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Chris McClinch wrote:1. Hold a newborn like a football.

Yeah, you want to find the seams and throw a nice tight spiral.

Bud Charniga's grape ape wrote:

Chris McClinch wrote:1. Hold a newborn like a football.

Yeah, you want to find the seams and throw a nice tight spiral.

This is obviously. Spiking one's newborn and doing the Ickey Shuffle, however, is frowned upon.

I'm not saying put your child up for adoption, but if you could loan them out for the first 18 years, it will save a lot of grief.

nafod wrote:I'm not saying put your child up for adoption, but if you could loan them out for the first 18 years, it will save a lot of grief.

I'm promoting time share children. Mix & match the DNA of 4 sets of parents and each set gets the kid one week a month. All costs are split evenly. More free time and less cost for the parents, and the kid gets a change of scenery weekly. Winning!

syaigh wrote:Ask for help before you need it.
Accept all offers of food.
If you have parents who can come over and do laundry and/or hold the baby while you take a shower, let them.
Accept that your life is going to change desperately as it should.
Give your wife some serious flexibility in figuring out the whole mom/recovering-from-childbirth/breastfeeding thing. Its hard.

And this especially: New parents can be profoundly competitive. You'll meet a lot of people (or discover that people you already knew) are extremely opinionated about all things baby and how the way they raise their kids is the only way. These people are assholes. Avoid them. It is, in reality, the response to being overjoyed that they haven't totally fucked things up just yet.

When in doubt, fuck your life it's the child's life that matters the most.

This probably does not apply to you because you and your wife seem like one of those truly loving couples that work at it and appreciate each other. ( You even look like you were meant to be together!) but shit can change so...

Not happy where you are? Tough shit, you have kids, stick it out. Unless you and her are killing each other, it's never so bad for you as it will be for your kid(s) if you have to become " Weekend Dad" or " Summer Dad".

Kids are raised legally in 18 years. I am 13 in now, 12 more to go (because I have a 6 year old) and then I can go back to Me, me and ME! ( I plan on whoring my way through England then!)

Fuck your need for romantic love, you have children, put the love there. A woman can leave you and divorce you but your son is always your son. You can replace your bed partner, you can never replace your child, no matter how many you have, each one is a Universe unto itself.

And they will remember what you did, every bit of it, so do them right even if it does you wrong.

TOTAL WAR ON CHILD REARING

nafod wrote:

tough old man wrote:If you deploy while she still is still struggling with an infant, she will kill you sooner or later.

They get a stunt cock by the third deployment.

Fixed.

And this especially: New parents can be profoundly competitive. You'll meet a lot of people (or discover that people you already knew) are extremely opinionated about all things baby and how the way they raise their kids is the only way. These people are assholes. Avoid them. It is, in reality, the response to being overjoyed that they haven't totally fucked things up just yet.

This plus 1. Especially ignore all the advices thrown out at you here on IGX. You've been around long enough to know better.

im competitive as fuck w/ my son, but only in my own head. weve been bumping my kid up in daycare early, but mostly because he's destructive and handsy. he's kickin the soccer ball strong at 17 months and can say "pass ball".

only advice i got is don't try and get shit done if he's not sleeping. like wife and i at first imagine we are gonna do all these things to the house on the weekend, work in the yard and so on. but if he's awake you're a man down. it's tough on home upkeep. but also we've taken him to bars and stuff in the daytime when he could be in the bookbag thing, but i guess it's been awhile. kid wrecks everything though. i love that he's a guy's guy, but it would be nice if he would sit still for 1 fucking minute. also i think statistically you are way more dangerous to your child than even a stranger, so if you are losing your mind when he's inconsolable just put him in the crib and take 5 to get your mind right. some people it dont bother, but that screaming sound effects me on an instinctual level (as it's meant to).

i have found fatherhood to be very emotional, just constant dread and constant joy.

Any new additions on this front? Our first is in the mail and should be here at the end of May.

JohnDoe wrote:Any new additions on this front? Our first is in the mail and should be here at the end of May.

Hey congrats. Mine is 9 months old, fastest 9 months of my life.

The thread is on point. I would re-emphasize

1. Get easily re-heated food in the freezer now.
2. Make your wife sleep when the baby sleeps. She can either do this right away, or suffer until she inevitably accepts it.
3. Don't follow or take unsolicited advice personally. Some people can't help giving it.

Lots of stuff is completely outside your control. My brother's son is 7 weeks younger than mine, an age difference that gets a lot closer over time, and they're completely different and doing things at different rates (thank God).

Congrats. We are headed towards our seven month mark with no real issues. I feel like we really lucked up since my son pretty much only gets whiny if he's hungry or needs changing. The rest the time he is all smiles.

Keep in mind that I am no expert but here are a few things that hit home with me. As stated above, the first month or two are a little hectic as you are still getting used to the babies schedule. Sleep when they sleep rest when they rest. That's all you can really do. It does get better though, once their schedule normalizes a bit and they are able to sleep a little more soundly. Most importantly, don't sweat the small stuff. Changedt this thread has a pretty good nuggets. Baron mind that I am far from an expert but here are some things that I have learned over the last seven months. them, feed them, and nurture them. There may be some bumps along the way but it all pans out.

When I met my wife 10 years ago if you would've asked me did I want kids I would've said no. Now, I think is the best thing ever.

One of the things you might not want to hear - be prepared that things can change pretty quick - our first was easy for the first few months ...then teething started. Shit went bad big time. I had to take two weeks off work to help as all of a sudden no one was getting any sleep at all and he spent ALL day screaming. It was a massive shock to the system - we found it harder than when he was a newborn. Might not happen - our daughter just had teeth appear one day and no one noticed a thing!

But other things change too - like if/when you start letting them self settle, or something simple like a cold can upset their sleeping patterns for a few days and they never quite to back to how they were before.

Not trying to sound negative. Being a dad is the best frickin thing ever. Just be slightly prepared that things don't always stay the same.

I don't miss that shit at all. I'm referring to the baby/toddler stage. Damn that was a lot of work. Of course dealing with my teenage daughter is a huge pain in the ass as well. I feel like smacking her across her smart ass mouth sometimes. Well, a lot of times.

JohnDoe wrote:Any new additions on this front? Our first is in the mail and should be here at the end of May.

Kids are hard, putting them up for adoption is easy and profitable