Congrats Wicked , great job getting her there in time. Always pays to follow your instincts. Glad to hear everyone is healthy and doing well.
So the potty training for my son is going pretty well. He gets it for the most part and has actually has done pretty good staying dry since day 3 (on day 5 currently). At the same time my son is also going through this phase that any time he hurts himself, even if it is something as simple as brushing up on the wall too hard, he wants a kiss on that spot to make it better. Whatever pick your battles, most of the time it is pretty cute. Anyways yesterday when he was getting on the big toilet with the potty training extension he brushed his dick up against it and kept asking for his mom for a "mopp" (kiss). She couldn't stop laughing and he kept going on and on. I work from the house and was in the basement during all of this. I walk upstairs and my wife tells me the story and naturally start laughing. I look at my son and tell him, "If anyone is getting their penis kissed in this house buddy it's me." Wife looks at me with a pretty sobering face. My wife had failed to tell me that my mother-in-law had stopped by while I was downstairs and was in the hallway bathroom. Yeah she heard everything. Thank God she has a good sense of humor.
Mini Sub-Zero showed up today. Everyone healthy despite some hectic activity related to a prolapsed cord. It was noticed immediately since we were already at the hospital so all is well. Took him to the nursery so.... Nap time.
Took a tour of a pre-school today for Lil Mo - wife is already freaking out about his first day (which would potentially be in September).
I picked my 2-year old up from daycare today. On the way out I told him to say goodbye to his friend Kate. Instead of goodbye he blurted out "I love you Kate." Taken aback, I set him down and asked "what did you say?" By that point she was standing at the door with her hands against the window. Instead of answering me he turned to her, put his hands against hers through the window and repeated, "I love you Kate." Sucker.
There's a new addition to the "List of things I never thought I'd say before I became a parent" Captain's log: Dad-date 1/19/2017: "Damn it, boys. The toilet is not a toy!"
She's precious. Any of y'all gone the birthing center route? Mind sharing what that was like? We are due in 7 weeks, and I'm scared af.
Well it's been a bit over a week now and I'm exhausted. At least Mini Sub Zero is doing well in his bassinet and going a good 2 or 3 hours at a time at night once he finally settles down the first time.
So I'm not a real emotional guy, but I was for some reason tonight. It has been a pretty crazy couple of weeks with the birth of my son 3 weeks ago and just this last week, we buried my wife's grandmother. Lack of sleep and stress of a recent promotion at work that includes a huge increase in stress have definitely taken its toll on me. Some friends of ours brought us over some supper tonight because they knew this and our kids played together all night. They left about 9:30, which is way past my daughter's bedtime but for tonight, I didn't care. My wife was sitting in the recliner feeding the baby and my daughter was sitting on the couch looking at her Where's Waldo book as I picked up toys. I finished that task and then I sat down on the couch next to my daughter who then promptly got up and went to sit with my wife and the baby in the recliner. I sit there for about five minutes and she comes back over and wants to cuddle with me. So as she is sitting on my lap, she turns to me, puts her hand on the side of my face and looks me in the eyes and says , "daddy, you are the best dad in the world and you're my best friend. I love you so much" after she said that I just broke down unlike I've broken down in a long time. As I'm sobbing and trying to hold back my tears, she then gives me the biggest hug in the world, stands up on the couch and kisses my forehead. My daughter pretty much pulled me out of a huge funk tonight. God bless her and her huge heart! Cliffs: I'm pretty much a giant pussy.
You're not a pussy at all bud. You're a good dad. Almost weekly something happens between my 2.5 yr old and I that moves me to tears. Keep your head up.
One of the best moments of my life was the day I got out of basic training, I hadn't seen my daughter in 2 months and I'd only talked to her during a 2-minute phone call on her birthday (my Sergeant was pretty cool letting me do that). She fell asleep during the graduation ceremony and I'm just carrying her around. She wakes up and sees who's carrying her and gives me this giant 3-minute hug. Best feels ever. Pretty dusty in Texas. Bottom line, you're not being a pussy.
Haven't posted in here in awhile. Catching up on the thread. We got some great dads in here. Also team not a pussy. Here's a moment that happened to me. Little one turned 3 last Monday. My parents are down as number 2 is due this Thursday. Long story short, my dad has Alzheimer's and mom/dad will be moving in with us in a few months. Something about our 3 year old that just puts my dad at ease. As she was blowing out her candles, I asked her if she made a wish. She looked at me and said, "I want Poppa to have my wish". We probably have this year before we put him in a home. I'm grateful they have a great connection right now. Also, I have no clue what to do with number 2. I swear I forgot everything I did with the first one.
Agree with what everyone else is saying, there's nothing about the feels you get from being a dad that makes you a pussy. That's a whole different field of man law once you have a kid. My son is almost 10 and I still get misty eyed sometimes when I think about what my life would be like without him. partly for me its because I only have him every other week, so each time with him is that much more important. Regardless of the situation though, and especially when they are little, there's no reaction or emotion you should be ashamed of when you are a dad.
Also meant to say that I never cried much in adulthood before Half Knight was born, I think the only time I did was when my childhood dog died while I was away at college. After he was born, and ever since, I can tear up just hearing a sad story on the news. Anything to do with kids or father/son type stuff? Fuhgeddaboudit, i'm done. It's part of the deal, one of the many great things about being a dad, gives you reason and excuse to get in touch with your feelings. Enjoy it
pretty much anything sad father/daughter related on tv gets me now. I mean I got choked up in rogue one when jyn is saying goodbye to her dad
That toyota commercial with the dad dropping off at the airport for military service gets me every time.
Question for dads (long): I live in the DFW area. My wife and I don't have/want kids, but I have two nieces that I adore. My sister's daughter's first birthday was in October. They live in Houston, which is a 4 hour drive, and I went to the party (drove down in the morning then back after). My brother lives on the North Shore of Lake Ponchartrain which is an 8-9 hour drive depending on what time you hit Baton Rouge, or a flight and then 1 hour drive to his house. He told me when we were at my sister's house in October that I wasn't expected to come to his daughter's 1st birthday party (which is on Feb 11) because we have a cousin getting married the first week in March in New Orleans and no sense in making that trip twice so close together. My stepmother asked me on Sunday if we were going, to which I said no, and she's acting like I'm the worst family member on earth. I talked to my brother about it and he still said he was fine with it, but while he didn't come out and say it I got the impression that his wife thinks it's shitty that I went to my one niece's first birthday party but won't be going to their daughters'. Am I a shitty uncle?
As a guy, that wouldn't bother me in the least. There is no telling what is going on in a women's mind though.
No doubt the women are talking, from the sounds of things. In my opinion, I think you should make the decision whether to go or not without considering what your other family members might be saying. Sounds like your brother gets it that two trips of that length in a month is a tall ask, but I'm sure he'd be happy if you were there. Your niece won't remember if you're there or not, so this one's really all about the adults.
So tomorrow is the 100th day of school at my 5 year old's elementary and they are celebrating by asking the kids to dress up as "100 year-old old people". I thought this was pretty dumb when they first told us about it but something clicked today and my wife and I went out and bought a shit ton of accessories going WAAAAY overboard. We bought an old afghan shawl, an obnoxious broche, a hairnet (do old people wear hairnets???) and a mini-walker. My daughter has completely bought into it too. Right down to this weird, slow Parkinson's-like shuffle she spontaneously came up with. Can't even imagine the scene tomorrow when she is using a walker to get around kinder all day.
Three things.... 1. Fuck... my 6.5 month old just went from sleeping pretty through the night last week, to being dead asleep one minute and screaming his head off the next. After 20 seconds of screaming his head off, he wakes up and wants to play and just starts talking (consists of "na-na, na-na-na, na-na" right now). Fucking sucks, but is cute as shit to hear him talking while its pitch black in the room. 2. Two days ago he started pulling up on stuff. Help me jesus. 3. I have a co-worker who is gonna be a grandma for the first time as her daughter-in-law is 26 weeks pregnant. She just lost her mucus plug, is 2 centimeters dilated and will be on bed rest in the hospital until the baby comes. Creepiest thing is not only is she dilated, and did the mucus plug pop, but the baby is sticking its feet out of the cervix... fluid is still in-tact though. So nervous for her and her family.
1. Sounds a lot like night terrors, they will pass. 2. yeah, you are screwed, but watching them learn how to walk is one of the cutest things they will ever do. 3. 24-26 weeks is about the threshold for the baby to be able to survive after birth. They will do everything they can to keep the baby in there, but he/she will have a fighting chance. T's & P's for them.
night terrors... is this something that happens to all kids? my wife said something about it being a phase, which made me thing it might happen to everyone. hopefully it passes soon.
To add to # 3 - the one thing my wife always told me also is once they know it's coming soon they can pump them full of some kind of steroids or something that helps the lungs develop - a few days of that goes a long way in having a healthy preemie.... don't quote me on that as I tend to tune out when she tells me that stuff but its something like that.
yeah they do have things to help, but a lot of it is up to whatever god or divine providence you believe in I think. I don't want to give bad mojo or scare you, but I follow an instagram account where a girl went through the same thing, they tried everything but her baby was born at 23 weeks and didn't make it. So your co-worker is already across the worst of the thresholds thankfully, every minute the baby can hang in there is a better chance for him once he comes.
i don't recall my son going through it, but a lot of them do. The fact that it went away after 20 seconds or so tells me that's what it was, basically they have a bad dream and wake up and it takes that long for them to realize its ok and they aren't still in the dream. It will definitely pass, just depends on the kid how long it is. If it continues you may want to mention it to your doctor at the next visit, in case they have some doctorly advice that could help.
Just got home with baby #2. About 20 minutes into being home I've had 2 poopy diapers, spit up while changing poopy number 1, and a 3 yr old that wants to climb on mommy since she has been able to hug her in a few days. And all of that happens while I'm holding a shit in. Life just got real.
Five year old just discovered He-Man on Netflix. He watched an episode and then needs to call his uncles to give them the plot. "There's this tiger who is afraid but then he changes and his name is Battlecat!"
3 nights ago our 2 week old gave us 4 hours straight as soon as we put him in his bassinet. Past 2 nights have practically been all nights for us. :( I'm ok with the whole getting up at.night thing but man I wish there was some consistency or pattern. Every night is a total mystery.
It's a very popular career for women who pregnant their way out of the military. Spend $3000 on a camera, charge people $500 to take picture of their kid sitting on a hay bale with bubbles.
Yes, but then they complain about how unreasonable their clients are and how other "professional" photographers undercut their prices.
Coaching my son's t-ball team. If we can keep the kids from playing in the dirt, we've got a shot at winning the pennant.
My daughter is at school with me now. I took her down to the Cafe after school last Wednesday to watch our students who were signing. In the middle of the process I started looking around at the parents of the kids up at the table and the looks in their faces. I started to just cry. The emotion of the whole thing was crazy. My daughter rolls her eyes and tells me I'm embarrassing her. I just laughed and reminded her that it is my job to do that. LOL ps. Young son got NBA 2k17 for Xmas. He thinks he is great until I pull an old school team on him. I crushed him the other day with him playing Golden St but I had the 86 Lakers. LOL. He wanted to know who the heck that Worthy guy is.