You can even help feed your baby, if your wife expresses milk into a bottle, or if the little one is fed with formula feeding. There is also a possibility to help your little one indirectly by helping your wife about the house. Remember that the less the woman works about the house, etc, the more energy she has, the more nurturing it is for her and for your baby. and you are always to keep in mind, that it is you, who make differences in the whole family.

Myth # 3: Men Do Not Know How To Care For Young Children.
This assumption often prevents fathers from having close relationship with their babies, and it also causes unnecessary anxiety for young mothers, who become afraid of men being not able to take care of little babies. Even such a well known pediatrician and one of the best selling authors, Dr. Spock considered men to produce “clumsiness” around little children, changed his opinion in his following books. And you must do the same. It is well known, that there are many fathers, who are primary caregivers to their babies. Spending more time with your children, you become more and more aware of their needs. To begin with, you should choose one of the childcare tasks, which will be purely yours to fulfill.

Myth # 4: Men Who Focus On Their Children, Cannot Make it In The Work World.
Men consider work to be their main source of worth and self – esteem. There is a kind of opinion in our society, that those men, who sacrifice their work and choose family over their career, do it purely because they are not able to make any success in the work field. But the great shift of cultural norms will begin in no time. Nowadays more and more men consider parenthood a worthy issue, and the role of the father in our society becomes more considerable. There are men, who chose to spend time with their family, and trade their career advancement; and they do it not because they are bad workers, but simply because they value the fulfillment, they discover in being a father.

Myth # 5: You Are Destined To Be Just Like Your Own Father.
You may possibly consider your father’s behaviour after you become a dad yourself. And it is quite natural to follow in your dad’s footsteps, but it is not necessary to make your own father an example, a primary role model of a parent. The only thing he does is he may influence on what kind of dad you will be. In order to create your own model of a good father, you should look at all the people, who had been raising you: your granddads, coaches, teachers, friends, uncles, older brothers, etc. you may also read books, and maybe you will find some example there. What you are to do is never stop, you must keep challenging with yourself, do all your best to become the father you wish to be!

To make you feel better, maybe you should get to know, that there is no ideal model of fatherhood. There are bunches of peoples, cultures, beliefs in the world, and each of them has its own approach and consideration.
However, what you are always to do is that you must choose only what is the best for your family. Look at fatherhood, as at a role you will grow into after you explore all the possibilities available. Take only positives from your family’s history, from your father, from all your friends and relatives, and do your best to become a really greatest dad on earth!