re: What You Wish You Knew Before Having Kids

Posted by HueyLongJr

Mamou

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Every time you become proficient to their current needs, their needs change.

Posted by jamiegla1

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88

I wish I had known that I would love having a child more than anything else and had started sooner. I was 38 when mine was born

Posted by bad93ex

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:10 pm to jamiegla1

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I wish I had known that I would love having a child more than anything else and had started sooner. I was 38 when mine was born

Was 22 when my first was born, wife and I are very young compared with other parents in our area.

Posted by fallguy_1978

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:11 pm to bad93ex

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Was 22 when my first was born, wife and I are very young compared with other parents in our area.

If the youngest leaves the house for college after HS I'll be an empty nester at 47.

Posted by cheobode

Member since Dec 2017

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:14 pm to MSTiger33

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Wish I had more sex with my wife before the kids came

That sucks. I have more sex with my wife now after having three kids than when we were newlyweds.

Posted by OWLFAN86

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:14 pm to SaintlyTiger88

their skin tone is darker than expected

Posted by GentleJackJones

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:17 pm to SaintlyTiger88

You’re truly never “off the clock.” Ever. It’s a 24/7, 365 job. Looking forward to that Friday movie and sleeping in? Well, that’s when the baby gets sick in the middle of the night and you’re on it.

Or, excited to watch the big game? The oldest and his buddies gets busted drinking underage, or the daughter is upset because the boyfriend broke up with her.

These are all just examples, but you’re always on the clock as a parent.

This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 2:21 pm

Posted by Pvt Hudson

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:19 pm to Blaeke

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Give up on your dreams and goals in life.

Being a parent is unbelievable. You’ll be shocked at how unimportant everything else will become.

Congrats, BTW.

Posted by bad93ex

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:19 pm to GentleJackJones

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You’re truly never “off the clock.” Ever. It’s a 24/7, 365 job.

Absolute curse, when you are able to take a vacation then you end up missing them after a couple of days.

Posted by mauser

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:27 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Posted by Richard Grayson

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:36 pm to SaintlyTiger88

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My question today is for the parents of the OT. What are some things you wish you had known before having kids?

How little I cared about touching explosive runny diarrhea and puke with my own hands sometimes both at once and then being too tired to properly wash them so you just wipe them with a baby wipe and go back to sleep.

Posted by Metrybaw

Member since Apr 2022

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:39 pm to SaintlyTiger88

You need your own box of Band Aids hidden in a closet corner. If you don't, you'll never have one when you need it.

Make a big batch of formula in a blender and then pour it into the bottles for the day. Keep in refrigerator. Don't make them as needed

This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 2:40 pm

Posted by bad93ex

Member since Sep 2018

27063 posts

Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:42 pm to Metrybaw

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You need your own box of Band Aids hidden in a closet corner. If you don't, you'll never have one when you need it.

Sweet mother of god, absolutely necessary.

Posted by Monahans

Member since Sep 2019

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:49 pm to bad93ex

Seriously don’t use formula that has soybean oil in it. You're feeding your newborn industrial garbage. Its got other bad stuff too. The corporations couldnt care less about your baby's health as long as you keep buying their junk.

Posted by GreenRockTiger

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 2:51 pm to fallguy_1978

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We stayed home all summer by ourselves starting around 11, 9 & 7. We weren't locked up in the house or anything either. I roamed the neighborhood with my friends all day.

We grew up a few blocks from city park in NOLA (one house we rented was a block away) - my brother and I rode our bikes all over with some kids that lived close by - our parents knew we were there but didn’t know where we really were - I don’t think that would be possible nowadays

Posted by fallguy_1978

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Member since Feb 2018

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 3:15 pm to GreenRockTiger

Central was a little country burb when I was a kid with almost no crime to speak of. We knew pretty much everyone in the neighborhood too. I had free reign as a kid from sun up to sun down.

Our kids didn't have an experience quite the same but I tried my best to let them have plenty of freedom. Teaches responsibility, self reliance etc imo

Posted by Tantal

Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 3:19 pm to SaintlyTiger88

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What You Wish You Knew Before Having Kids

That their mother was a whore.

Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Posted on 5/21/23 at 3:19 pm to SaintlyTiger88

Sounds simple, but I wish I had known in general how to care for kids a little bit. I had hardly ever held a baby before I held my own, had never changed a diaper, never fed a baby, none of that. I wasted some of the most precious moments of my life stressing out about what to do l.

This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 3:22 pm