This blog is ready to bestow unofficial “King and Queen of San Francisco” titles to all-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams and her Reddit co-founder fiancé Alexis Ohanian, possibly the greatest heteronormative engaged couple alive who are expecting their first child (a girl!) that they will raise in San Francisco. To that end, our fascination with the Williams-Ohanian household leads us to a Today show online interview interview with Ohanian, who discloses he has been scouring Reddit for fatherhood advice.
Sure, Ohanian could just ask Serena’s dad Richard Williams for parenting advice, what with the elder Williams having raised two daughters that are eleven-time Wimbledon doubles champions and zillion-time Olympic gold medalists. But Richard Williams is still recovering from a stroke, and you cannot tell a founder-bro that real-life solutions are more effective than web-based solutions. So here’s the best advice Ohanan found when he searched the Internet’s most toxic troll hatchery for tips and tricks on how to be a good dad.
"My favorite (tip) is to sleep with a blanket for like a month before the due date so you get your dad scent all over it, and then wrap the baby in it once it shows up, so they're not just immediately bonding with mom, but also getting a bit of dad," Ohanian told Today.
“Same goes for pets, except the opposite," Ohanian continued. "Introduce them to the child using a blanket that's been wrapped around the baby." (The pet of the household, if you’re not an Instagram power user, is Christopher Chip.)
Redditors have baby pajama advice as well. "Apparently snaps on baby PJs are nonsense — zippers are far more practical, despite not making that satisfying snap noise when you get baby dressed," Ohanian noted.
The finest piece of wisdom Ohanian utters in his Today interview sounds like it comes from him and not Reddit. "Humans who have been far less equipped than us have been successfully parenting for thousands of years, so I'm trying not to overthink it, but it's easy in today's connected world to get overwhelmed." he said.
"The other theme that I've read on Reddit, but also heard from all of the new dads around the office — we've had quite a few recently — is to expect all of my priorities to change almost immediately because this will be the most important thing I'll ever do," says the father-to-be. "Challenge accepted."
Serena, who is already plotting her post-baby domination according to the Washington Post, has not announced a wedding date or due date as of yet.
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