re: Baby due next summer. Any tips or knowledge that can be passed on?

Congrats !! Sleep as much as you can now.

If your baby is colic put a peppermint disc that has actual peppermint oil in their bottles or buy colic drops. Make sure the peppermint disc is dissolved in the bottle before feeding.

Wish I had known this earlier.

Colic Symptoms

Get a paternity test

Save lots of money.

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Some will tell you to savor the sleep now but frick sleep. Savor the clean and tidy house while you can because once kids are in the picture, especially once they start crawling and walking, you can kiss a clean house goodbye for years. I haven’t been able to walk around my house without stepping on or tripping over some sort of toy, book, or blanket where it’s not supposed to be.

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This is money


I can’t tell you how many times I’ve ‘cleaned’ my house three times in a day just to go to bed with it destroyed again. shite just blows my mind

Everyone saying be prepared to give up your social life are wrong. The first two months are intense but after that it gets a lot better.

You and your wife should make it a priority to have time with each other AND on your own outside the baby. We did that for both our kids and it made u less grumpy in all dealings. It costs money for babysitters so save now.

Mrs. Cotten and I have a 3 month old, so I can give a few thoughts:

1.) The first two months are rough; waking up every 2-3 hours is going to take a toll on your and your relationship. Just remember these times DO end
2.) You will most definitely not get laid for at least 2 months. Be prepared to ease back into it, especially if she gets stitches because she'll likely NOT enjoy the first few times
3.) Get your SO to check out a sleep program, Mrs. Cotten got some book that we used and starting around 2ish months our little one started consistently sleeping from 7 PM to 3ish AM depending on the night
4.) When you're super frustrated and thinking, "Man, I can't wait for this stage to end"...recenter yourself and remember that you only get this stage once, sure there are frustrating times but there is way more good than bad and just pause and take it all in and enjoy

The biggest problem for us was unexpected....dealing with family. My Mom was a godsend for both of us and a huge help...Mrs. Cotten's Mom? fricking shite show who would throw a temper tantrum every time we didn't do things "her way". We had to shut that shite down because it was draining us way more dealing with her than the baby. She didn't talk to us for nearly a month. Know what? We were so exhausted we literally didn't give a frick and told her we had no time or energy to deal with literally pointless drama and when she's over it she's welcome back into her grandchild's life but remember, it's her choice to do this not ours. Since then she's learned her place and all is well...for now.

Overall baw, I will 100% tell you that it is NOT as bad as everyone says. Enjoy every moment.

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see as many movies as you can before the baby is born. It will be the last time for a few years.

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Seems like watching movies would be an activity you could do albeit at home using a streaming service

Get an apartment and move out for 2 years

Babies are cool as frick. You’ll be wishing them to walk and talk but that’s when it starts getting worse