I was pretty nervous when we were about to find out the sex. I always thought I would want a boy, but when she got pregnant, I thought about it and found out that I truly didn't care. Happy now that I'm having a boy but would have been just as happy with a girl. Also like * J Y * said it won't sink in. My wife's due date was yesterday, we have induction scheduled for Friday. Still hasn't sunk in. I literally cannot wrap my head around it. I keep subconsciously thinking I'm going to Tuscaloosa Saturday for the Bama game.
mine just turned 21 months old and I dont think it has sunk in yet its a (mostly) fun ride though I still dont know what Im doing half the time.
I agree completely. I only ever wanted was a son, so on first try, boom...son. Found out the sex but it never sunk in...not until that nurse hands you the baby and you stare at that little bugger...for me, it was like some weird force field that surrounded me. Cheesy, but the feels are real at that moment.
Hang in there. Anxiety is normal for the first kid. Whether it is a boy or girl you will be fine. Don't feel bad. Your life won't change at all during the pregnancy...not until you first hold that kid of yours. Then you realize your like is forever changed...for the better. No more stupid dinners with friends you don't even like, etc. Just try and be there for your best friend..she will go through a ton of emotions every single day.
I was just like you with my first. I kept thinking there would be some moment where I'd pass through some invisible corridor I'd transform from Regular Me to A Father. It never happened. Even when I was eating lunch at the Subway in the hospital basement it still didn't sink in. It only dawned on me when I finally saw my daughter's hair as she was in the birth canal. I started shaking involuntarily. I was 23, almost a year to the day out of college, making not even $30K a year as a glorified secretary. If I can do it, you can do it. As an aside, daughters are fucking amazing. She's been an absolute delight compared to my shithead oldest son. They're only 5 and 3 and I've been told that flips at some point, but through age 5 I can confirm that girls capture your heart in a way that is completely unique to anything else in life.
We're having a baby girl! I'm super excited y'all. Hope she looks just like her mom. I appreciate all the responses. I've felt nothing but happiness since finding out-- guess I took it better than I thought I would.
Son pitched his first 2 innings of baseball last night: 3ER, 0H, 6K, 9BB, 0HBP I was so fucking nervous watching him on the mound.
My 7 year old son bought a deck of 60 Pokemon cards today. He sorted a pile of 20, fanned them out and asked me to pick a card. He then browsed through the remaining cards for about 10 seconds, then correctly guesses what card I had drawn (including who that character evolves from). I asked him how he did it, and he said it was easy - he just memorised all the cards and knew the one that was missing. To be honest, I didn't believe him so I went to tell Mrs Taffy, who asked him to do it to her. He did it again, took a bit longer to work it out (maybe 30 seconds), but got it right again. So my question is, do I quit work now on the basis that he's the new Rain Man who will win big for us in Vegas, or do I keep toiling away, assuming he'll squander any natural talent (just like his old man)?
Headed home now - all in all a great trip. I do have a new found hatred of fat people on scooters though.... and its hit as fuck in September
I say quit the job now man, enjoy the ride. But let it be known I am known for making awful choices in life.
So little man projectile shit on me last night while I was changing him. We were being lazy and changing him in the bed and I had the business end facing me. What a rookie mistake. I've been spit up on, pissed on and shit on multiple times, completing the trifecta in 3 short days. He sleeps and eats like a champ though. We have to wake him up when it's time to eat. Also I'm pretty sure someone fucked up by letting us take this baby home because we have no clue what the hell we're doing, but we'll fake it 'til we make it.
A word of advice, as the father of a boy, don't take shortcuts on where you change him. The projectile pooping in bed is a little unique but boys love to pee spontaneously when you take the diaper off. It diminishes over time but I'd estimate it at as high as 10% probability he is going to pee while you're changing him for the first few months. Use the changing table and keep it covered so you don't have a fountain if he does pee.
He peed on his own face today. On the changing table. Took the pee pee tee pee off to close up his new diaper and he let it flow
My boy did that. Another time my wife was leaning down to kiss him while I changed him and he peed in her hair That boy just learned to ride his bike without training wheels yesterday. Got a wild hair from preschool (he's 4) and came home and apparently grabbed a 9/16 wrench out of my tool box and took the training wheels off himself. I got home and he was putting on his helmet and was like daddy I'm learning to ride without training wheels today. Took about an hour but he did. Super proud dad moment.
son played on the worship team for the 1st time on a Sunday. I took video if I can ever figure out how to post it. So proud
Some little 3 year old shit poked my daughter in the eye today at preschool. Is it odd that the teachers didn't say a word to us? She said all the teachers yelled at him.
Yeah that's pretty sketchy. At our daycare, there would be an incident report the both parties' mom or dad would have to sign independently.
My boy turns one in three weeks, it really is crazy how fast the time goes. It's also crazy how fast my wife can spend all the money on a one year olds birthday party... Fuck you pintrest.
So my gal is turning three in December. She's pretty well potty trained with the exception of nighttime because she can't get out of bed to go. So now we're looking at giving her a "big girl" bed so she can get up and go to the potty if she needs to go. How did you guys handle that? I feel like I should have an alarm at first for when she gets up out of bed so we can go help her (she's not really good at wiping yet). Did you guys get like a bed alarm or something?
So the wife is trying to convince me that we should have a 3rd kid (daughter is currently 3.4 and son is 1.5). I'm pretty on the fence about it. Anyone on here have 3 or more? Not being able to divide and conquer like we currently can with 2 is a bit worrisome.
ha. We have a 2.75 and 3 month old. Last night my wife got sad because the 3 month old is not a baby anymore. "It's going by so fast!" I just changed the subject.
We only have one, but my wife and I already have discussions on whether we want two or three. I only want two, but she came from a family of three kids and she really wants that for our kids. I'm hoping she changes her mind after having another and realizing anything more than man to man could be damn tough. Hell, going two on one isn't always a walk in the park.
Everyone with more than 1: "Kindly leave" Just kidding, but outside of the shitty sleep the first few months, you never realize how easy 1 is until you have 2. On the same token, you worry a lot less about all the little things with #2 because you've already done it before.
Yeah I think part of why my wife is considering a third is because the baby is relatively easy. It's the two year old that is tough combined with lack of sleep with the baby. He's a good little guy though, sleeps well and very mellow.