Dad Thread

[Frankie51]

Thread should probably pinned.

Have 2 under 2 in a small house. Sleeping is a nightmare right now. How did any of you do it? Their rooms are close to each other and if one wakes up the other is up. Suggestions besides get a better job and get a bigger house?

 

[HuskerPAC]

It gets better with time haha. That’s all I got.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

1) get a white noise machine in each room

2) get some naps when they nap

3) mentally prepare for a few months of pain

 

[iruletheskool]

Thread should probably pinned.

Have 2 under 2 in a small house. Sleeping is a nightmare right now. How did any of you do it? Their rooms are close to each other and if one wakes up the other is up. Suggestions besides get a better job and get a bigger house?

We had to get Hatch noise machines for this reason

 

[Frankie51]

Second question - how does anyone have more than 2 kids?

 

[iruletheskool]

Bout to have #3 while oldest is 3.. enjoying the sleep now

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Second question - how does anyone have more than 2 kids?

They shouldn’t

 

[ChocaEgg]

Thread should probably pinned.

Have 2 under 2 in a small house. Sleeping is a nightmare right now. How did any of you do it? Their rooms are close to each other and if one wakes up the other is up. Suggestions besides get a better job and get a bigger house?

How small of a house?

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

We will be having our first in September. So please, drop all the wisdom/knowledge/tricks you have in this thread.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Second question - how does anyone have more than 2 kids?

They're filthy sex addicts who care deeply about the hand positioning of offensive lineman, imo

 

[Baron Winnebago]

We will be having our first in September. So please, drop all the wisdom/knowledge/tricks you have in this thread.

You're in for a stressful bad time that is worth it, but in your moments of madness you will be tempted to do something that is easy in the short term but a nightmare in the long run. Don't do that

 

[slattimer]

Second question - how does anyone have more than 2 kids?

Because my wife likes the sex with me.

I have 4 kids. 8,6,4,2. Looking back, my first 3 were easy babies. My last kid was a nightmare. first year of life...complete asshole. Did not sleep much that year. It gets better. But I don't sleep much the way it is, so it wasn't a big deal.

My suggestion...wear their ass out until they crash hard...

 

[slattimer]

They're filthy sex addicts who care deeply about the hand positioning of offensive lineman, imo

I feel like...this may have been directed at me...does it make me a filthy sex addict if the wife jumped in the shower this morning??

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I feel like...this may have been directed at me...does it make me a filthy sex addict if the wife jumped in the shower this morning??

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Seems rough now but it goes fast. Mine are 5,3,1 and it’s not a struggle anymore. All sleep well.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

We will be having our first in September. So please, drop all the wisdom/knowledge/tricks you have in this thread.

You'll probably overreact to every little thing they do and every cry they make like we did, and all first-time parents do.

Keep your wife as the #1 priority, & train the baby to follow your schedule. Doesn't happen right away, & varies by kid. Advice you get from your parents or older family members is 100x better than "professionals."

 

[Frankie51]

How small of a house?

1500 sq ft 🙁

 

[Frankie51]

Because my wife likes the sex with me.

I have 4 kids. 8,6,4,2. Looking back, my first 3 were easy babies. My last kid was a nightmare. first year of life...complete asshole. Did not sleep much that year. It gets better. But I don't sleep much the way it is, so it wasn't a big deal.

My suggestion...wear their ass out until they crash hard...

Amazing. Our first had to be colicky but then again I got nothing to compare them to.

 

[slattimer]

1500 sq ft 🙁

I know your pain. We started out in a small starter house, 900 sq feet, (finished the basement myself) to get some more room w/ 2 kids. It wasn't ideal. But we weren't exactly swimming in money.

As some mentioned, routines are key. And get them adapted to yours. Sometimes you gotta be an asshole and wake the kid up so they sleep more at night. I've always had to be the one to balance my wife out, because she coddles our kids and it drives me insane.

 

[slattimer]

Amazing. Our first had to be colicky but then again I got nothing to compare them to.

My last was definitely colicky, and had to get tubes put in because of so many ear infections. Kid was always sick or crying. The first 3 were nothing like that. If my son was first, he would have been the only. But he's pretty chill now as a 2 year old, besides the sneaky little fucker coming in and jumping in our bed in the middle of the night. Which goes back to my wife coddling him....put his ass back in his bed...