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Where’s the family board?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:24 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:24 pm
I guess there is none so thought I’d post here. I’ll be a new dad in a couple weeks. Wife hates me right now because being pregnant is shitty. There’s so much stuff a baby needs it’s quite overwhelming.
Any advice for a first time father?
Any advice for a first time father?
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Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:25 pm to CaliTigerHB
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Wife
We have rules
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:26 pm to 0x15E
I get the sense I just broke one
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:26 pm to CaliTigerHB
Family style?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:30 pm to CaliTigerHB
PIIHB
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:30 pm to CaliTigerHB
quote:
Wife hates me
quote:you sure the kid is yours?
Any advice for a first time father?
This post was edited on 7/7/22 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:35 pm to CaliTigerHB
If you think it's bad now, wait until postpartum depression and sleep deprivation psychosis. I wish I could tell you that it gets better but it doesn't. At least for a year or so. Until then, you'll be eating shite sandwiches daily.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:36 pm to CaliTigerHB
Make sure you allow her to have time to rest, regardless of how much you’re working. Prepare for all kinds of emotions from her in the several months that follow. Remind yourself time and again that she’s still the same woman you married and she’ll get back to an eventual version of that (for the most part). Prepare for her to degrade herself often because her body will be different. Compliment her often on her looks and the mother she’s becoming. Be patient with her and don’t try to rush sex, even if it has been six weeks. Having children is a life changing experience for both parents, but it’s very worth the change. Oh, and when she wants to rush the baby to the doctor because she read something on the internet, just take the kid. It will give her comfort and train her not to overreact with your second child.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:38 pm to CaliTigerHB
Become a father, any male can be a dad
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:42 pm to CaliTigerHB
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Any advice for a first time father?
It doesn’t get any better. One problem replaces itself with a new one. Just roll with it and enjoy your kid.
Don’t let your wife watch too much Dateline.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:43 pm to Pepe Lepew
quote:You got that backwards.
Become a father, any male can be a dad
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:45 pm to CaliTigerHB
quote:
Where’s the family board?
You’re on it, pal.
quote:
Any advice for a first time father?
If you have a son, live the example of the man you want him to be one day. If you have a daughter, live the example of the man you want her to marry one day.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:47 pm to CaliTigerHB
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Any advice for a first time father?
Make sure to mark your child with a sharpie just after it’s born with a symbol only you would know so that they don’t give you the wrong baby.
-roughly quoted from Dwight Schrute
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:47 pm to CaliTigerHB
You really just have to learn to roll with the punches. Things are going to change, and the amount of control you’ll have will usually be less than you’d like. Just keep working at it and don’t let it make you cynical.
Also. Family board is a good idea.
Also. Family board is a good idea.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:47 pm to CaliTigerHB
quote:
Any advice for a first time father?
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:48 pm to CaliTigerHB
Sleep now and do whatever you feel like doing because both of those go out the window with kid
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:48 pm to CaliTigerHB
quote:Get as much sleep now as you can.
Any advice for a first time father?
Help your wife in any way possible: (1) giving birth is no picnic (pain, postpartum, etc.); (2) being a first-time mom is frustrating and difficult (latching, sleep depravation); and (3) being a first-time mom is much harder than being a first-time dad (see 1 and 2, plus it just means more).
Change more diapers than she does, and NEVER let her know it. NEVER.
Diaper Rash: (1) dry skin is happy skin; and (2) diaper rash is irritated when being wiped by anything wet or dry. Genius Move: Diaper rash can be soothed relatively quickly by using a hair blow dryer set on cool.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:48 pm to CaliTigerHB
Relax. Just keep the baby alive and remember, they'll love you no matter what.
Posted on 7/7/22 at 6:50 pm to CaliTigerHB
Trust your instincts and take comfort in the fact that babies usually communicate somehow if something is wrong. I stressed out a lot because I kept wondering if something was going on in there that I couldn’t see. Eventually that feeling goes away when you realize how physically resilient they are. The beginning is hard, but it becomes so fun. Ours is 2 now, and being a parent is the best thing I’ve personally ever experienced. Listen to the others in this thread about the wife stuff. Hormones and sleep deprivation are no joke 
know that in hindsight your wife will realize that she was being unreasonable at times during the fog of war…lol
know that in hindsight your wife will realize that she was being unreasonable at times during the fog of war…lol
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