You guys did it, you made it through the first trimester – a long 13 weeks! Welcome to month four of your pregnancy. Get yourself a cigar! (probably best to not smoke it though… health and all, you can probably just sit there and look at it) Now, granted, thus far in the journey your partner did an absolute assload more than you did and deserves the lion’s share of the high fives, but we know that you’ve been a stud and given her the support she’s needed this whole time.

Life of Dad partner David Guest preparing for fatherhood.

Isn’t that the main reason that you’re knee-deep in this app? If not, then you may have gotten yourself tangled up in a really weird hobby, my friend. But perhaps it fits in nicely with your LARPing schedule or time you’ve carved out to master escapology – who are we to judge? Pregnancy enthusiasts are sort of like Bronys. We don’t judge….but don’t ask us to understand.

Before we get too far off the beaten path – let’s get back to basics. Why is this a big milestone for your expanding family? Well, now that your baby’s organs are in place, the growth is going to start working on developing those organs. Your lady friend will (hopefully) soon experience fewer bouts of morning sickness (hooray for everyone, those times are gross). Your baby can start to see light, its skeleton is starting to develop which is super weird because this woman by your side now has two skeletons inside of her – one that is continuing to grow.. Seems like it isn’t that big of a deal, but relatively speaking it’s kinda like you increasing to the size of demogorgon in one month. And yes, being able to do that WOULD be friggin rad.

By the end of this month, fingers and toes will be fully there. Even fingernails so he/she can scratch its nether-regions which are also fully developed! Get on in there, little one. We all do it.

Your baby is getting hair on its shoulders and back called lanugo. So in the sense of growing back hair, this bambino is just like you. Only this hair is small and fine unlike yours that’s coarse and monstrous. Get to waxing, big guy. The hair on the kid is there to protect it, but you can tell everyone it’s because the baby is part Werewolf.

Mom is generally fatigued all the time, needs to urinate more frequently than a road trip with Nana and you might actually think that she’s hiding in the corner of her office at work, getting gnarly on a block of cheddar – based on her level of constipation, but don’t jump to conclusions.

So what about you? Have you joined any support groups for dads? Have you spoken to people about what’s to come, what to expect, how you should prepare? Most dads in the past haven’t, but luckily that’s changing. Obviously I’m going to plug Life of Dad as the best resource for you, but we also know a bunch of other great sites, blogs and pages that you should check out. Here’s a list of some of the better ones that we love:

See, you might be going into this cold, but you don’t have to go in SUPER cold. That would just cause shrinkage which your twig and berries just can’t afford.

Get involved. This is an even better way to educate yourself  about what’s to come than reading all those books you probably weren’t going to read anyway.

Remember, my friend, you’re about halfway there, but you still have a lot to do. Did you consider buying  flowers for mom this month? Do it now. Stop waiting for our reminders, dummy. Set a reminder for yourself for next month too.