Herm's House PodcastHerm’s House Podcast | Season 4 - Episode 4 | Longtime Listener, First-Time Caller
Welcome to HER’s house. (Herm’s words, not ours.) This is a special one: our producer, Alexander Ward, is a brand new dad, so we pulled him out from behind the screens and onto the show for an episode of new-dad advice from two people who have done this five times — the oldest ones with teenage parents learning on the fly, and Gordy with the retired, slightly more figured-out versions.
First, the update: mom is healing great, the baby mostly chills, and Alexander knows he got lucky. Which is exactly why we had to warn him: do not let that easy first baby fool you. The second one is the Tasmanian devil. (Or Stitch, for the younger crowd.) We get into the moment it gets real for dads, why your only job for the first few months is taking care of mom, and Alexander’s game plan, which is honestly perfect: “Tag me in, coach.”
Then the stories come out. Kristin’s skin-to-skin moment with a brand new Gordy did not go the way the brochures describe, Herm cut an umbilical cord with his eyes half closed, and we retell the great coffee run: told the baby was hours away, Herm stepped out for coffee, and got THE call in the hospital basement. He made it back. Barely.
Alexander also gets his official Football Minute assignment: the football movies his son is required to watch, in order, by age — starting with Little Giants. Then he asks the big question: after five kids, what’s the one thing you wish you’d known? Herm says he’d have had them all at 30. Kristin says slow down and live in the nuance. And Gordy? Gordy crashes the episode to show off his missing teeth, because of course he does.
If you’ve got advice we missed, Alexander is reading the comments. Help us raise this man’s baby.
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💡 In This Episode
A special episode: new dad edition
Meet our producer, Alexander Ward
Don’t let the first baby fool you
The moment it gets real for dads
Kristin’s skin-to-skin story
Cutting the cord (eyes half closed)
Your only job right now: take care of mom
The coffee run birth story
Paternity leave: 2007 vs. 2019
Practicing the national anthem in the truck
The must-watch football movie list
The one thing we wish we’d known
“I would have had them all at 30”
Slow down and live in the nuance
Why he’s called Gordy (the snacking)
Be honest with your kids, especially teens
Gordy crashes the episode
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⚡ Episode Highlights
“Longtime listener, first-time caller.”
“Tag me in, coach.”
“Don’t let the first baby fool you.”
“The baby’s coming!”
“I would have had them all at 30.”
“Live in the nuance.”
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🎙️ Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to HER’s House
00:33 – A Special Episode: New Dad Edition
02:04 – Meet Alexander Ward (He Was Muted)
02:50 – How’s Life with a Newborn?
03:37 – Don’t Let the First Baby Fool You
05:36 – Gordy Runs the Green Room
06:20 – The Moment It Gets Real for Dads
07:35 – Kristin’s Skin-to-Skin Story
09:22 – Cutting the Cord (Eyes Half Closed)
10:29 – Your Only Job Right Now: Take Care of Mom
11:59 – The Coffee Run Birth Story
14:39 – Fake It Till You Make It
15:45 – Paternity Leave: 2007 vs. 2019
16:48 – Blessed, Busy & Waiting for the First Laugh
17:38 – Practicing the National Anthem in the Truck
19:38 – The Football Movie List (Football Minute)
23:29 – 3 Ninjas Holds Up (Sort Of)
24:16 – The One Thing We Wish We’d Known
26:13 – Gordy Crashes the Episode
27:38 – Slow Down & Live in the Nuance
29:37 – Share Your Passions (Why He’s Called Gordy)
30:19 – Be Honest with Your Kids
32:07 – Actually Ask for Help
33:20 – Send Alexander Your Advice
34:33 – Love You, Bye
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🎤 Sound Bites
“Longtime listener, first-time caller.”
“Tag me in, coach.”
“I would have had them all at 30.”
“Live in the nuance.”
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🔑 Keywords
Herm’s House Podcast, family podcast, marriage podcast, parenting podcast, new dad advice, first time dad, newborn, Alexander Ward, parenting advice, five kids, birth story, paternity leave, dad life, Little Giants, Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blues, football movies, Gordy, honest parenting, Tucson podcast, Arizona podcast
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