Well, I don’t have any books or blogs, but I can list a few things I’ve learned raising 4 toddlers in the last 6 years: 1. Don’t be over protective. It’s hard

Well, I don’t have any books or blogs, but I can list a few things I’ve learned raising 4 toddlers in the last 6 years: 1. Don’t be over protective. It’s hard not to be. But you’ll need to remember that you’re their security blanket, not their parachute. You need to let them fall down, get ouchies, throw fits and make mistakes. You’re value is in being there to comfort when it hurts, not save them from the hurt itself. 2. Don’t go buying everything in the store. Wait till you REALLY know you need it. So many people get caught up in the “I NEED EVERYTHING AND HE/SHE DESERVES IT!” Mentality. Don’t do that. A couple exceptions: a good swing and a pack’n’play. 3. Buy diapers at Costco or Sams Club. Don’t fall for the brand name marketing, they just need to catch shit and it doesn’t have to be organic, grown from pure heavenly angel hair to do that. The best ones we’ve found are the Costco diapers. 4. Enjoy the little time. Everyone says it, so it’s almost cliche, but it really does go by in a flash. That little chubby hand gripping your finger will soon fade away to a little kid and eventually a grown person. It’s the hardest part of being a dad I deal with, you wake up and the little hand is gone... So, just slow down. It’s hard because people tend to have kids right as careers and life is taking off. Prioritize the kiddo time, even when you don’t feel like you can. 5. Talk to your kids even when they’re little. Don’t baby talk, but actually talk. It helps them develop and you’ll teach your little one to express themselves with words instead of uncontrollable emotion. Lots more, but every journey is different. The above is the more ubiquitously applicable ones I can think of. :)