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

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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.