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You better get all the sleep you can the next few weeks!
actually i had this conversation with my friends who are parents and they said i am the perfect daddy candidate: i have a sleep disorder so even with medication i sleep 4 to 6 hours at most a day and its never in a row, i hate leaving the house for bullshit besides work and the gym, and i have a small circle of friends who are all parents so my social life doesnt extend outside of the parenting range. though your advice is something ive heard alot.
thank you very much. exciting times ahead.
You better get all the sleep you can the next few weeks!
that's a myth! My son slept perfect..
actually, he's 3 years old and still doesn't wake up til like 8:30-9:00.
Somedays when I try to wake him up to get him ready for preschool he'll say, "c'mon dad, 5 more minutes!" LOL!
a boy. psyched!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!! I'm so excited for you! Its getting here quick!
I was so overwhelmed the first month. I didnt know what the hell to do with her. The first days in the hospital were bad because the nurse checks in on you every hour or so ; and I felt like I was a bad mom because I had no idea what to do ; and my baby cried and cried...she cried for a month straight.
Flash forward to two months..she is a happy baby. She is so good! She's asleep right now and I'm having a beer and waiting for Johnny to finish bbqing me some chicken
I have some advice but you dont HAVE to take it: At first to deal with her crying , I started wearing a baby sling, co-sleeping, feeding her on demand...anything to stop the crying: DONT DO IT. Its hard to resist because they are so cute and you wnat them to be happy but it sets up really bad habits. As soon as I put her on a feeding schedule of every 3 hours she slept through the night and wasnt so fussy during the day. After I kicked her out of my bed she gained the independence enough to fall asleep on her own ; and she does not cry if I dont hold her 24/7.
I dont have to worry about a 5 year old sleeping in my bed either
but I will let her if I feel like it of course 
but she wont HAVE to sleep with me, if you get me. Im the parent she's the baby. I almost had that mixed up a little. lol The first month is rough. But it gets better, when you get the first smile.....LIFE IS SO GOOD FOR ME RIGHT NOW. Just like it will be for you! Its amazing!
In the hospital they gave me the advice to feed her on demand etc.... didnt work for me.
I purchased the book BabyWise and it helped my baby sleep through the night. I dont put her on a nap schedule, but I put her on a feeding schedule. Its the best advice I can give. However, "routine" is my middle name. I couldnt survive without routine. I need my baby to have one as well.
6 weeks away? Its going to fly by so fast! Did your wife get the H1N1 vaccine? Did you get it? It will save you some stress about your baby getting it. I know its on all of our minds right now......
(This if for your wife) if she chooses to get an epidural, dont let a resident do it. Thats my only advice. lol Be prepared to feel pain. I wasnt , I laughed all the way through my childbirth classes as I smugly told the teacher how I was getting an epidural "right away". Yeah. Delivering a baby is like a wedding. Something will GO WRONG. Something will. I promise. Its usually not a big deal, and the end result is beautiful and you will laugh about it later...but it never goes like you think it will in your mind.
Okay I just wrote a book. lol Sorry.
I dont know, I still go out and have fun with my friends or go out with Johnny at least once a week. Im not shy about asking for help. ITs way better than being pregnant thats for sure...my life IMPROVED greatly. I think for the woman ; being pregnant is what changes everything. Things improve after delivery for the better. Im a big drinker though. lol. I drank the night I got home from the hospital. Good God. At first i didnt drink as much because I had to get up with her a couple times a night but that lasted a month. I hated the restrictions being pregnant put on me. It was awful and I'll never do it again.
I wont bring up breastfeeding since this is generally a guy site. lol
I wont bring up breastfeeding since this is generally a guy site. lol
You drank the night you got home?? lol!! Nice!!
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Congrats TimTim this will truly be one of the greatest moments of your life! as far as the sleep thing goes it's a crap shoot,my son slept like a brick when he was a baby and my 2.5 year old daughter wakes up twice a night crying that she's scared of zombies!(my fault of course) So good luck and have fun parenthood is life's greatest gift.
OH MY GOD!! I'm so excited for you! Its getting here quick!
I was so overwhelmed the first month. I didnt know what the hell to do with her. The first days in the hospital were bad because the nurse checks in on you every hour or so ; and I felt like I was a bad mom because I had no idea what to do ; and my baby cried and cried...she cried for a month straight.
Flash forward to two months..she is a happy baby. She is so good! She's asleep right now and I'm having a beer and waiting for Johnny to finish bbqing me some chicken
I have some advice but you dont HAVE to take it: At first to deal with her crying , I started wearing a baby sling, co-sleeping, feeding her on demand...anything to stop the crying: DONT DO IT. Its hard to resist because they are so cute and you wnat them to be happy but it sets up really bad habits. As soon as I put her on a feeding schedule of every 3 hours she slept through the night and wasnt so fussy during the day. After I kicked her out of my bed she gained the independence enough to fall asleep on her own ; and she does not cry if I dont hold her 24/7.
I dont have to worry about a 5 year old sleeping in my bed either
The first month is rough. But it gets better, when you get the first smile.....LIFE IS SO GOOD FOR ME RIGHT NOW. Just like it will be for you! Its amazing!
In the hospital they gave me the advice to feed her on demand etc.... didnt work for me.
I purchased the book BabyWise and it helped my baby sleep through the night. I dont put her on a nap schedule, but I put her on a feeding schedule. Its the best advice I can give. However, "routine" is my middle name. I couldnt survive without routine. I need my baby to have one as well.
6 weeks away? Its going to fly by so fast! Did your wife get the H1N1 vaccine? Did you get it? It will save you some stress about your baby getting it. I know its on all of our minds right now......
(This if for your wife) if she chooses to get an epidural, dont let a resident do it. Thats my only advice. lol Be prepared to feel pain. I wasnt , I laughed all the way through my childbirth classes as I smugly told the teacher how I was getting an epidural "right away". Yeah. Delivering a baby is like a wedding. Something will GO WRONG. Something will. I promise. Its usually not a big deal, and the end result is beautiful and you will laugh about it later...but it never goes like you think it will in your mind.
Okay I just wrote a book. lol Sorry.
sounds great. im glad things are going so well. my wife has me reading baby wise right now. interesting stuff. its like tough love for babies. shes having a c-section so delivery will be alittle more controlled than natural child birth.
she is scheduled for the h1n1 on monday. my doc said i will have to wait for the first wave of children, teens, and pregnant women to go through first. said i should be able to get in by early december or sooner based on supply.
im very happy for you. its an amazing time.
thank you to everyone else for the well wishing and kind thoughts. its gonna be great.
cant you tell I have no idea what I'm doing? Dont be all judgy though. I find women are the meanest effing creatures on the planet when it comes to judging other women on how they parent. Apparently you must think I'm doing something wrong. Just sayin.
lol you're so right about that.
I had a lady tell me that because I wanted to start sleep training my baby that being a parent means having sleepless nights for years, and since I didnt enjoy being sleep deprived, I should'nt have had a baby. Bitch.
I also had some bitch tell me that "You're not really a parent until you have two."
lol
oh yah lol you have to learn to just ignore those bitches
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