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Hi, I'm Tom Kreffer

I'm a dad who writes about dadding. I'm the auhor of the books, Dear Dory: Journal of a Soon-to-be First-time Dad, Dear Arlo: Adventures in Dadding and Toddler Inc. I'm also the creator of the Lessons in Dadding Newsletter.

My Books

Dear Dory: Journal of a Soon-to-be First-time Dad

Pregnancy from a dads perpective

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Dear Arlo: Adventures in Dadding

So then, how do babies work?

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Toddler Inc.

Toddlers are savages!

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The Search for Sanity: Life with a Two-Year-Old

Welcome to the terrible twos!

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Articles

Interview With a Sleep Consultant

Tom Kreffer | August 1, 2023September 4, 2024

interview with a sleep consultant

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Why I Write To My Son Every Day

Tom Kreffer | June 6, 2023September 5, 2024

I’m known as the guy who writes books about parenthood in the style of a journal. But I never set out to do that. On the morning of 16 March…

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Parents and Expectant Parents – YOU NEED A WILL!

Tom Kreffer | March 28, 2023September 5, 2024

Interview with an estate planner about the importance parents having a will

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Tom Kreffer is the author of the Adventures in Dadding book series, memoirs covering his son’s early childhood. His books include Dear Dory: Journal of a Soon-to-be First-time Dad, Dear Arlo: Adventures in Dadding, Toddler Inc. and The Search for Sanity: Life with a Two-Year-Old. He loves Star Wars and Marvel movies, and he has a degree in film and television that he firmly believes to be worth less than a second-hand toothbrush.

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