How I Became the Newest Stay At Home Dad

The guy responsible for my new job.

See the guy on the left? He's the one that threw my life out of whack. Ever since that day in Sunday School when I was 8 when our teacher asked us to describe what marriage was like, I had imagined myself as the studly breadwinner--the superhero husband that had a job that paid 100k who would come home everyday to his loving wife who had dinner ready, and to his kid(s) (I only wanted one back then) who he would play with all night till it was time for bed.

Then I actually got married. A few months after we got married, my wife beat me and graduated college and got a big girl job with a salary (just barely under 100k...by about 70 thousand), and I still had over two years left of college.

Our first year of marriage consisted of me going back and forth between three or four part time jobs while she held down the fort with her consistent full-time job. Then she got pregnant. She was stoked out of her mind. I was still wrapping my head around the fact that I was about to be a dad of a species that I have never been fond of...babies.

I eventually got around to putting up with babies (with some practice with our friends' kids). Our precious little boy was born in April and we were ready to start life with my wife working her full-time job, me having 2-3 part-time jobs, and being in school full-time. It would all work out spectacularly with our schedules right? Oh wait, we had a baby to take care of too.

Obviously, she would stay home full-time while I went to school and became the breadwinner with my pathetic part time jobs right? Wrong. We needed the stability (not to mention the health insurance--lifesaver!) of her job. So we talked about it and decided we'd need an unconventional role swap.

I am now the newest stay at home dad while my wife brings home the bacon. We decided that I will not be taking classes next semester and instead I will try my hand at working a couple of jobs from home while taking care of....a baby.

And do I have any idea what I'm doing? Absolutely not. This blog is dedicated to all my adventures as I grab and claw my way through learning how to take care of my son while my wife gets off easy (just kidding...)

Anyways, since we've been at the hospital for so long, we've gotten out of touch with some family and friends who are understandably out of the loop on what is going on. I'll be putting up posts that will completely explain what is going on with our kid and his progression. If you'd like to follow this blog, type your email at the top of this page and looks like every time I post something, you'll get an email notification and you can come and check it out.

Again, thank you all for all your love, thoughts, and prayers! We are looking forward to starting this new chapter in our lives.