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[Penfold101]

Not a dad yet...! Mrs is 12 weeks pregnant. Though I am currently deployed for the next 4 months! (Found out she was pregnant a couple of weeks before I left the UK) pretty gutted I am not going to be there to help her out as she goes through the majority of the pregnancy. I'm equal parts excited and absolutely bricking it!

I came back from a 3 week exercise with no comms home to be told she was late - did the test and there was the line! That still feels like yesterday but he’s almost 20 months old now!

You get two ante-natal appointments you can submit as leave, although I’m not sure if that includes travelling expenses from operations

 

[Freefaller]

I’ve heard it gets better from a few other dads and then goes to **** again!

Yeah it's not linear. Once they're in primary school things settle down into a routine though so don't worry 4-5 years to wait.

Congratulations though! Enjoy the journey it's an interesting one!

 

[Dis86]

Im sat here feeling slightly awkward and very lucky. We've rarely had less than 10 hours apart from when she was unwell. The only issue has been actually getting her to sleep as she's gotten a little older however routine is definitely key.

 

[tom_e]

Our daughter will be 3 at the end of March and she seems to have suddenly grown into a proper little human over the last few weeks. We spent 5 days at my parents over Christmas and I definitely got some dust in my eye when she was running around shouting granny and grumpy and following them around to play.

My nearly 16 year old step daughter has unfortunately gone the other way and is becoming more and more like her dad acting like the world owes her something and that she's the victim in every story...I'm hoping she grows out of it once she realises that mentality will get her no where in the real world but we shall see.