Man-Child
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It's one small step for child but a giant leap for dad-kind. Man-Child follows journalist and new dad Mike Wesley-Smith through the first 90 days of being a parent. He's deep in the trenches with his infant daughter - no schmaltz, no filters - just the ups, downs and gritty reality of life with a newborn.This is a tale of man and child, nappy lows and milestone highs, and all the daddy dos and don'ts that no one mentioned beforehand….www.newshub.co.nz/podcasts

Dad-hood

As a father, what example should Mike set? He speaks to his father and his father-in-law about the models they followed, and meets a dad who has been ...
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Daddy daycare

Mike returns to work while his wife - a lawyer - stays at home to care for their daughter. Mike considers the pressures on families to conform to the ...
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Baby loss

Mike meets parents who lost babies to miscarriage and stillbirth, and discusses his own personal tragedy.Man-Child follows political journalist and ne...
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Code Brown

The sleep withdrawal is starting to take its toll on Mike's nighttime nappy changing skills. And the new dad panel meets to compare nappy notes, and c...
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Breasts and bottles

Mike gets to grips with feeding, bathing and all that crying, then straps on a TENS machine to see how a man might fare during labour.Man-Child follow...
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The arrival

After meeting his newborn daughter, Mike sets out to understand what his wife went through during the nine months of her pregnancy, and feels the weig...
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It's one small step for child but a giant leap for dad-kind. Man-Child follows journalist and new dad Mike Wesley-Smith through the first 90 days of b...
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