Dad Time 5 – Sleep Time
Oof, trying to get some sleep when you live with a new-born should qualify as some sort of extreme sport. As I wrote a long time ago, I’ve always been the kind of person who loves working in the middle of the night, when everything is quiet and you...
Dad Time 4 – Diaper Change Time
Before Yoshifusa was born, I was pretty curious about how I’d react to the idea of having to change diapers once I was actually forced to do it. Maybe it was because of stereotypical dad reactions in movies, or because apparently my own dad did his best to avoid...
Dad Life 3 – Walk Time
Before becoming a dad, I knew from other friends that babies just loved their walks, or car rides. I heard stories that some even refused to sleep unless they were first driven around the block for a few minutes. (I feel like baby stories are often very exaggerated, is...
Dad Life 2 – Picture Time
Shortly after Yoshifusa was born, Kokoro asked me to take a picture of him for our family. I got up, took my phone out and went to see him. The minute I raised my phone, he instantly turned around: “No picture for you, sir.” So our first picture of...
Dad Life 1 – Yoshifusa
I’m not very good at picking names. Whenever I play games and have to name my characters or teams, I just come up with the least clever, most boring ideas. So you can imagine how much fun I must’ve had spending hours and hours trying to come up with...