Anyone dealt with a new born and stomach issue? Had our daughter last week and so far she's been super easy. Basically sleep for 3-4 hours, wake up, feed and change diaper, then back to sleep. That didn't happen last night. About 8 she started losing her GD mind, wasn't really interested in eating, just incredibly fussy/screaming, that went on pretty much all night. This morning went to change her diaper and it was almost blow out territory, but she seemed to be much happier after that, thus leading me to thinking she had some kind of stomach thing going on last night.
Babies begin to get much fussier after the first couple of weeks and peak at a couple of months, I probably posted about my painful experience with her screaming hours in the evening until we got on a regimented schedule. Ours started shitting all the time after the second or third day until just recently. I believe early on she was fussy right before she had a blowout as you'll come to call them. If it's super liquid-y more than once you might talk to your pediatrician, they'll probably want some details about poop consistency and color so that's something to begin familiarizing yourself with (my wife makes me take pictures if we suspect anything ).
most newborn babies and babies in general can be very gassy. try some gas drops, should help a little bit.
My son turned 1 a few weeks ago and he has discovered a love for climbing everything. I'm convinced his main goal in life it to kill himself.
I'm sure that's the most likely scenario. First baby so I'm learning on the fly here. Basically just trying to make my life as easy as possible, considering I feel like a zombie this morning.
Been there. My first kid was so perfect and sweet for the first 72 hours... Are you breastfeeding or bottle feeding? If the problem continues, where she gets constipated often, you might want to ask your ped whether it's time to try another flavor, but I think she'll be okay for now. I remember going to the pediatrician because it had been 2-3 days without pooping and she sent me home and told me that was nowhere close to the record. He ruined the car seat on the way home, of course.
Yeah our girl was pooping almost every couple of hours and then over the course of two days about a month ago it was like a valved was turned and she didn't poop for 3 days. Apparently it's not uncommon to go as long as 4-5 days.
I recommend these if problems persist or if your child ever gets put on antibiotics (ear infection, etc). They're expensive but help put good bacteria in the stomach to help with digestion, immune system, etc. Either put a couple drops in a bottle or directly on your wife's nipple if breast feeding (in that case, having your wife eat yogurt, kambucha or other fermented foods helps too).
Went to a 5 year old birthday party for a boy in my duaghters preschool. His big gift was a real shotgun. The look of wtf on my face I’m sure was priceless.
That was all four of mine and my brothers gifts at 5 years from our grandfather. Granted we all grew up in rural Iowa. It's probably a lot more common than you think.
Hope your kids don’t go to the same school as he does in about 10 years because I feel a school shooting is in his future
So little Bishop is Due in Jan. My In-Laws decided they were going to move from Alabama to Georgia to be closer. We have been helping them look at houses in about a 30 min radius of our house. Perfect house came on the market Friday and now they are under contract. The house is 5 min away . I am telling myself the benefits outweigh the costs of them living so close.
We are literally 1 min away from my in laws. Would’ve been nice if it was when our daughter was younger. She’s going to be 5 soon. It’s not as much help as I thought it would be. Good luck
Free babysitting is nice. Free daycare is even better. I like how close my mom and my in-laws are. They are both about 20 minutes away.
When Mrs Bishop goes back to work it will be very helpful until he is old enough for us to put him into some sort of PreSchool program. I don't think they will be the unexpected drop in Grand Parents but who knows.
If they are truly willing to help with everything, change diapers, playtime, and feeding while y'all can rest then it will be a godsend. My wife's mother was with us the first couple of months, after that we stopped getting much sleep.
They think they are moving to South Carolina since they enjoy myrtle beach so much when they retire in a few years. They also think we will follow them and move.
Mother In-Law will be very helpful. Her way vs my wife's way will be the biggest issue. The Wife is already working on this now.
Yea, my grandparents lived nearby when I was younger, and it really took a lot of pressure off of my parents. I would usually go to my grandparents house after school, or they would pick me up if I had a practice or a game or something. It let me parents just take their time and work as late as they needed and also not have to pay for an afterschool program or anything like that. Right now my father in law lives about 15 minutes away and he has been incredibly helpful with babysitting and the like. If we didn't have a free babysitter, we probably wouldn't go out to do something fun even 25% of the times we go right now.
A large part of our decision to move back home from across the country was to be closer to family and the help with kids they could provide. Since my Wife left her Step Dad's company (where prior to her working there they had no one the past 7 years and filled it a month later with his mom) he hardly talks to us. Both him and her mom are going through a midlife crisis and think they are 21. They also have a 9? year old daughter so they will be of little to no help. Her Dad who essentially raised her by himself is pretty sure into pills now or just gets heavily fucked up most days of the week. Wife already said we will never leave our kid alone with him. My Mom is amazing but does so much as it is for all of the family in addition to working harder than probably any of us kids. Plus my brother just had a baby and has no issue putting her out if it benefits them. I on the other hand hate asking her for things cause of how much she does. These days wishing we never moved home
We're in a similar situation. Wife is from Fresno and I'm from Augusta, so we moved from Austin to the Atlanta area to try and get closer to one of our families. Unfortunately my parents haven't been able to help much as they're still 2+ hours a way and my mom's health is continually getting worse. We've talked about possibly moving to Fresno as her mom would probably be a big help since we're really struggling at times (we bicker almost every day), but I don't know how easy that will be in addition to the job opportunities (not sure if I could keep my current job even though it's 100% remote because of the time difference) probably being hugely different than in Atlanta. We're depressed a lot of the time, we love our daughter but it is an absolute beating as we don't get to go out much unless we pay for a babysitter. We have daycare, but that's only during weekdays and the wife doesn't want her in there 40+ hours each week. Sure we can go grab lunch or see a quick movie at noon on a Wednesday since my work schedule is flexible, but doing anything that we both will enjoy for more than an hour in the evening or the weekend isn't going to happen for a while unless we shell out some money, drag my dad's ass up here, or at some point make friends that can watch her for us.
Right around the time my son was born I considered taking a job about 8 hours away from where we currently live. Eventually decided not to because both of our families are so close. It was 100% the right decision.
Sorry to hear all that man. Hope whatever you guys decide one way or another you can find a way alleviate some stress for you and your wife. Not sure if this is a sign from the universe but my company has had talks of moving their HQ from Phoenix (where I moved to and back from) to Frisco/Dallas area. My boss just asked me if I would be willing to be the first on my team to move out there next summer. Baby is due in January so we're going to have baby see what life is like and then make a decision.
I'm sure it will get better as she gets older and doesn't need to get up and down 4 or 5 times a day, but I'm about ready to get a vasectomy at this point so we don't ever have to go through this again. So you already have one kid and another on the way?
Somewhat on topic. My wife and I both have pretty young parents so retired grandparents to our daughter won’t happen any time soon. It’s nice to be around family but they can really only help when we least need it. My daughter goes to preschool MWF and my wife just starting teaching the 3 yr old class T and Th morning. So basically I double duty it with working from home and watching my daughter. It was an opportunity I don’t think my wife could pass up and might take over for a retired teacher next year 5 days when my daughter goes to kindergarten. It’s funny because I try to take work calls and I’ll mute it to say things like “you need to be quiet right now” or “please stop talking”. I fear that I’ll have my muting skills backwards and insult someone any day now.
If the GP are awesome and healthy, they will help out a ton. We both work nights, so it helps with some extra sleep, and we still get to go to concerts 1-2x a month thanks to ours living 5 minutes away.
Its rough, but it got better over time......until the 2nd one came, which was even more rough imo. The prescription for the depressing feeling is more sex, even if its appointment sex. You dont want to become the sexless couple if you can help it, and its really up to the man to make it happen. Women dont make the man the priority once that baby arrives, and thats quite the adjustment.
2yr old went in for a check up today. She has had a hernia in her abs that the docs said from the beginning it would heal itself, be fine, etc. They said today if it hasnt properly closed, she may need surgery in the next few months. wife is already freaking out. I dont want my sweet baby to have surgery.
Have 2 boys, 3.5 yrs and 4 mos. Vasectomy scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Not looking forward to shaving my scrotum in the morning. I'm surprisingly not very concerned about the procedure.
My 4 year old did a flying tackle on my 12 month old. Wife told him to find time out, he whined so she smacked his ass. He sits down in TO and says surprised " that didn't even hurt." My wife asks him if he wants another and he says "sure" Wife spanks him again and he says that doesn't even hurt mom. She yells for me.
Unless you have a shitty urologist its not a big deal at all. Only reason I took the prescribed pain killers after was so I could sleep all weekend and let my wife deal with kids. They told me not to shave and they did it for me, after the awkwardness of a random lady shaving my nuts while my dick was taped to my belly it kinda felt awesome.
Nope, but no one has ever claimed I have a big dick, I think they just taped it up for my self esteem
Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease is fucking terrible. My poor little 14 month old dude is just getting over a real bad case of it, luckily his big bro or none of us caught it.
My in laws drive me fucking insane but I can't imagine how harder life would be if they wouldn't have moved where we live. Their house is about a 20 minute drive and I hated they were that close at first, now I bitch it takes my 40 minutes to take them there and get home.