Love when my parents make the 3 hour drive to come visit. Hate dealing with the person I’m married to bitching about them coming. Every. Time.
Its amazing how it doesn't matter who it is, if it's her friends or family I hear nothing, house is spotless in preperation If it's my family or friend, all I hear for a week leading up is how much work it is having house guests
Don't forget about the week following their departure where she bitches about "not getting a weekend" because your parents were in town.
And the lingering things she keeps 'finding' like a hand towel misplaced behind a door or a missing throw pillow
watching jumanji on freeform and that women’s razor commercial comes on 5 year old: why do those ladies have bushes down there?
Home from the hospital, going on about 8 mins of sleep here but I’m ready for the fatherhood experts to give me sound advice for the next few weeks
The first couple of months are a crapshoot, but after that get on a rigorous schedule and don't deviate from it if your kid isn't sleeping well in the night.
Never, under any circumstances, let your child sleep in your bed. Unsafe when they’re really young, then sets bad sleep routines/expectations when they’re older. I have several friends who fucked this up and are still paying for it as their kids are 5 and 6 years old. We held firm with our oldest daughter and she was sleeping thru the night before 6 months.
Don’t be mad at the baby. They are just not sure what they need or how to tell you. Be mad at your wife for not getting up. JK. They went through some real shit.
Every kid and family is different. We did everything wrong with regards to sleep for both kids. No sleep training, no bed sharing (in our room), etc. My older one is 4 and he still wakes up to come get one of us in the middle of the night. My younger one is 2 and he sleeps 12 hours straight on his mattress without making a sound. Both got the same ass backwards sleep teaching and each has vastly different sleep habits. I’ve heard just as many sleep training failures as I’ve heard successes. I know plenty of families very happy with co-sleeping. It’s just a matter of what you are comfortable with and what works for your situation.
Also, not every kid is the same. Some kids are great sleepers out of the gate and can sleep anywhere regardless if they were sleep trained. We did everything by the book and our son woke up 2-3 times a night for the first 12-14 months. We were walking zombies. He sleeps through now and takes great naps every day but unless he is in his bed, he isnt falling asleep. Might nod off in the car for 20-30 minutes but that is it. Wont just crash in my arms or in the stroller. My wife and I were awful sleepers as kids and we both still are.
in somewhat the same situation. We were/are extremely strict on sleeping routine & she has slept 12hrs a night and great naps since about 3 months (shes turning 1 on the 15th next month) and that is absolutely incredible. On the flip side, she will not sleep unless its in a crib or pack n play which is hard some times. I wont lie and say i dont want her to sleep in my arms sometime but i wouldn't trade her sleep consistency for anything
Wife woke up every 3 hours to wake him, this Black tar stuff is beginning to fade away and normal shits are beginning to come out 2 days in, about 3 hours of consecutive sleep....I’m afraid I’ll look like Jeff van gundy soon enough if I keep this up
Had one hell of a long weekend. We were set to go up to DC for my SIL's baby shower last Thursday. Wednesday morning we get a message from our daycare that there is a confirmed case of flu in her class, fucking great. Saw the writing on the wall at that point. That afternoon get a call from our daycare that our daughter has a 103 fever, wife takes her straight to the pediatrician, confirmed flu. My wife only gets to see her sister a couple times a year, and on another note this weekend was one year since their dad died of a very sudden heart issue, so I bite the bullet and stay home with our daughter. It was a very long 4 days with her having a fever of 102-105 pretty consistently, and as you can imagine being pretty damn fussy. Thought we were about out of the woods and then Sunday her fever spiked again. Took her to the pediatrician Monday morning and she now has double ear infection.
Ugh, that sucks. The ear infections after getting sick are the worst. Was your daughter too young to get a flu-shot or was it not that effective in preventing symptoms again this year?
she's 18 months so she had it, just wasn't the right strand. She's a trooper though and even with a 104 fever and double ear infection Sunday she was having a great time most of the day. Makes me feel super soft cause I know if that was me I'd be in bed just hating life.
It's crazy how kids can still act normal with high temps that probably fry your brain once you're an adult.
I found dried blood in/around my 3-year-old's ear after I picked him up from day care on Thursday. We were leaving him with the grandparents for the weekend and I didn't want things to get worse while we were away, so I took him in to the pediatrician. Turns out he not only had an ear infection, but also strep throat.
my 5 year old is starting to get the hang of catching a baseball....all the feels having a catch with him last night after dinner. That's the good stuff right there.
Watching the live feed of 1/3s school performance of Beauty and the Beast. Gaston is tone deaf and Belle is an an alto. An ALTO! 1/3 is the feather duster
here to post a mother’s day gift recommendation for divvyupsocks.com got the wife a pair with our two boys on em and they’re fantastic
If you get a chance to watch the Gaston character at the character meet and greet at Magic Kingdom I highly recommend it. I watched him while waiting at least 10 min. for my wife while she was using the bathroom and he killed it the entire time. He took one picture with these two older ladies and this was their exchange after the picture: Ladies: thank you Gaston Gaston: it was a pleasure...mostly for you
Always try to hit up yard sales before buying this crap new or even used. Only $5 and she may only use it a couple of months.
About a month ago we half assed sleep training because my wife didn’t want to full commit. Last week was awful so I finally convinced her to go all in. Surprise surprise, he went to bed last night by himself without crying. Can’t recommend the Ferber method enough to new parents.
Doing a potty training weekend. Gone well for the lost part. Taking her every hour to two to sit on the potty. Only 3 pee in the pants so far. She’s still refusing to poop so that’ll be a battle. Hoping we can get her trained before we move in the house in 2 months.
Just found this thread and figured it’s going to be useful in the future. Wife and I welcomed a baby girl (our first child) on Tuesday by way of scheduled C section due to her positioning. Spent a few days at the hospital and now have returned home. Things seem to be going well, thanks in large part to my wife. She was a NICU nurse for several years and now works at an Urgent Care and knows her way around all things baby. I lucked out. Been trying to help as much as I can, but she wants to try nursing each time the baby is hungry, so after the diaper change, she tells me to go back to bed. Almost feel guilty that I am not doing enough even though she says I am doing “more than enough.” Trying to help her out by taking care of the dog, grocery shopping, laundry, meals, etc, which has been going well. I have had a bad cold this week, so I am trying to be careful obviously with the amount of interaction. It’s life changing. I didn’t know quite how I would feel, but once I saw her, it all changed, which will probably intensify over the next few months as she becomes more interactive. TL DR; things are going well, mainly because my wife is a rockstar.