You could probably stop storing up. Or start offering it for sale or free for other people. We maybe had 10 days max stored up at one point an never had an issue. And that includes my wife being laid up in the hospital for 2 days for surgical procedures at around 6 months.
I think we got to like…15-20 days. My wife had to do a month long trip around 7 months that kinda killed her supply.
So my little guy took his first real steps today. I was holding a piece of flank steak we are doing for tacos tonight and he put his arms out and took like 3 steps and then boom sat down. Later tonight we had him standing up and he took a step towards me and I kept backing up as he continues to walk towards me. Wife starts tearing up and I was going “YES YES YES!” So loud I think he got overwhelmed and sat down and looks around nervously. Pretty proud moment for us. He’s 14 months old this week so my wife was getting nervous that there was an issue. I told her it wasn’t a problem, he’s just taking his time, just like his dad.
Just wondering because the wife is wanting to dry up but obviously feels guilty about it since she “won’t have milk for him”
So my wife and I planned to stay in a hotel tonight in town while our best friend watches Levi. Will be our first night both of us have been away from him. We wake up today to Levi having extremely bad sniffles, whiny, but at least no temp yet. So this is parenting…
That sucks but I got up at 4 am bc my little guy had a leaky diaper. We have been using the Sposies and they have worked great. I think screwed up putting it in there last night. He was luckily only up for an hour before I finally got him settled back down to get some more sleep.
I’m in Colorado. First trip since COVID. Our 1 year old has a fever and our 3 year old can’t handle dad being gone (which wasn’t a rare thing pre-Covid)
Anyone have recommended bicycle contraptions to each attach to or pull behind your bike? Trying to decide which direction to go.
Holy shit what a week. Got to the hospital on Sunday for an induction and ended on Tuesday night with Quinton coming out the emergency exit. 8 lbs, 1oz, 21.5 inches. OU TE offer already extended. Finally home yesterday. I still have no idea what I'm doing but I'm ridiculously happy trying.
Our experience was identical and resulted in an equally giant infant. You’ll be good. Everything I knew about babies at that point I had learned the previous 72 hours from the nursing staff. Coming up on two years in a few weeks but seems like it was yesterday. We just got home from having breakfast at the golf course and putting for an hour or so. Nap time for the kid, beers and football for me
I’m always excited about how much fun we’re going to have as he gets older. And I know you already appreciate where you are right now (how can you not). I’ll pass this along anyway because a mentor of mine whose kids have grown up said it to me when I first became a dad, and I think about it on the days I’m looking forward or thinking about what I need to do after he goes to sleep: Stay in the moment always and literally there during bedtime. Some of the best moments I’ve had were when I was stoked to finally get some me time and could have safely put him in the crib but didn’t. Or wanted to do something else and stayed in his world a little longer. Goes fast man
Along the same lines, the best piece of advice I got came from my therapist… Your kids are people too. Treat them that way. They aren’t your property, an obligation, or an obstacle. They are learning just like you so take the journey together. And most importantly… Say yes to all the little things.
My wife can be endlessly stubborn and so can my two year old. It brings me great delight to watch their battle of the minds.
Helping coach flag football and I have a legit psycho father. Good thing I'm not the younger version of Pelinis else my temper may have gotten the best of me. I don't mind parents grumbling or whatever but man this guy I would like to beat with a rubber hose or a sack of bar soap.
I told my wife I wanted to name mine after a random outdoor inanimate object and settled on Shed. It stuck in utero and the entire family was using it. Unfortunately, she didn’t let us actually use it. Great name imo, and you can have it if you want
I don't understand how you can be a huge piece of shit over your kid participating in a sport that you can't really have a career in (flag football). Is it just a playing time issue or is he wanting to control everything you do?
Oh man, I remember reffing youth soccer (like 5-6 year olds) during high school. There was this one dad that was insufferable. We didn't call offside unless it was egregious, and then it was "hey, let's try to use this as a teaching moment". But this dad would scream his head off for every call he perceived that I missed. Finally had to stop one game and get the league officials to kick him out.
I'm going to need to have the conversation with my parents/family about not being around my infant since they're not vaccinated and it is destroying me.
We are going through the same. It is tough. Just tell them it is temporary and will be reassessed when and if the situation warrants it. But if they are looking for a timeline, it is either when he/she is old enough to get vaccinated or a vaccine becomes available for those as young as he/she is. And hold the line. From experience, they are going to come at you with about 20 different angles trying to “guilt” you. I hope your situation goes better than ours. If you are comfortable with it, tell them that occasional outdoor meetups with social distancing are possible. That way they can’t say you are keeping them from him. If they decline that option for compromise, you can always point out to them that it was actually their choice not to see him/her.
My daughter was born in October of last year. Of course, vaccines weren't available yet. Before sending her to daycare in January, we only let close family come and see her with masks on. Got a little more relaxed after that, still had family wear masks until she was 6-months old and uleveryone had at least their first jab/dose. Good luck with the conversation, hopefully it can change some minds of your family members that have chosen not to get the vaccine.
MIL isn’t allowed around my little one, but sister in law is and is vaxed. They live together and I still have my foot down and not budging. Wife has been throwing the shade towards her mom about her sister getting to hold him and see him. But her “natural path” bs is keeping her from seeing him.
No, she was raised in India while her parents were expats and was vaxed to hell while living over there.
I don't want to derail the discussion here, and I don't presume to know anything about your families, but my brain cannot even comprehend a grandparent being unwilling to get vaccinated if it meant they would be limited in their access to seeing their grandkids. My FIL has become a conspiracy theory idiot and goes across the border to buy z-packs and other at-home covid remedies, but even he agreed to take the "devil's serum" (as he calls it).
It is really hard for my wife. She thought that her mom would get it as well when we stated our intentions. But alas, here we are. And we are the ones getting blamed by the whole family for tearing the family apart. 8 adults in the family, 5 of which are vaccinated and 3 that are not and us 2 are the ones that are in “the wrong.”
We've been encouraging them to get vaccinated but have not had the "you can't be around him" talk yet. They live out of state and have only visited occasionally. So far we've asked them to be tested before they come which they have done. If they want to continue to come then it will be either a) the vaccine or b) antibody + negative test before seeing him. It's going to all come to a head with the holidays coming up and my family all gathering in one spot with no one vaccinated except my wife and I. We aren't going to put our son in that situation.
Well, their is always Friendsgiving if it comes to it. It is what we will be doing as the family gathering was going to be held at our house.
I struggle with how to handle unvaccinated people (who have no medical excuse to not get the shots). I am trying not to get satisfaction when I hear unvaccinated people get it and get real sick or die (I do get some satisfaction when its politicians or "media" influencer's whose illness/death might change average people's minds). But a few weeks ago when my oldest son experienced a very serious medical emergency (he's OK now, btw) and my wife and I were having a conversation in his hospital room with the doctor while our son was laying on the bed intubated and the doctor was telling me that they needed to move him to a children's hospital or place with a pediatric ICU and that we were being turned down at places due to lack of beds... let's just say my opinions that I already had about people unwilling to vaccinate and the toll that it is taking on our whole society forever and irreversibly solidified. I pity anybody who walks into the trap of having that discussion with me. My FIL tried to broach the subject last weekend and lets just say he very quickly changed the subject.
we just had this conversation with my father in law. At first he thought we were joking for some reason but eventually responded well and that he will talk more with us about it and I believe he will ultimately do it.
I wish I had that interaction with the FIL on video. Also, good to hear your boy is still doing good. I am probably a terrible person for not texting again after our original discourse on the situation. I was stalking on fb and was kept up on the situation and did not want to be a bother as you had enough going on.
I'm sorry to hear about your son. Those sorts of experiences often crystalize a belief into a conviction that is the fury of 10,000 suns.
We just went through the same thing with my inlaws. They are incredible people and such great help but were very stubborn on the vaccine. We sat, and had a conversation with them and remained calm throughout. We made it clear to them how we felt about the vaccine (positive) but we understand at the end of the day we can't force them to get it. So the common ground was if they wanted to see the baby they were welcome to, but we needed a current negative covid test and they had to wear masks the whole time. We made it clear that we would never keep them from seeing their grandchild, but we had to put rules in place to keep everyone safe. The next day they went and got the vaccine.
We have one (close) family member unvaccinated, my wife’s little brother, and that is not a conversation I’m looking forward to. He does work for a huge company so he’s either gonna have to test weekly or get vaccinated likely before the baby comes so I’m hoping he just gets vaxed soon and it won’t come to it. My parents and her parents are all vaxed up. Mine even got their booster (I basically forced them into it before we went to the ND game (luckily I don’t think any of us want to go to any more games so that worry is out the door)).
yea my Father in law is the only person left that needs the vaccination of those close to us so once he gets it we will feel way better