Advice for overwhelmed new dads

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Well, for the overwhelming feeling of being a new dad, I suggest you to be with your son or daughter and just connect. Watch him, smell it, hold it, and feel it. The overwhelming, unfortunately, comes from money. "I need money, and I don't have money. How am I going to do this?" Kids don't ask for money when they're born. They don't ask you for a check. They don't ask you for a credit card. They don't ask you to buy them a thing. I think it's the presence and the love and just being there, that's what they need. And I think the overwhelming eventually will go away when you hold that and you feel it.

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Alejandro Edda

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Alejandro Edda was born in Puebla, Mexico. Growing up as an only child, Alejandro always had a curiosity about creating non-existing worlds and characters. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend IRM, one of the finest Russian Conservatory schools for drama and cinema in Mexico City. He studied 3 years under the Stanislavsky method, and prior to his graduation he was offered a role in a musical play by an established writer/director in San Francisco C.A. After finishing working for the theater company, Alejandro took the opportunity to move to Los Angeles, where he studied for 2 years at a Meisner-based acting studio. In July of 2007 he graduated as one of the top 5 actors of his class. Currently living in Los Angeles, for the past two years Alejandro has worked on independent international movies that have been shown in various film festivals. Luciano Edda, his first son, was born in March of 2009.

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