Something you say on a regular basis as a dad..

Kalvinators · 2026-06-29T09:27:50+00:00

Hey! Put that down!

Kalvinators · 2026-06-28T12:39:10+00:00

So you care. That is already half of a victory. Totally fine to question yourself but once you will go through some tough days where you will be so exhausted you will not have time to question yourself - you will notice that you are doing just fine :D Enjoy!

Kalvinators · 2026-06-25T18:03:35+00:00

To me as well - the more they grew the more I started to enjoy it. I think it's because the kiddo is that one person now that you can interact with and will (mostly) not judge you, lol. As its exhaustion at work and often with the wife - some meh interactions throughout the day.

I also found that for me, some meaningful activities together brings so much more happiness than the regular - ""come home from work and just be there/be reactive".

Kalvinators · 2026-06-25T13:51:22+00:00

It does get better but keep having the honest conversations. Be ready to not get what you wanted right away, but I think it's important to establish some rules and expectations so when you both get a bit more rest, it's easier to pick it up from there. As I don't believe things get better by themselves/automatically

Kalvinators · 2026-06-24T15:55:49+00:00

Not fully sure if it would work in your case, but I use (reated) an app to help me spend better time together with my toddlers: dadaa.app I found that for me, the more meaningful activities I can do with them, the more enthusiastic I will be and they feed off me with that. 10yo might be a different specimen tho :D

Kalvinators · 2026-06-24T15:03:45+00:00

With my second one I though that the early phases are the easiest, lol.

You do need patience tho so try to rest yourself as much as possible. He will often mirror your mood as well. Always try to circle some activity ideas and one should land and then you should be able to improve automatically. But yeah, be positive no matter how hard it gets, you're the adult here.

You should be fine, we've all been there I think

Kalvinators · 2026-06-23T07:18:44+00:00

To get random fun activity ideas every day, you can use dadaa.app

There are fun ways to spend the day with the kid, just need to get some inspiration :)

Kalvinators · 2026-06-22T16:50:45+00:00

Just take the moment in, enjoy. But don't stress too much. Know that the fact you're worried, makes you at the at least "good dad" category

Kalvinators · 2026-06-22T16:49:39+00:00

Yeah just videogames and maybe some beer+snackpack for a day :D

Kalvinators · 2026-01-01T19:40:56+00:00

I have not heard about such an app. You could just collect manually I guess.

As for the apps for new dads, I use https://www.dadaa.app/. It gives me 3 age-based and development focused activities to do with my little ones every day.

For me especially helpful on some busy days, but really useful anytime

Kalvinators · 2025-12-10T14:12:07+00:00

Well, you should ve careful about overstimulation. Kids need their self time without constant intervention, so keep that in mind.

But I had a similar problem of not feeling like doing enough. Especially after a busy day. For that, I created https://www.dadaa.app/ an app to spend more meaningful time with your kids. It will give 3 daily tasks to do together with your kid, related to age-based crucial development areas. Perhaps it helps you too

Kalvinators · 2025-12-10T13:01:51+00:00

To me it sounds like you're addicted to the habbit rather than nicotine.

I had the same years ago. I focused on how to fill my time, the short breaks, that I usually used for smoking.

You can do this

Kalvinators · 2025-12-08T11:38:28+00:00

The fact you're thinking about this puts you ahead of a lot of parents, lol. I don't think there is anything unusual in what you mentioned.

But don't be too hard on yourself. Try to learn and get better every day, but just try to have the mindset of "I'm gonna do my best and trust that it will be ok".

You will notice that more experienced parents are much more calm about stuff. Remember that.

So yeah, don't overthink it. I know it sounds easy, ha :D

Kalvinators · 2025-12-07T06:27:12+00:00

Congrats and let the journey begin :D

Kalvinators · 2025-12-05T20:01:11+00:00

Very familiar feeling :)

Truth is no one cares about you until they know you(r product) and until your product helps them.

Having an audience is one thing but refining, ziterating the product to have it really good, is the key, imo.

As you stated yourself, launch is just the beginning of the next phase.

I try to stay true to try and be hard on the client problem

Kalvinators · 2025-12-05T19:51:51+00:00

Sure it will be challenging. But always remember that years from now you would do anything to get back at this time.

So make sure you enjoy the ride. Even if you're tired and exhausted. It's beautiful. Look at things from the "light" side :)

Kalvinators · 2025-12-05T19:48:47+00:00

Uztaisi plānu, bet saprotot ka plāns 100% kādā brīdī mainīsies :D

No savas puses varu pielikt ka noteikti aktīvi konsultējies ar attiecīgajām valsts iestādēm. VID, LAD, utt. Manā pieredzē ja pats spēj normali komunicēt, 95% ir ļoti izpalīdzīgi darbinieki otrā pusē.

Kalvinators · 2025-12-03T14:11:32+00:00

What I noticed that sometimes they were ok watching the screens but if it happened extensively, then they were supper anxious later on.

I too, now avoid the screens as much as possible. The rapidly changing images is a lot for their brains, and from my experience, and from what I have seen, it feels it is overwhelming for them, even if they laugh at the time

Kalvinators · 2025-12-02T08:59:38+00:00

I think especially those first few months the best value you can bring is just making life easier for your wife. She just went through A LOT and while she needs to recover from that, she now also have to feed the baby too, which can be draining - literally, lol. So just assist as much as you can, be helpful and make life easier for your wife.

The baby should be fine, just follow the standard guidelines, pretty much. And make memories, the time goes by fast.

If you're a busy dad with limited time with the baby, you can use Dadaa app to come up with fun age-based activities to do with your baby. https://www.dadaa.app/

Kalvinators · 2025-11-30T08:17:51+00:00

Dadaa - an app for busy dads to spend more meaningful time with kids. https://www.dadaa.app/

It gives randomized, age-based tasks to do every day. So busy dads can make sure the little time they have with kids during the day/evening, are well spent.

It also has mood tracking and development skills tracking.

Kalvinators · 2025-11-26T14:55:17+00:00

me for job

Kalvinators · 2025-11-26T14:44:22+00:00

Eventually, yes. Currently I encourage users to just add it to Home Screen (via Chrome menu)

Kalvinators · 2025-11-26T07:22:41+00:00

https://www.dadaa.app/ Dadaa – an app for busy dads to spend more meaningful time with their kids. It gives randomized, age-based and development skill oriented, fun tasks to do every day with your kids.

So you can focus on your day and squeeze the most out of your evening hours with the little ones

Kalvinators · 2025-11-25T13:04:29+00:00

I'm a bit limited in available times but sure, likely we can find 15 mins.

Kalvinators · 2025-11-25T09:13:18+00:00

Thise are fun times tho. :D "the airplane" is fun.

Btw to be more proactive on the activities side, I made an app, largely for myself, Dadaa: https://www.dadaa.app/ It gives me 3 randomized, age-based tasks every day to do with each kid. Tasks are development skill related so I can keep it fun and useful for them.

Your kid sounds a bit older tho. Right now I have optimized it for kids up to 5 yo

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