MiniMonos Friday Featured Friend - DIYFather

The MiniMonos Team have just had 3 fantastic days together in Wellington planning and brainstorming our MiniMonos Island releases over the next few months.

While there, we dropped in for coffee and hugely enjoyable conversation with friends Stefan and Dave from DIYFather, an ultra-cool parenting website for first-time Dads.  Stefan is one of the contributing dads of DIYFather, alongside fellow dad directors, Scott and Eric who inspire fathers to spend more time with their kids by using funny, informative and non-judgmental stories from the whole dad community.

The DIY dads are passionate about their families, social media and connecting like-minded people.  DIYFather was recently named New Zealander of the Year winner of the education category for their popular annual competition which showcases the story of everyday New Zealanders striving to make a difference in the world. However DIYFather has struck such a chord with all fathers that it has gained huge world-wide popularity with contributing dads from around the world blogging about baby and kids’ issues such as education, sleeping, health and emergencies, entertainment and relationships. DIYFather is definitely in guy-speak  -- an example of one of the featured ‘Dadgets’ is a hotel mirror which leaves a fog-free patch large enough to be able to hold the baby up to view, but not too high that Dad can see his own testicles. Very handy. There’s also a hilarious video series called Sneaking off to My Shed.  Yep, they’re definitely not Mom-type posts, but these guys are not goofing around.  DIYFather is packed-full of thought-provoking and informative topics and advice from dads for dads and I have to say that as a mother, their articles have given me a great perspective on how my husband may be approaching kid-issues in our house.

The DIY dads have also written a book, “Call Me Dad”, packed with information on everything from pregnancy and preparing for the baby, to the end of that first unbelievable year. The book is based on their own experiences of fatherhood and includes lots of tips and real life stories from the global DIYFather community of fathers.

You can also check out DIYFather on Twitter  and Facebook