So this does. New Dad Field Notes is for the dad who is smiling for the photos and struggling in private: the slow bond, the crying that gets under your skin, the patience that runs out, the marriage that has to find its footing again.
Nothing here is written from a pedestal. It is written by a dad whose son is two and a half now, who remembers exactly how the early days felt, and who learned that the feelings often follow the showing up.
“You are not broken. You are not a bad father because the bond is taking its time.”