Our first dad the be interviewed on Simply Modern Mom in celebration for Father’s Day is Adam from DaDa Rocks. Throughout the remainder of this week, I am posting interviews I did with dad bloggers talking about parenting and the dad perspective of life. Adam is a native New Yorker, he is an all around techie. How many of us are married to a techie husband? I am! So it was fun to hear what Adam had to say…

How many children do you have? What are their ages?

We have 1 child Marc, he going to be 22 months old.

What made you start a dad blog? And how do you keep up with blogging while doing everything else?

I started the blog because we were really the first to have kids in our circles of friends and we keep getting asked the same questions time and time again… add a splash of new years resolution to the mix and bingo DaDa Rocks was born. How I keep doing everything – I have a 9-5 which is Director of Web Services for New York Law School, a 5-9 which is being a father, a 9-11 being a husband and then from about 11-2 I’m blogging/Twittering and have a moment of me time.

What kind of subjects and topics do you like to write about for your dad blog?

DaDa Rocks started as events listings and product reviews that we liked and went too – with a splash have stories about raising a baby (now toddler) in New York City. Over the last few months its morphed into something slightly different a little less personal and a little more everything.

What is something you would never thought you would do but has done since becoming a dad?

Cleaning up someone else poop. You understand that vomit will happen (and does) in college, but cleaning up another persons poop wasn’t really a thought that had crossed my mind until I was changing 6-8 newborn dirty diapers a day. Now we’re down to 4 but they get worst as they get older.

What is your favorite thing to do with your children?

Over the last two weeks my son has really found his voice and is starting to put together sentences which is amazing! so I’m really enjoying talking to my son. I also love reading to him and like any father sitting on the couch relaxing watching TV together (even though he’s a little demanding of the remote).

In your family, what roles or tasks do you have as a father? What are your daddy duties?

I’m a typical father – I change the diapers, help with bathing (usually thats my job), I wake up early with him and play/read/or watch tv – in hopes to give my wife a little extra sleep. My wife is truly the backbone and without her this family would be were it is today.

When it comes to parenting, what are your strengths and weaknesses? What about your wife’s?

I’m such a sucker for when Marc cried as a baby (and still as a toddler) my wife is great at taking no bull (I guess thats the Texan in her) but I would cave at anything. I figure my strength is how much I want to be involved and try to be involve – I try to take Marc to as many gym classes as possible, try to get him the park daily and really just have him know I’m there for him no matter what!

What is the best and worst parenting advice you have received?

Best advice: Sleep, sleep, SLEEP before the baby comes. You won’t sleep a lot that first six months (and it was very very true). Worst advice: Really haven’t gotten any.

What are your hopes and dreams for your children?

I hope that Marc does everything he wants in life! My dream for him is to be happy, healthy, and wise. I want him to find success even in failure and for him to always know how much I love him.

What will you be doing this Father’s Day? And what’s a gift you are hoping to receive this year for Father’s Day?

I think we are doing a BBQ for father’s day this year. I’m no longer big on gifts for myself. I’m one of those guys that if I want something I’ll buy it. But that new iPhone 4 sure does look pretty.

» Tell me… Did you learn something about dads from Adam? I learned that moms aren’t the only ones not getting any sleep.