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re: How difficult are babies really
Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:28 am to Kracka
Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:28 am to Kracka
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Actually finding time to have fun as a couple is one of the most important things you can do. Get some family to take the baby for a night while yall go out and have a date night. You have to have that. You guys are still a couple. The only problem, is that being parents, you'll likely spend the whole night talking about how much you miss the baby and how you can't wait to get back to see your child.
This is so true. We really didn't go out much at all, and we probably should have. When my parents or hers would babysit, we'd spend the whole time worrying and texting and asking how our son was that we never really just unwound. Still, it was so awesome getting home and seeing our little guy.
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Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:28 am to GRTiger
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Let your wife go out with just her friends after you feel comfortable being alone with your daughter and when (if) yall do pumping and/or bottles. Not only will it most likely be returned in kind, just one night of stress relief lasts a long time, especially for your wife.
This is true. Twice in the last 6 months I have just let my wife go hang with her friends for the weekend and she was stoked about it.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:50 am to lsuhunt555
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Let them sleep in their own room from day 1. Let them cry themselves to sleep. You'll thank me later.
truth. although we had ours (or our first at least) in a bassinet (sp?) by our bed for about 5 days after coming home.
but every little whimper and sound woke us up. even when the baby was sleeping we found ourselves awake so we ended it pretty quickly. we didn't really do monitors either but we have/had wood floors and sound traveled well.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 11:53 am to TDTGodfather
I have a son due any day now. Can't wait for him to get here. I know my wife is ready.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:22 pm to BoogaBear
quote:I have 3 year old twin boys, from day 1 it tends to get easier and easier as you go...but it ain't easy
What am I in for in the first year?
After the initial 1st few months, it's not that it's hard, it's just very time consuming lol.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:25 pm to BoogaBear
Piece of cake until they outnumber you and the wife. It starts getting interesting after that, especially if they're close together.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:40 pm to Mr. Misanthrope
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Piece of cake until they outnumber you and the wife. It starts getting interesting after that, especially if they're close together.
Have 10 month old triplets. Schedule and structure is a must. Doing great now. The first 3 months I was one miserable bastard though.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:41 pm to etm512
Yikes. And sometimes I think my five and three year old are trying...
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:44 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Luckily they were our firsts so we didn't know any different
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:45 pm to BoogaBear
Welcome to parenthood--best years of your life! 
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:48 pm to BoogaBear
Babies seem easy enough but my wife takes care of the day to day stuff.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:49 pm to etm512
I would probably kms
Posted on 7/31/14 at 12:51 pm to BoogaBear
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What am I in for in the first year?
I am not even sure where to begin. I have two girls, 17 and 2. From what I can remember of the oldest growing up, the baby is a chip off the ole block.
they were both very easy going, did not cry much but very emotional.
the first 6 months of life were not bad, just very tiresome.
everything after that is fairly easy, except when the oldest got to about 3rd grade. young girls are very cold, bitchy, and out right mean
now I am dealing with dating and driving with oldest and potty training with the youngest
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:27 pm to BoogaBear
Congrats.
I have a 3.5 yr old daughter. Greatest thing that ever happened to me. She is definitly Daddy's girl and I wouldn't want it any other way. She follows me around everywhere and gets into anything I am trying to do. At times it is aggravating in the moment, taking tools, losing screws, etc but take a breath and remember they are only young once. Enjoy every minute of it. hell I even enjoy painting her nails when she asks and I have learned how to braid, frenchbraid, pigtails and all sorts of hair crap.
I have a 3.5 yr old daughter. Greatest thing that ever happened to me. She is definitly Daddy's girl and I wouldn't want it any other way. She follows me around everywhere and gets into anything I am trying to do. At times it is aggravating in the moment, taking tools, losing screws, etc but take a breath and remember they are only young once. Enjoy every minute of it. hell I even enjoy painting her nails when she asks and I have learned how to braid, frenchbraid, pigtails and all sorts of hair crap.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:28 pm to BoogaBear
I'm terrified of changing a baby girl's diaper. My friend told me about how he had to clean shite of his daughter's vagina and it scarred me for life.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:44 pm to Kracka
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Kracka
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we rarely slept for the first year. Our boy has colic and rarely slept unless it was on us, or he just cried non stop. It was really fricking rough. My wife and I were at each others throats from frustration and lack of sleep. But he's almost 4 now, and he is the most amazing thing. The only problem now, is dealing with my own issues regarding him. I constantly have panic attacks thinking about bad things that could happen to him out in the world. That now keeps me up at night. It's only going to get worse as he gets older. I guess that's part of being a parent.
Kracka,
I think I figured out who you are. Between are chat in the thread about Lafayette neighborhoods and this post. Are your initials TC?
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:51 pm to hendersonshands
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My friend told me about how he had to clean shite of his daughter's vagina and it scarred me for life.
I'm glad to be done with this (nearly 3-year-old daughter is potty-trained), but it's not as bad as you think. You'll look at it as a maintenance task and not something awkward, and you'll forget you're cleaning genitals
In my experience, the worst part of being a parent to infants and toddlers has been the medical part of it, the worrying, the anxiety, the constant trouble-shooting, late night trips to urgent care or the ER, etc.
My experience probably isn't typical, though. My daughter was born with congenital hip dysplasia and practically right out of the womb had to wear a corrective harness for 6 weeks. She then developed eczema, which got so bad under her neck one time that it got infected and involved a trip to urgent care. Found out she was allergic to amoxicillin the hard way. To this day, my daughter still can't take daily baths or else she gets really bad hot spots. Then within a year, she started exhibiting symptoms of asthma. First trip to the ER was because she got pneumonia, so now we have a nebulizer and inhalers for her, but have still needed to make a couple of visits to urgent care. When she gets a cold, the asthma flairs up fiercely. Last month, we made another trip to the ER for it because it happened at 3am. I had asthma as a kid, too, and eventually grew out of it. Hoping she'll do the same.
And then there's my son, who's three months old and has already had his skull operated on, and will have to wear a molding helmet for the next 12-15 months. And he's got eczema! (but we are much better equipped to deal with it)
They've always bounced right back, but the constant worrying about every accident, illness, condition -- large and small -- has by far been the worst part of it (and perhaps the best part, knowing that you can love someone so much that everything that happens to them affects you so intensely). Then, combine that with the general anxiety you'll develop regarding every possible thing that could happen to them... I'm surprised I still have hair.
This post was edited on 7/31/14 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:52 pm to ThatsAFactJack
He's like 12 ft tall.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 1:55 pm to BoogaBear
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We are expecting our first in September and putting nervous, scared, etc aside. How tough are the little guys/gals?
What am I in for in the first year?
It's a girl BTW.
I have twin girls and a baby boy...the girls were unmitigated hell on wheels. The boy is chill.
I would think 1 baby, boy or girl, would be a piece of cake. Don't be afraid to take her out with you and do stuff. You really only have a window of about 6 months before going out with her becomes completely impossible.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 3:51 pm to etm512
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Have 10 month old triplets. Schedule and structure is a must. Doing great now. The first 3 months I was one miserable bastard though.
Prayers sent. Had two about 16 months apart, then three, each about eighteen months apart.
Wait until they are grown and visiting and you begin to find out what really happened. "Ah, Dad, you remember the time that blah, blah, blah-well, what really happened was..."
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