We bring little gift bags for the flight attendants with chocolates, chapstick, etc. Goes a long way when flying standby. We’ve yet to get on a commercial flight that she was piloting, the logistics are kind of a pain.
I'm a little nervous about going on anything overnight. My son is extremely active. We do a 4hr flight 2-3 times a year to central America and he's gotten pretty solid there. Worry about trying to sleep all night
My oldest has a basketball tournament so it won’t be chill but it should be enjoyable. My wife is staying back with the younger two.
My 3 month old had surgery last Wednesday to repair his cleft lip and your posts were my nightmare going in. Watching the anesthesia wear off and pain set in was one of the hardest things I’ve ever experienced; wife and I both shed some tears in the recovery room that night wishing we could do anything so that he didn’t have to go through this plus more surgeries. Glad you guys got discharged quickly and are recovering at home, we were so relieved to leave the very next day and have been so much more comfortable here. Little dude hates feeding from the syringe but is already back on the bottle just as the surgeon expected.
My almost 3 yr old loved monster jam, He still talks about it months later and at least once or twice a week wants to watch the videos I took.
I can’t say it out loud but it’s very satisfying to hear my wife say she’s exhausted when she has to do some portion of my house/family duties (mostly involving getting kids up and dressed, to/from daycare, dinner, kids bathed, etc) for a few days while I’m healing from my vasectomy.
I get up in the morning hours before everyone else in the house. I get everything set up so that my wife and kids can hit the ground running. I pack lunches, get breakfast ready, feed the critters, put away all the previous night dishes, have kids clothes ready to go for schools, bags packed by the door, coffee made. one time recently I had to go into work early for one whole week and I couldnt do it all. My wife was an ass all week. I knew why but she would never admit it.
That's a lot. I do the dinner but we alternate kids each morning/night and daycare shuttling. Hopefully a daily handy is on her offsetting list of chores
Alright. I’m not sure if y’all have been playing with Suno AI or not, but you can enter a prompt like: “A 90’s hip hop song about a kid named (name) who listens to his parents, shares his toys, and is happy all the time. He loves jokes, transformers, and monster trucks” Or plug in custom lyrics. It’ll generate a whole song for you, and they’re solid. It’s free for a few per day. Anyway, mine is tripping out over songs about himself, and I’m encouraging good behavior on the sly. Highly recommend for a good psyop on the little ones
I’ll pass along the feedback, pray for me. And I’ll add that she has to work shitty hours. When she can, she gets stuff done at home.
I made that mistake once, but the new kid turned out awesome, and I made sure to get myself fixed so a 4th wouldnt happen.
3 weeks in and he still loves to be held so he can sleep, which means I’m up til 5am until my wife takes over. But now that he is sleeping almost half of the time in my arms between feedings and no longer screaming like I’m stabbing him repeatedly with a burning hot fire poker I count this as major fucking progress.
Currently battling a cold and an eye infection that I caught from my 10 month old daughter who caught it from daycare. She's much tougher than I am, she hasn't been fussy and has been in pretty good spirits despite not being 100%.
Dude I know. Pretty sure the conception happened while listening to a tasty AI psychedelic dance pop song I made about playing pickleball with strong sexual overtones called “Baby Paddle Me”
Well dang, found out my third that is due in October is another boy. Wife swore up and down that no matter what it was that she wouldn’t want a fourth. Didn’t even get back to the car before she was talking about possibly having a fourth to try to have a girl.
My almost 5yo is an expert at splitting compound words and telling me how a thing got its name. “it’s called popcorn because it’s corn and you pop it She’s called Wonder Woman because she’s a woman and she wonders”
how did you all do toddler beds? We have a crib that turns into a toddler bed, its currently a toddler bed for the 2 year old. In 2 months will need to turn it back into a crib for the youngest leaving the bassinet. Wife wants to go straight to a full size in case one of us needs to lay with the oldest. I am team 2nd toddler bed or extendable bed that can grow with her, no way my wife or I could lay on the extendable toddler beds, how important has that been to be able to lay with them?
We don’t have another on the way and this ain’t much help but I’m dreading giving my little gal the chance to get out of bed whenever she wants. Been sick all weekend and she got up with mom, kicked in the door and rustled me out of bed after I slept for 4 hours the prior 2 nights. “Come on dad, no more sleeps.” Imagine that’s going to be standard fare once we convert to the big gal bed. And mom’s not home 50% of the month so it’s gonna be great. Gonna to lock that little shit in her bedroom overnight.
We did the crib to bed conversion with kid 1 for a few months, and then a low profile full bed. Went straight to the full bed with kid 2. The conversion was nice, because he never rolled out. Kid 2 did that a couple of times. Ultimately the full bed is nice if you need to stay with them, but I thought the transition bed was slightly better
Went straight to a twin and get a bumper for safety. We prefer twin trundle beds so that it’s not too inviting for us to lay with them and leaves more space in their rooms for activities. bumper link: https://a.co/d/e0H3eNU
We bought him a twin bed that he will probably use through HS and did the same for our daughter when we had a third. No issues. Neither of us have ever slept in our child’s bed with them. Screw that noise.
same. Straight to queen beds. I wouldn’t plan their bed situation around whether or not you plan to lay/sleep with them (I’d suggest not).
Toddler beds are a scam. Get a full size or a twin bed with a trundle. And make sure you get a mattress that you feel comfortable sleeping on that won't fuck up your back after a night or two.
I've never slept with my kids in their beds, but it's a big upgrade to have a bigger bed for bedtime reading/routines imo. We had a recliner in the room, but wanted to take it out once the baby had freedom
Both boys went from the convertible crib bed to a twin loft. No issues and no worries about climbing into bed with them, but changing the sheets is a bit of a pain.