This guy parents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster
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This guy parents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster
Beats hobbying I guess
Is it too soon to start making dog comparison jokes?
At least Shak is honest.
That’s more than I can say of a lot of parents
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Originally Posted by killramos
FtfyQuote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Dead wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
Haha 'independently' changed 2 times, i.e, without wife being around. Otherwise whenever I am at home and not at work, I am always there offering a helping hand. I just let her take the lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by JfuckinC
I did offer to the wife that I am more than happy staying at home and be a stay at home dad if she wants to go to work as long as it doesn't impact our lifestyle financially. Haha.
Just think in 14 years from now you'll have a teenager who puts empty milk cartons back in the fridge. The joys.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
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Originally Posted by killramos
ok fine, too soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster
What sort of push present did she get?Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
My wife’s push present was a small human baby.
A gag gift as a push present, bold move.Quote:
Originally Posted by bjstare
We don't believe in stupid ass shit/concepts like 'push presents'. You'd think having a fucking kid would be the biggest blessing of them all that outweighs anything else and then you have bitches expecting 'push presents'. Fuck off. I married the right/amazing woman that does not find value in materialistic things and didn't want anything even though I asked because of the 'societal expectations'. All that being said, she has unfettered access to my everything and I have never questioned her spending (mostly cause I know she's way smarter with money than I am). Haha.
Push presents are stupid, agree.
This doesn't exactly come as shocking news.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
you didn't have to say it......
Hay...she could be worse. I had an ex that wanted a 3 carat diamond wedding ring and that didn't deter me at the time. But thank God that didn't work out. Haha.
I get it. Fat fingers.
:werd:
So if making the human for me was my gift, and she got a push present, then... isn't the present 100% hers and therefore baby is mine, so GTFO?
No, the vasectomy is for you.
Rule #1
Never point at something outside of the car for your kid.
Nobody knows… until they know… This is the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
Had my baby boy 3 weeks ago and it's just been mayhem at home. The 2.5 year old who I thought was really easy, is so much harder with a newborn around. Getting her to help with the baby seems to be the way. She might be a little advanced for her age as she talks and understands lots so we get her to get us things in other rooms and for the baby and such.
She can even get me a beer from the wine fridge, the wife absolutely loves that, let me tell you.
Two is more than twice as hard as one.
Three is more than twice as hard as two.
I hear five is the magic number.
I heard that things level off at 4. But we tapped out.
Where does the au pair factor in?
Yes
Sounds about rightQuote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
I think we are good with 1. I liked when the wife herself said, 'one and done'. lol.
Rest I guess, time will tell.
Just brought the baby home a week ago. Her day and night sleep pattern are flipped. How long does it usually take to flip/correct it?
About 22 years when she needs to get a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by HiSpec
beat me to itQuote:
Originally Posted by rage2
If you are lucky
I am doomed.
Some kids self correct the sleep patterns. Some don't.
Yes. That makes sleep training a nightmare.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
If a flipped sleep pattern kid is sleep trained, it can work. But it’s hell getting there for a few nights
Got a couple things we're getting rid of now the girls are getting bigger - my Kijiji page is here:
https://kijiji.page.link?apn=com.eba...ile%2F82278217
Still some stuff to add as I get permission to sell it and not hoard it :)
Selling car seats, tsk tsk.
Oh the humanity!
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You need the kijiji app to click links now?Quote:
Originally Posted by haggis88
?? whats wrong with that if they haven't met their expiryQuote:
Originally Posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
Nothing explicitly wrong with it, but it's usually not recommended to buy any you don't know the explicit history of:
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-cana...car-seats.html
Idk, haven't been on a laptop for weeks hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Need a carfax for car seats
Years ago, Kijiji used to remove ad's from people trying to sell used car seats.
Holy shit, this shit is hard. 5 days old, finally hit 24 hours at home.
Wait until they're 14 and the mind fuck and anger starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
Baby or car?
LOL, Jk, babies are tough. Kids remain tough, but the good news is the type of problem changes with good regularity, so you don't get bored.
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The anger starts before 14, ask me how I know.
My oldest daughter:
"You just want me to go to U Vic so you can move there!"
wtf.
The sleep deprivation will improve. And then as ExtraSlow says, you will be on to the next type of problem.
I am off right now with our 3 week old. Took a good chunk of time off work this time around. Baby sleeping on my chest right now. Life is good.
following your daughter to university is a weird fetish
Were you planning to? Hope your wife knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Let's not kink shame here.
buddy I have a hard time planning my life a week out let alone 20 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by suntan
We are all part of the same club lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Mine is a day tops.Quote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by nismodrifter
I'm taking a month off when our second is born (end of November).
a) Work break will be nice.
b) I'm sure it will be a shit show at home.
c) Why not. They really do grow up so damn fast. Once you're past the first couple/several month there aren't nearly as much sleep snuggles.
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What day of the week is it today?Quote:
Originally Posted by SJW
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Good luck dude. It ain't easy thats for sure. Lots of good info in this thread or ask away. Take peoples suggestion, try them and if it doesn't work try something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by LilDrunkenSmurf
Mine is 7 weeks old. Finally flipped the day and night confusion and sleeping more than 3 hours between feed at night.
Day time is a different story. Not willing to nap more than an hour at a time.
You guys plan?
My wife typically tells me what is happening... 7-10x because I forgot each of the preceding times she told us what our plans are.
Just found out wife and I are expecting. We are excited but cautiously optimistic as last year we lost our baby to a "missed-misscarriage" at 4 and a half months. That was tough. We are quite excited though i hope everything goes well for us this time around.
Congrats man!!
Congrats and good luck.
Sending good vibes your wayQuote:
Originally Posted by Shlade
you know what's fucking annoying, when your kid gets to the point they wanna do stairs over and over and over again, we're there with number 2 and its just as annoying as the first time around :nut:
LilSmurfo, it's all relative to the point you're at, it will get better, but also worse, then better again, then worse... i think that goes on forever, judging by my calculations. Just take it day by day and really emphasize the good parts so you feel better lol
This is good advice. Take the bad day by day, and try to find some good in each day, and spend absolutely as much time with your kids as you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by JfuckinC
That's the most relevant quote anyone has ever said about having kids. Its 100% factual. Take it all in.Quote:
The days are long, but the years are short.
Good luck bro. Know exactly what you're going through as the wife and I went through it twice before the baby finally coming this July. Now this little fucker won't sleep and cries non-stop and is making us question our decisions to have a kid to being with. FML....all part of the process I suppose. Haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlade
Keep positive and good vibes your way that hopefully all goes well.
congrats manQuote:
Originally Posted by Shlade
no trade in this time shak lol, it'll get better tho, soon you'll forget the day to dayQuote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
what kind of mattress did you go with when you switched your kids to a big kid bed? Foam? Hybrid? Internet is hard to tell what's just an ad trying to sewer certain types lol
Any mattress, if you can fit it get a queen size and get a waterproof mattress cover. Queen is so you can just jump in bed with them in case they come to get you to avoid crowding in your own bed. Waterproof mattress cover becasue the kid will piss the bed when they are out of pull ups or whatever, replace it when they are a teenager likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by JfuckinC
Don't go crazy, but get something you'd be happy with sleeping on.
were using memory foam. I don't find it comfortable, but the 5 yo doesn't seem to mind
We didn't overthink it. Our daughter is on some kind of Ikea mattress, that's reasonably comfortable. Our son is in a hand-me-down sealy spring mattress from like 50 years ago with a 2" memory foam topper. We'll get them something better someday when the kids weigh more than 40lbs, and are old enough to care about anything besides what pictures are on their bedding.Quote:
Originally Posted by JfuckinC
Something cheap because guaranteed the kid will throw up on it.
lol mattress protection is obviously a must. At 166 weeks old, Not a pee'r but definitely a thrower upper here and there.
Ok i'm usually good at not over thinking things, but its different with kids :angel:
i'll go with an ikea mattress like i figured in the first place.
Ikea has a good selection of inexpensive kids frames and mattresses with ok quality.
My youngest threw up along the edge of the mattress, it dripped down, got under the mattress protector, got on the box spring, onto the floor, and some of it penetrated the protector on the top because I think it was alien acid blood.Quote:
Originally Posted by JfuckinC
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Originally Posted by Darell_n
Ikea stopped making the ones we bought (our bed, kids bed, and trailer beds), but this is the new equivalent. Old models were awesome, hopefully these are similar.
https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/vannare...eige-70486734/