1. Becoming a good lover takes time. So does becoming a good father. Donating sperm may have been easy, but fatherhood can be a lot more rewarding. Be patient with yourself and enjoy the process. 2. Scared of diaper duty? You might be relieved to know that holding, bathing, feeding and playing with your baby all count as essential hand-on fathering. 3. Your wife probably has baby on the brain. Being on duty twenty-four hours a day will do that to a person, and no, she's not as much fun as she used to be. HOWEVER, she will return being more like the woman you fell in love with - maybe even better than you remember - after the three of you make the profound transition to new parenthood. 4. Your wife still needs you. Stay nearby and be patient. You may not recognize the woman you partnered up with 9 or 10 months ago, but she is still in there. 5. You will have sex again. With your wife. Given a little time, you can resume some of your more enjoyable husbandly duties. 6. Nobody deserves postpartum mood disorders, and nobody causes them either. Don't blame each other when the going gets tough. Know that many symptoms will pass on their own in a couple of weeks, and all are treatable. 7. Sleep helps. Your wife is probably getting a fraction of the sleep she used to. You may be on the light side as well. Helping each other get more sleep is one of the most important things you can do to help everyone feel better. 8. Your instincts are probably correct. I bet you've had more than your share of people telling you how to deal with your baby. Check your gut, ask your wife, and tune in to your baby. They'll tell you nearly everything that's important for you to know. 9. Playing is essential. It's a known fact that your baby needs play to stimulate both body and mind to develop properly. Get down, give in to your inner child and groove with your baby. 10. Help is available! It is perfectly normal to experience a rough patch while adjusting to life with a new baby, but things should get better with a bit of time. If not, or if things get worse, please find help right away. You'll be glad you did.
1. Put up a web page with no content -- words or images -- related to the product or service you're selling.
2. Use every blinking or flashing graphic you can find to draw attention to everything on your website. Even if you don't make any sales, you'll have fun right?
3. Put buttons to every top site list and banner exchange you can find on your home page. As long as you're going to go to a lot of effort to draw visitors to your site, you may as well send them on to someone else to share the love.
4. Ignore your site. Check for orders once a week -- or even once per month. Only read your email when there's a blue moon out. Subscribe to the 'If you built it they will come' philosophy and do not even think about marketing.
5. Crash your visitors' browsers with special website codes that change their cursor into a butterfly or spell out the name of your business in trailing stars around their mouse. Whether or not they enjoy the special effects, we know you will.
6. Use boring, un-motivating website copy that does nothing to entice your visitors to buy. Spend more time welcoming them to the site and telling them all about your kids and pets than you do telling them about what you're selling. This makes you appear to be really friendly.
7. Wait a week before responding to customers emails, wait two weeks to ship your products, then disappear from the Internet entirely. You'll seem mysterious and have hundreds of people talking about you in no time.
8. Start a business with no clear concept of where you are going with it or how you are going to get there. Why make a decision? You'd only have to change your mind later anyways right? You're a woman, it's your prerogative.
9. Target the same market everyone else does and sell the same product. Be sure to copy all of the same marketing methods your friends are using. It obviously works well for them.
10. Don't plan for growth. It's fun to see your website shut down for exceeding bandwidth limits the day of your big sale. Planning ahead is for boring people.
Ok, so we're having a bit of fun here. If you're doing any of the above, you may be feeling a bit silly right now. But don't worry; we can do something about it! You can change your ways and turn things around just by taking the above list and doing the polar opposite of what it says.
A business is an investment of your time, passion and money. If you take the time up front and make really good decisions about how it is set up it will perform better for you in the long run.
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