So we've got our second child on the way, and the hormones are already making Mrs Taffy act like an unreasonable psycho bitch. She's 10 weeks gone. Pray for me, dads of tmb.
shed a tear today when the boy (22 months today and still rear facing for the question above) kept repeating lines that he remembered from...
I think i switched our carseats to front facing when my girls were like 14 months. My wife was pretty pissed and fought me on it but i just couldnt take it anymore. I needed my leg room back.
Any tips to find daycare run out of people's houses? Most of my searches are for nannies that will come to my house but thought I might find a better value if there is some retired teacher or just a mom that watches a couple kids for extra income.
My youngest is in California this week at the Water Polo Junior Olympics. He's played for the same team for five years and for the last year has really not enjoyed playing for the same coach. Not going to bash any coach because I know as much as anyone how hard the job is. I did my best to keep my opinions to myself but I would have understood my son completely if he wanted to take a break and just wait till the high school season (heading into 9th grade this year). He just finished up the tournament and played out of his mind. But I'm more proud because he stuck it out and when I asked him why he said "because I love the sport and even if I don't like my coach, I love the sport more. " He's already better than me in that respect.
may sound crazy but use facebook.. we found our sons daycare that way. the lady is awesome and she has a son the same age as mine so it works out well. you can always ask for references and their cpr certificate, etc..
This list is either satire, or it's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever read. "Will Smith named his son Jayden, and it fits him perfectly!" http://www.babygaga.com/buzz/show/1033/7-best-unisex-baby-names-of-all-time Shared on my facebook feed by a HS classmate that named her son Harper. Kid is a faggot in training. Tips for all you dads to be: if it's a unisex name, it's a girl's name.
That was in Orange County, correct? Kid next door had his cousin staying with him for a water polo tournament in OC last weekend.
Wife is due in November and I just booked a trip over Labor Day to go to Denver. She knows she can't fly at that time so no chance of her going but she still was sad when I told her I booked.
My wife and I were both small kids/late growers, so it was pretty much expected for us. Plus, I like to think this country has an abundance of obese children that are skewing the percentiles. No offense to anyone with a 90th percentile sized child.
Wife had her 20 week US where they do a body scan of the baby a little over two weeks ago. Everything looked good internally with our little guy, but they were a little concerned that 1) my wife's cervix was on the extreme low end of normal (2.7 cm), and the baby was on the lower end of normal in size (18th percentile). After two weeks of anxious waiting, they re-measured her cervix on Monday (just over 22 weeks) at 3.96 cm. Big relief. Based on some issues the technician was having at the initial measurement, my wife thinks they mis-measured the first time because the cervix is not supposed to be able to "grow" that much. But whatever. Doctor said she's not even going to monitor it anymore, outside of what she would normally do. Still need to get the baby's body scan in two weeks and see that he's staying at least around the 20th percentile mark. If so, we good. She finally started feeling kicking a few days ago, so we're cautiously optimistic.
4 yo has started saying "Who is Lightning McQueen?" unsolicited after every answer while watching Jeopardy. He'll be right eventually.
My wife just sent me a text that we just need to go ahead and have a 2nd now (May start trying in a year though)
My wife went through pretty bad PPD and is just starting to come out of it 6 months later. It was (and still is) a huge challenge to deal with both a new baby and a depressed/despondent partner. I had to get her family involved early on because she was spiraling and I was panicking for awhile. As a result of her PPD, I am the primary caregiver for our son (which causes another set of problems). My only advice is to be patient and supportive of what she is dealing with, but clear and firm with what you need as well. Try not to let this 'ruin' the experience of being a new parent. I hate this phrase, but it's true: it will get better.
I dont know if mine was ever diagnosed as fully ppd, but shes had to take some different meds because she has been a little all over the place. its definitely rough somedays, but I would say the post above has some good advice and pretty much what I have done.
Yup. Got bad for a little bit, for me the biggest first step was for her to realize she was not thinking correctly. Bad anxiety, followed by just anger issues, and a little bit of depression sprinkled in. Good thing is she works at a hospital where they primarily deal with babies- so it's not stigmatizedand there are a few nurses who are very open with their experiences so she was able to talk to them. Once she realized her thoughts/feelings weren't rational, but also common she was able to control them a little bit then talk to her OB and gave her some meds to help.
This is pretty much exactly what's going on with us. She just started some medicine on Monday so we're waiting on that to start working. Luckily, her family is close by, and her mom has been helping out a lot. I can deal with a screaming baby, but trying to care for the baby and a wife going through that is too much.
My wife developed gestational beetus for no reason during pregnancy, couldn't breastfeed from day 1, my kid had legit colic and reflux until he was 5 months old, etc. I worked 50 hours a week, dealt with a screaming baby from 6pm-11pm 7 days a week, and a crying spouse that couldn't handle the challenge for the first 4 months of this joyride. This was easily the most difficult period of my life and I admittedly broke down multiple times. Learn from my mistakes. Don't make jokes about all this being a sign that we shouldn't have had kids. Or that at least it's not 1815 because the baby would be dead by now. Or that maybe she is making up the symptoms to get out of the difficult parts of dealing with a colicky baby. It really does get better. At six months, my son is doing great, my wife is getting back to her old self, and my PTSD has kicked in to realize we are going to think/plan a little more for #2. You can pm me if you want any more details.
I'll probably get laughed out of the thread for this one... But she did ask me to paint her toenails Spoiler i did it
The response to this question was predictable. You thought this was a safe and honest place, and it mostly is, but not with everything. It reminds me of the first (and last) time I made such a mistake. It was in elementary school, maybe third grade, the first time they broke up the girls and boys and gave them the talk about puberty, and etc. So there I am, in front of every guy in my grade, and near the conclusion of the presentation, the teachers ask if anybody has any questions, and my hand goes up to ask about the phenomenon of morning wood (but I used more scientifically appropriate terminology). Crickets. Teachers left me hanging, and basically every dude there had his head down and avoided eye contact with me. You can't tell me every dude in there wasn't wondering what the hell was up with that shit. Anyway, that is what has happened to you, Fuzzy.
Lol no. She posts on a pregnancy board and apparently a lot of the broads there have their husbands shave them.
I cant remember if my wife asked me to but if she did i would have said "fuck no". And she was prego with twins so she was huge by the end of the pregnacy and i know she probably couldnt do it herself.
I'll be honest, I am the type of marcus level freak that would do it, but she would never ask me to do that. Prob for the best.
Went through it here, and Mrs Taffy has been on ADs since (6 years). She's come off meds now because she's pregnant again, and I can tell you that between that, the pregnancy hormones, and a thing called 'Graves rage', we're having some tense moments in our house at the moment.
My wife asked me to help her the other day Fuzzy. Although my initial reaction was to laugh and thought she was joking, I handled it like a man. Not that I don't enjoy seeing my wife's lady parts, but it was a little strange for me. In all honesty, I think it was weirder for her than me.
excited for these. I've got 8 weeks until her due date. My other buddy's wife is getting induced wednesday and he is having a daughter as well. We've already been talking about daddy daughter days with the 4 of us. Weird, never thought that would be something I'd be excited about.
My wife told me that now when she brings the lil one to baby school she runs inside and just says wowwwww And bubbles are now her favorite thing- she's getting so much more fun every day.
Also I want to get one of these for next summer http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AU0O8B2...TF8&colid=3TVLNO5HB54MM&coliid=I1KSCUA4QPRS5C Hoping I can find one on clearance or used- there is one on Craigslist that looks pretty badass, but it's like 2 hours away. -Asshole- you need one? I think it's in your neck of the woods http://neworleans.craigslist.org/hsh/5146330739.html
He took his first kamikaze trip down the stairs yesterday. I was cooking and I saw him approaching the stairs but I thought I had a few more seconds to turn off an alarm. As I turned to go help him he was mid-nose dive down the two steps from our kitchen to our family room. No tears though. He seemed more shocked than hurt. It is amazing how quickly they progress once they become mobile. Initially he crawled as a means to get to a specific thing or person and now he is doing it for the sake of exploring or just doing laps around the main level of our house.
So...the next year or so will be you constantly trying to keep him from accidentally offing himself in every stupid way you could imagine. Enjoy that.