• What Mario wishes he knew before his wife got pregnant. 
• The time it took to get pregnant and being surprised.
• The book Mario’s wife bought him: We're Pregnant! The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook by Adrian Kulp
• His gig schedule during pregnancy including one-night shows and touring. 
• Most exciting time during the pregnancy.
• Pregnancy as a transitional phase.
• Hearing a newborn for the first time and how Mario felt.
• Adjustments Mario made during the pregnancy to reconnect with his wife. 
• First gig after his son’s birth.
• Adjustments to working at a rented studio so as not to play drums in the house.
• How Mario made sure to be present when at home. 
• Leaving to tour for 3 weeks.
• Mario’s memories that he shares from the road.
• Ryan’s travel schedule for work.
• The upside of being home right now during a pandemic.
• Bobby Bazini: http://www.bobbybazini.com/ 
• Staying in shape since the baby was born. 
• Mario’s workout routine.
• Balancing your time and your interests with your partner. 
• Mario’s father-son time in the morning.
• Sympathy weight and how Mario tracks his weight.
• Mario’s current projects.
• Mario’s advice for new dads and expecting dads.

Mario’s website: http://mariotelaro.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariotelaro/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thereadyroomstudio/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/mariotelaro

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarioTelaro 

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Ryan interviews Jamie. Jamie and Ryan have been friends for a long time. Jamie is a dad of a one-year old son. Jamie has always wanted kids and is a great dad. He went through a period of worrying about everything and offers great perspective on it. 

Topics Discussed

• Jamie’s struggle with worrying about everything when the baby came.
• Learning about a bump on the baby’s head.
• Jamie’s life didn’t change much during the pregnancy. 
• What was the most exciting time during the pregnancy for him.
• The story of the second ultrasound.
• The story of their gender reveal.
• Supporting his wife during the pregnancy.
• Why Jamie deferred his parental leave to later in the year. 
• The first 40-days after the baby was born being more difficult. 
• How Jamie adapted his workout routine.
• Jamie’s advice to new dads and expecting dads out there. 

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What: Creating a resource for expecting dads and new dads that is from a dad’s perspective. Becoming a dad means you now have a new job that occupies 100% of your time. The life you led before becoming a dad is not totally lost and needs to be adapted to the changes that are coming. There are a lot of changes that happen but getting out ahead of those changes and taking inventory of your priorities will help you maintain the lifestyle that is important to your wellbeing.  

Why: There aren’t enough resources available to dads that are positive in nature. We have a significant role to play during the pregnancy and after the birth of the child. Most of the information is geared towards women while men are left questioning the role they need to occupy. I want to change the impression that men can’t take a more important role in child rearing from the start. I also want to make sure to convey that we don’t need to lose sight of our interests and priorities once the baby comes. We don’t need to become the dad who looks back on his 20s as if they were the best years of his life. 

Type of guest: Men who have become dads in the last 3-5 years. Men with full-time jobs and other interests they continue to explore on their own time without losing sight of the importance of fatherhood.  

Format: 5-10 long-form questions including discussion followed by 3-5 short-form questions.