Only 1. Oldest daughter was born in May 2017, and then we had twins in August 2018. My wife’s tubes are now tied.
I have a 4 week old and a 3 year old and my company is sending me to Japan for the entire month of December. Its going to be tough as shit to be away from them that long. Especially the 3 year old who is basically my best friend. The 4 week old is great too but she just basically spends all day on the tit.
My wife’s cousin had 2 kids under 5 and decided to try for a 3rd. Instead, they ended up with triplets.
Cough syrup. Tylenol. Typical stuff Although did find Tylenol suppositories so that's one way to force it.
2 year olds are tough, babies you can blow in their face which causes a swollow reflex. If they don't like the flavor, most local pharmacies can flavor it or add bitterness suppressor. If that doesn't work, suppositories
Yep. Tried bribing him. Tried taking it with him (subbing mine for apple juice). I guess shooting it with a syringe is last resort but I know he will be pissed and I'd have to hold him down with the strength of 1000 suns.
Try the syringe and blowing in the face so he doesn't spit it back at you. I think I may start giving my kid doses of sweet water or something in syringes early on so they don't get an aversion to medicine.
I've asked this to some people before to prep me. When did it officially hit you, you where a dad. It's been cool seeing the responses because it different for everyone.
Distract with something they want to do then offer it. Our go-to is to read a book and offer it while reading. We discovered the technique when our then 3 year old refused to brush his teeth. Bribing book or threatening no book didn’t work as well the act of distraction.
When you see the baby for the first time. I've watched everyone of my kids be born (natural) and it still makes me cry like a baby every time.
It still catches me off guard when I drop my five month old off at daycare and the ladies go "say bye to daddy". You're largely secondary to the entire pregnancy process so it's hard to feel like it's "happening" to you. Seeing her be born was the biggest initial jolt; I could see that she had my fingers and toes, my wife's nose, my ears. Being able to hold, play, feed, talk, etc to my daughter helped a lot over the next few weeks. Make sure to breathe in the new baby smell the first few weeks, it's crazy how good they smell and almost addictive.
This I'm super excited but it's crazy how much of a bond my wife already feels. I'm getting that skin to skin too after my wife.
This is really interesting. For me, it took a while and you shouldn't be ashamed or sad if you don't crumble at the first sight of your kid. When I first saw him it was almost like "oh I have to keep this thing alive" becuase let's be honest...they can hand you any baby and you wouldn't know it's yours. But that bond can take time. So I wasn't emotionally hit for a couple Of weeks. I was just so caught up in keeping a baby alive it just took a bit to really sink in.
It's why I asked because I have felt bad already for not being as connected as my wife. Feeling him kick and respond to my voice and stuff has helped recently though, but I think I've been focusing on money, providing, planning
This is completely natural, don't feel bad or worry about it. My wife was like instantly bonded the second we found out she was pregnant. I wanted a kid too but couldn't shake the feeling of "oh shit there's so much responsibility associated with this". It made it hard to share the elation my wife felt and definitely hurt her feelings. Feeling the kicks weirded me out, it seemed almost alien. It's amazing at how early some personality traits are developed. My wife always complained that our daughter liked to sleep with her head like lodged my wife's ribs or something while in utero. Now she will position herself during the night so that her head is tucked in the corner of the bassinet or she's on her side basically spooning the mesh edge. She does the same thing in her crib. Pay attention for little idiosyncrasies now and see how they evolve as he grows. Spoiler
That's perfectly normal, even in the first year with the baby, especially if your wife is planning on breast feeding. I would recommend volunteering for diaper changes and baths. It will become work eventually, but it's the best way to bond with the baby in the first few months.
My son is about to be 18 months next week. He spent a week in the NICU because he came a month early. With the nurses and everything that first week, it still didn't feel like I was a dad. Not until really that first week back at home and it was finally just me and him by ourselves when my wife went out for the first time. It definitely gets stronger as time goes on. But as someone just said, after dropping him off to daycare the first time and them calling me "Jame's dad".
I did 9 days away from my family a few months back. It was the first time I had been gone for more than 24 hours since I’ve had kids. My boys met me at the top of the arrival escalators at the Atlanta airport with signs they drew and ran at me yelling “Dad! Dad! Dad!” I sobbed from joy for at least 30 seconds during that hug. (Got a little teary eyed typing this out remembering it.) Spoiler I was back to yelling at them within an hour of being home for fighting over a beach ball I brought back Good luck surviving for a month.
oh I’m sorry did I mistake this for the TMB moms thread? This is about me and how hard it’s going to be on me. Spoiler her parents are 20 minutes away and her mom doesn’t work. My parents are also 20 minutes away
Just got a message from the wife that my 5yr old gave another kid the middle finger at school today. She said another kid in daycare said that’s what you do when you’re mad at someone. At least she used it in the correct context. Ha. I knew it was coming but just thought it would be a couple years down the road.
By chance, was he trying to meet the Spartan QB? https://www.lansingstatejournal.com...an-dorm-then-raped-him-police-say/4097376002/
Curious on the wording of the bolded part, you giving people the finger on a consistent basis around your kid?
It honestly took me close to a year where it felt like I was a Dad, as in that is my role now. The first year was very tough on us and likely why we won't have any more kids.
Also our 2.5 year old, after getting some kind of viral infection a couple of weeks ago and having diarrhea for 5 straight days, now is back to being constipated and got some other viral infection that gave her a 104 fever (doctor said she was fine yesterday since she's acting fairly normal). My wife gives her way too much bread and pasta at times and I've been really getting annoyed with her, but I think a big problem is that our daughter has now learned to just hold her bowel movements and that is causing it to become so much worse. I had to give her a glycerine suppository yesterday which finally caused her to pass a very hard stool after probably 60 hours of not crapping (she had held a BM for almost 4 days before this one). The doctor said to give her a little bit of miralax every day for at least a month to try and get her stools to be soft and regular, but it's been a challenge because she seems to never want to drink enough liquid (water, milk, even juice). This has been one of the more frustrating things we've dealt with in the past year with her. I can accept that she'll get sick all the time, especially in the winter, but I'm very worried she's just going to keep holding in her BMs. We've loaded her up with prunes, fruits, and other high fiber foods but she's still not going as much.
FWIW it's not uncommon for adults to go several days between shits, no idea for kids though. Obviously if the poop is hard and difficult to pass then it's a problem. Hydration would definitely help
Yeah she's been in pain the past couple of times she passed stool, I'm really not wanting to have to give her a suppository with any regularity.
Our pediatrician said his limits are if you got more than 7 poops in one day or less than 1 in 7 days.
My older one was similar. Now he gets about 1.5tsp of Miralax mixed in with a few ounces of water every day. We talk to him about his twos to make sure they aren’t too hard or soft. He likes the potty talk and looks forward to his special water with breakfast.
Yeah I'm hoping this works, wife just gave her a suppository today since it seemed like she was in pain and was screaming about "Poop!" I really don't want to have to give her another one, seems like it's just teaching her to hold it in.
We have used this for both kids. Mix in some pedilite or milk with the med and it works to perfection.
I’ll pass on the child modeled slut shirts. But the “eat Pussy not animals” booty short option is calling my name.