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

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Posted by Tiger in Gatorland
Moonshine Holler
Member since Sep 2006
9085 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:06 pm to
My 18yo son left for college in June after graduating and my 16yo son is working a job and about to start his junior year. It'll be over before you know it. Enjoy it!
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35559 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:07 pm to
Just wait until 6 months+. It does get better, and it becomes the best thing in the world.
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
1135 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:09 pm to
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It's normal not to bond with them right away. Don't feel bad about that.


Neither of my kids wanted a thing to do with me until they were about two. They wore their mama out during those years.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:10 pm to
Congrats baw
Posted by Stonehog
Platinum Rewards Club
Member since Aug 2011
33362 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:11 pm to
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He cries so much uncontrollably unless the tit is in the mouth


Might not be getting enough to eat. Get your wife to pump and see how much milk she's making. May have to supplement with formula but that's no big deal.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21950 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:11 pm to
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My youngest is a teenager now and she's a pain in the arse again


Lot of truth in this, teenage girls are mean in general.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
42299 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:12 pm to
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I’m about to get fixed. Wife wants a girl, I’m thinking of going to do it and just pretend like my swimmers stop swimming

Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4080 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:13 pm to
Mine just turned a year old and he's about to be walking...i'm sure I'll be following him around everywhere with hover hands. My favorite part of raising a kid is when they go to sleep.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35559 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:13 pm to
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May have to supplement with formula but that's no big deal.
This is true; it seems like a big deal at the time, and then once you do it and the baby is so much happier you wonder why you stressed so much in the first place.

Actually this can describe a lot of stuff from the early days I look back at those days like what did I even have to stress about when the baby could barely move and just ate and slept
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29648 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:13 pm to
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35559 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:15 pm to
Mine started walking just before 10 months. Stretch the crawling as long as possible it’s a whole new world once they can walk and grab things off of tables and open drawers and trip on everything
Posted by BananaManCan
Member since Sep 2009
4080 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:17 pm to
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Mine started walking just before 10 months. Stretch the crawling as long as possible ? it’s a whole new world once they can walk and grab things off of tables and open drawers and trip on everything ?


Pray for me
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41234 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:17 pm to
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Hoping the next “difficult” parts are atleast a little more fun



Yes, teething and ear infections are a blast.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39606 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:18 pm to
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Talk to us in 6 months.


shite, 3/4 months to a year is easy as hell. They don't move and they aren't assholes and sleep a lot.

You could take them to Europe if you wanted.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35559 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:19 pm to
Best piece of advice I can give you is (weather permitting) stay outside in the grass as much as possible. No coffee tables to bang heads on, no concrete to skin knees upon, and no drawers to get into. And kids love being outside (at least mine does). Grass is the best. And being outside wears them out for nap time
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:21 pm
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
18965 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:20 pm to
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Haven’t worked out or ate a sit down meal in 3 weeks!

Why?
Posted by tiganation337
Abbeville
Member since Jan 2019
403 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:20 pm to
Don’t you have an appointment at Lowe’s for 8am lol
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35559 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:22 pm to
Don’t you love the “is it teeth or is it ears bothering you” game?
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63532 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:24 pm to
sex life on [OFF]

dad bod [ON] off
Posted by victoire sécurisé
Member since Nov 2012
4952 posts
Posted on 8/1/21 at 2:28 pm to
Never complain. Keep a good attitude.

Treat your wife like she’s going through the toughest part of her life. It’ll give you purpose and strength.

You’ll prove to her that you’re twice the man she ever thought you were. Your son will grow up seeing what a good man is, and on your deathbed, you will have the comfort of knowing that your contribution to this world will live on after you.

ETA: Get the frick off TD. You have better things to do.
This post was edited on 8/1/21 at 2:30 pm
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