re: First time dad: Update (pg. 7) for new dads!

You're gonna miss the burrito stage. I know I do. This is the easy stuff. Wait until they have opinions and their very own language to express it.

Enjoy those times when they are young, when they start sleeping better it gets easier. My 2yr old son is my best bud, can be a bit whiny right now but overall is pretty good. Catching frogs, riding his bike and truck rides and he is content! Going to go explore Academy with him in a bit.

3 weeks lol


Get back at us in 5 months.


I've got a 6 year old, 12 month old and a 1.5 month old.


Enjoy your free time

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Dang man… ain’t for the faint of heart. Tell you that. Haven’t worked out or ate a sit down meal in 3 weeks! Everyone keeps saying it gets better… but it’s like I can’t even enjoy him because he’s a PITA more than anything right now lol

INB4
“Dear Facebook”

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Since she was born, I've bought my daughter cards for various occasions - birthdays, vacations, etc. I fill the inside of the card out completely, telling her about things as they are at that moment - what she got for her birthday, the report card she was proud of, the sleepover she just hosted, etc.

I finish each card, seal it, and write the date on the envelope. They're stacked inside of a gun safe and I'll give them to her at some point. Maybe college graduation, maybe her wedding. Whenever it feels like it's time. Maybe when she has a kid of her own. Maybe when I die.

Because I seal them, I can't go back and see what I wrote. It forces me to stay creative and focus on "the now". My hope is that it provides a window into her childhood that we all have, but sometimes they close. I hope the cards keep it propped open a bit for her.

No one in my family knows I do it. I've just confessed the most closely-held secret I have to the anonymity of the OT.

Unless one can easily afford 24 hour help, I strongly advise against having children, despite the affection I have for mine.

You are getting a second job you have to pay to attend.

Travel well, eat well and relax. Children aren’t conducive to any of these.

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Dang man… ain’t for the faint of heart. Tell you that. Haven’t worked out or ate a sit down meal in 3 weeks! Everyone keeps saying it gets better… but it’s like I can’t even enjoy him because he’s a PITA more than anything right now lol

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I've got a 6 year old that was like that for the first 3 to 4 months. Was miserable, but once he got sleep trained, it all changed. I've got a 2.5 month old right now and was prepared to deal with it all again. Except she's super easy to deal with. Already sleeps through the night (until 4:30/5:00) without really having to do anything. Hell she's got a bad cough right now and just powers through it. Coughing fit, then goes back to sleep on her own. It feels like parenting on easy mode after our first experience. I guess my point is, it gets better, but also don't let it affect having kids in the future. Sounds like you are working on the hard end of the parenting scale right now.