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What's the Biggest Revelation From Having a Kid

I definitely have never loved anything as much as I love my son.

I knew I was obviously gonna love my son, but I wept when he was born, I mean, I dropped because I just couldn't. That was just an amazing, amazing experience. I think the biggest revelation is that it's a constantly moving target.

When you have a kid, you could be doing everything right and he's still just not gonna sleep right, or you did everything right and he still just doesn't want to feed ...etc.

I think that's a really good just practice for life.

You can do all the things right in life, you can wake up early, you can work out and eat healthy, but you still might get cancer. You just never know.

~ Mike Folden.

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Mike Folden. Business, life and adventure with a newborn. ·

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  3. How Does Mike Folden Still Get to the Gym After Having a Baby?Mike Folden told Geek at Sea that a job, a side business, and a newborn left one slot for the gym: before sunrise.
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  6. How Can New Parents Deal With StressSupport each other as much as you can and have fun with everything. Remember to look forward to time with your baby.
  7. What Is the Future of JobsSchool is becoming a lot less important, and people are now figuring out how to live a lifestyle, rather than how to get a job.
  8. What Song Does Mike Folden Sing During Diaper Changes?Mike Folden told Geek at Sea that diaper changes became a game once he sang through them. The songs take on a country twang, and no two are the same.
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