Dad quickly soaps up and rinses off. Then the tub is filled and baby and dad relax and play in the bath. It has been said that good readers grow from children who were read to as children. This can begin long before the baby can become an active participant in the activity. As dad reads the newspaper he can easily share the information he is learning with even the tiniest baby.
Babies love to be talked to and hear that voice they heard so often while still in the womb.
It's not important what you read in the early months. Even the newspaper will do. Reading can emerge from a simple nightly ritual into sharing simple children's books, enjoying the Sunday comics together every weekend and finally reading together during the school years. What a special way to create a lifelong love for reading in daddy's lap. These are just a few of the many ways that a new father can become a part of baby's life.