Dad Thread

[God is a Husker]

I will say this...it's crazy how unique each kid is...and they do bring me joy in all different ways. My oldest daughter is the typical eldest child. Strong willed, a leader, she's a great kid. My second is a little sweetheart with a great heart. My third daughter is a fucking hellion. But she is a daddy's girl. Ornery as can be and funny as hell. And my son is a sports loving machine...who just discovered he has nuts...and likes to tell everyone he has nuts and points to his crotch....

My son loves telling my wife that boys have a penis and she doesn’t have one and then laughs mocking her for no penis.

God damn I love him, he totally gets it

 

[slattimer]

Girls during teenage years is infinitely worse iyam.

I'm. So. Fucked. Will have 3 at once...

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

My 9 year old asked if we could sort his tackle box together before bed tonight for walleye fishing.

Just know it gets better

 

[Frankie51]

Your guys wives nurse? Will save you some sleep at the beginning but I feel bad for her having to get up every 2 hours

 

[HuskerPAC]

Your guys wives nurse? Will save you some sleep at the beginning but I feel bad for her having to get up every 2 hours

Nursing wives are angels. Mine did for both. Only sad part is their tiddys are just never the same.

 

[Pipe Line]

The one thing I wish I would have done, and regret to an extent, is I just didn't really really soak up enough baby time. I admittedly wasn't quite ready to constantly have a baby on my hip, when she wasn't on my wife's hip, so I very much looked forward to jumping to the crawling and walking stages. She turns 2 in a few weeks. While it's been incredible to see her grow and mature, I wish I would have enjoyed the baby stages a lot more. I constantly look back at those photos and wonder how it went so fast.


Me and my wife are talking about baby #2

 

[skersker]

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

months? damn.

mine are 4 and 2 with a third coming. few months of pain should have ended years ago

 

[skersker]

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

they shouldnt. unfortunately i got michael phelps type of swimmers in me.

3rd coming soon

 

[Baron Winnebago]

months? damn.

mine are 4 and 2 with a third coming. few months of pain should have ended years ago

 

[Adolph Coors]

Your guys wives nurse? Will save you some sleep at the beginning but I feel bad for her having to get up every 2 hours

nope.

 

[Frankie51]

nope.

Did you want her to but she didn’t want to?

 

[Adolph Coors]

Did you want her to but she didn’t want to?

just wasnt working. my wife took 4 weeks & 6 weeks off with the kids, i took 2 days. theyre fed, theyre healthy.

 

[God is a Husker]

Your guys wives nurse? Will save you some sleep at the beginning but I feel bad for her having to get up every 2 hours

Wife’s boobs went from 34B cup to 38F cup.


Daddy gets first dibs on the milkers

 

[BBTown Bomber]

Wife’s boobs went from 34B cup to 38F cup.


Daddy gets first dibs on the milkers

This explains sooooo much.



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[iruletheskool]

Your guys wives nurse? Will save you some sleep at the beginning but I feel bad for her having to get up every 2 hours

We haven't even used bottles on the first 2

 

[djw004]

We had to get Hatch noise machines for this reason

Sorry I'm late. These are the best. Can't come out until your light is green. Works great once they are used to it.

 

[djw004]

My wife is currently trying to talk me into putting our 2 girls (2 and 4 years old) into bunk beds in the same room. They both currently sleep great, and IDK why we would disturb that...

But for OP purposes - she tells me that there is data that kids can actually sleep better in the same room instead of split?

Also - when our 2 year old (now the 4 year old) had a bad sleep regression and would come out of her room a lot, we would go through this cycle:

1. Put her down with normal routine
2. go in right away after we leave
3. Go in after 1 minute
4. Go in after 3 minutes

etc... until they are asleep. The reassurance we were there made her sleep better. Worked for us - doesn't work for everyone.

 

[slattimer]

My wife is currently trying to talk me into putting our 2 girls (2 and 4 years old) into bunk beds in the same room. They both currently sleep great, and IDK why we would disturb that...

But for OP purposes - she tells me that there is data that kids can actually sleep better in the same room instead of split?

Also - when our 2 year old (now the 4 year old) had a bad sleep regression and would come out of her room a lot, we would go through this cycle:

1. Put her down with normal routine
2. go in right away after we leave
3. Go in after 1 minute
4. Go in after 3 minutes

etc... until they are asleep. The reassurance we were there made her sleep better. Worked for us - doesn't work for everyone.

We had all 3 of our girls in one room at once. Wasn't a big deal most of the time. They loved their triple bunk. Built by yours truly....

Our oldest now sleeps in a separate room...I've found her asleep on the couch multiple times compared to none when they slept together. So I'd say from personal experience, there is probably some truth behind that data.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Also generic advice, think about a time when someone trolled you on the internet to the point where you were shaking with rage while sitting on the toilet shitting.


That's like the floor for an average day of your children trolling you.

 

[Pipe Line]

Doesn’t get much better than the wife and I out back with my mobile smart TV on the shed, watching the Masters with my daughter on my lap blowing bubbles and the dogs laying in the freshly cut grass with beautiful weather and the windows open

Happy Easter everyone