You Know What Really Makes Me Happy v2...

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by peter12

The ####e doesn't bother me so much. He's already-fountain pooped on my arm and peed in my face twice. It's funny.

Yeah, the "don't die" thing is pretty much a constant thing for me. I check his breathing like 95 times a day.

I remember yearning for quiet, but then launching out of bed because the silence was so deafening.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I remember yearning for quiet, but then launching out of bed because the silence was so deafening.

Oh I did that all the time early on, same with hovering over the baby monitor at night. “He hasn’t breathed in a while, I’m going in. Oh wait he farted we’re good”.

[CroFlames]

I'm on my 4th baby.

Food goes in one end, comes out the other end. Keep both ends clean.

That's basically all there is to it at this point.

It's adorable watching new parents bathe in sanitizer before handling their baby and boiling anything the baby touches.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Oh I did that all the time early on, same with hovering over the baby monitor at night. “He hasn’t breathed in a while, I’m going in. Oh wait he farted we’re good”.

Yep. Bassinet usage extended for the first child for reasons like that. For the second, it was far more "Went into room every 2-4 hours, just in case. Child was fine, 2-4 hours seemed like overkill.".

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I'm on my 4th baby.

Food goes in one end, comes out the other end. Keep both ends clean.

That's basically all there is to it at this point.

It's adorable watching new parents bathe in sanitizer before handling their baby and boiling anything the baby touches.

I get it. You want to do it right the first time and better to err on caution. But on the second time, you either know what you're doing, or you're too damn tired to do it exact every damn time.

I remember exactly how I stopped the sanitization for my first child.

"He crawls on the floor and then licks his hands. I doubt sanitizing the bottles is doing much comparatively to prevent germs since he's allowed on the ground."

For my second, we didn't sanitize except for theatrical reasons for the grandparents, but we did rinse with tap hot water as needed. Lessons learned on how to keep kid 1 alive applied to kid 2.

"Fell on the floor. Should be fine."
"That's a pretty big dust bunny and there's a few hairs on the bottle."
"Fiiiiine. I'll rinse it."

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I'm on my 4th baby.

Food goes in one end, comes out the other end. Keep both ends clean.

That's basically all there is to it at this point.

It's adorable watching new parents bathe in sanitizer before handling their baby and boiling anything the baby touches.

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=122607

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=122607

Pull out game is weak.

[Johnny Makarov]

How do 16 year old teen moms do it?

I was 35 when we had our first kid. I took 3 months off to help and we were both exhausted to our wits end for the first 2 years.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

How do 16 year old teen moms do it?

I was 35 when we had our first kid. I took 3 months off to help and we were both exhausted to our wits end for the first 2 years.

They live at home. So their 35 year old "grandma" looks after the kid

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Cappy

They live at home. So their 35 year old "grandma" looks after the kid

They also have the energy of a 16 year old.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

But on the second time, you either know what you're doing, or you're too damn tired to do it exact every damn time.

It's been 18 years and I still get #### for this one around my house:

Had one kid 1.5 years and one maybe four months. They were both crying their eyeballs out in the middle of the night. Nothing would calm them down. So I put the one I was trying to chill back in her crib and said 'fk 'em both I'm going to sleep' and that's exactly what I did. My wife remains unimpressed by that one comment all these years later.

I do stand by it, though, which is probably why it comes up monthly.

[indes]

Originally Posted by Sliver

It's been 18 years and I still get #### for this one around my house:



Had one kid 1.5 years and one maybe four months. They were both crying their eyeballs out in the middle of the night. Nothing would calm them down. So I put the one I was trying to chill back in her crib and said 'fk 'em both I'm going to sleep' and that's exactly what I did. My wife remains unimpressed by that one comment all these years later.



I do stand by it, though, which is probably why it comes up monthly.

Been there done that. No shame in getting some sleep, parenting is exhausting enough without staying up all night!

On the WRMMH front: My youngest is absolutely slaying potty training. 2 accidents to start then he's been accident free for a week now, including waking us up to take him to go pee. So amped to be out of diapers. 3 kids has been a lot of ####ing diapers lol.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Sliver

It's been 18 years and I still get #### for this one around my house:

Had one kid 1.5 years and one maybe four months. They were both crying their eyeballs out in the middle of the night. Nothing would calm them down. So I put the one I was trying to chill back in her crib and said 'fk 'em both I'm going to sleep' and that's exactly what I did. My wife remains unimpressed by that one comment all these years later.

I do stand by it, though, which is probably why it comes up monthly.

My first my wife was obviously psycho as they tend to be, was tough, brutal vaginal birth with after surgeries to clean up the mess. Absolutely refused the cry it out technique. He was a vampire to her, nips were bleeding into the milk pumping thing. Goofy shaped Jason vorhees melon. Would not breast feed so Nestle and Enfamil raised him. He slept in our bed til he was probably four. Barely ate because it was milk powder garbage so he’d eat whole bananas at 2 am and I’d wake up with one of those banana strings on my face. I will never eat a banana again in my life.

2nd one, cesarean, just perfect, normal spherical head, took to the titties like a champ. Wife let me do the cry it out and two days it was done. Perfect. He barely ever gets sick vs the first one where he’s laid up for a week.

My good buds had twins at the same time, he said he had a night where he fantasized about choking them both out, any other person he’s a monster, but I totally got it. I used to put Vicks vapour under my nostrils to change diapers like an autopsy guy.

[fotze2]

Had lunch with former boss so might have a fall back. They definitely like me, probably a pay cut but I don’t care, I know what it is and it’s alright. Might not be until October when the other guys contract is over. Old president wants me back. Hopefully perfect. They drilled four banger wells since I’ve been away, lots of cash flow and no debt.

I snuck inside and paid the bill even though he would have expensed it.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by fotze2

My good buds had twins at the same time, he said he had a night where he fantasized about choking them both out, any other person he’s a monster, but I totally got it. I used to put Vicks vapour under my nostrils to change diapers like an autopsy guy.

Lol, it's socially unacceptable to say anything other than "kids are amazing and you'll never regret them." Which is hilariously and obviously false and not something you can reverse even if you wanted to. Unless murder and crime. You can't say the truth of any kind of regret out loud.

How many divorces are there? How many cars are lemons or are financial regrets. But just drive on Deerfoot for 10 minutes and you know that more than 50%+ of all human beings were a horrible mistake.

Nevermind the two decades of financial jail.

[Two Fivenagame]

New Dad story time.
Grabbing drinks with my old pal just after I had my first child who was colic. He asked how life was now that I was a dad. I tried so hard to answer him the way you're supposed to - it's amazing, children are a blessing, best thing I ever did.... But I slowly broke down and absolutely unloaded my frustration on him. I told him I felt completely useless as a parent. I felt disconnected from my child and a growing sense of loathing and regret. I hated every minute of fatherhood and made a huge mistake I can't take back.
Turns out he knew he was about to have his first kid as well and he really appreciated my honesty. He said it made him feel better because no one was ever honest with him about parenting.

In my opinion, the absolute worst thing about parenting these days is the quick and easy access to parenting advice. Every parent can be a child development expert these days just by following pod casts etc. And I think it just places far, far too much pressure on new parents to be perfect.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I'm on my 4th baby.

Food goes in one end, comes out the other end. Keep both ends clean.

That's basically all there is to it at this point.

It's adorable watching new parents bathe in sanitizer before handling their baby and boiling anything the baby touches.

You can now set up your children as a raid array for redundancy and fault tolerance.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

New Dad story time.
Grabbing drinks with my old pal just after I had my first child who was colic. He asked how life was now that I was a dad. I tried so hard to answer him the way you're supposed to - it's amazing, children are a blessing, best thing I ever did.... But I slowly broke down and absolutely unloaded my frustration on him. I told him I felt completely useless as a parent. I felt disconnected from my child and a growing sense of loathing and regret. I hated every minute of fatherhood and made a huge mistake I can't take back.
Turns out he knew he was about to have his first kid as well and he really appreciated my honesty. He said it made him feel better because no one was ever honest with him about parenting.

In my opinion, the absolute worst thing about parenting these days is the quick and easy access to parenting advice. Every parent can be a child development expert these days just by following pod casts etc. And I think it just places far, far too much pressure on new parents to be perfect.

Torches and Pitchforks everyone! Get him!!

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

New Dad story time.
Grabbing drinks with my old pal just after I had my first child who was colic. He asked how life was now that I was a dad. I tried so hard to answer him the way you're supposed to - it's amazing, children are a blessing, best thing I ever did.... But I slowly broke down and absolutely unloaded my frustration on him. I told him I felt completely useless as a parent. I felt disconnected from my child and a growing sense of loathing and regret. I hated every minute of fatherhood and made a huge mistake I can't take back.
Turns out he knew he was about to have his first kid as well and he really appreciated my honesty. He said it made him feel better because no one was ever honest with him about parenting.

In my opinion, the absolute worst thing about parenting these days is the quick and easy access to parenting advice. Every parent can be a child development expert these days just by following pod casts etc. And I think it just places far, far too much pressure on new parents to be perfect.

Yeah it's bull#### that so many parents act like it's rainbows, unicorns and sparkles. It's borderline gas lighting. I recall just wanting confirmation that struggling to be a new parent is normal. So much of what others were saying basically made me feel like I was crazy for not waltzing around like life was good and feeling like I was rolling molly or something. When you're super sleep deprived, logic doesn't compute correctly. Was I crazy for not behaving like the #### and piss was frankincense and myrrh?

Far more accurate to say it's challenging, but I wouldn't change it for the world. At least for me.

I vowed never to be like those parents and to have full candor. I often say that the transition to parenthood is like the workout that never ends and the jetlag that won't go away. I also say that we're one of the first generations of parents that get decision paralysis. This due to the aggressive and varied opinions that are out there for child rearing.

It honestly makes me happy when a new parent is able to avoid excessive frustration because they had a chance to prepare themselves in advance for challenges vs deal with non-stop challenges unprepared. Better to help others than pretend to have the bystander effect or something and do nothing.