While every day is filled with excitement and anticipation about my baby boy, some moments I wonder if I can be the father he needs me to be. I’m not a bad bloke (if I do say so myself) but is that enough?

There is so much that I’m responsible for now. There are the obvious things to start off with, like how to sit up, and how to swallow food. Those two I pretty much have covered. I’m also fairly confident in the toddler years – I can use the big boy toilet with best of them and I am a dab hand at drawing shades on the sun. After this though, have I got what my boy will need?

Every day brings new excitement. Lately I’ve been having a lot of flashbacks to my childhood, remembering things that my father and I did together.

I have learned a lot from my dad, both what I should do and things I should avoid. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I pass on, what pieces of advice and what skills I should share with my child, whether they’re a boy or girl. Strangely I feel like I can pass things on to a girl, I was raised by a single mother who was fairly open about everything. But I do know that the bulk of a girl’s lessons will be taught by her mother and I am lucky to have a fantastic wifey who will be a great mother.