Wait until she hits puberty
Let me have this moment!
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Let me have this moment!
Goes quickly eh. He walking yet? I imagine the building site aspect of things will be a bugger if he is.
Congrats! Feels amazing eh!
Recommendations for car seats anyone? Daughter is now 16 months and too big for her current one (which will be up for grabs if anyone is expecting soon). The debate is, pay extra for a seat that is rear facing for longer (safety) or just get a forward facing seat.
Yeah I imagine mine will be the same, although she's only ever known rear facing so no idea how she'll react to forward facing.
Considering the graco milestone (£120 on amazon) which works out at roughly a tenner per year of use. Anyone here got one that could comment?
Went in today and had a look at the Graco Milestone at our local Halfords. Seemed good and Riley liked it so we got it (price matched from Amazon so saved us the hassle of delivery too). birth to 12 years so hoping it's the last seat we ever buy.
My daughter is always glued to her mum. If she leaves we have a great time, but I definitely play second fiddle when she's around. That's started to fade slightly as I do more of the fun stuff with her on weekends when I have the time to play with her properly. She's 16 months now so hoping she'll mellow out a bit more as time goes on. I do bath time and bed time every night to try to get time with her during the week so I think that helps. Bath stickers (the foam ones) have helped a lot to make bath time fun for her which makes me fun daddy more.
OK thanks, will give that a look
So far these seem to be more my style but not sure if they're actually beneficial.
I liked the baby owners manual (some useful tips on how to swaddle a baby and other practical stuff). Generally speaking within a week of feeling like you're blagging it you're officially a qualified dad though.
Congrats, you soon suss it out, but I remember how weird it felt having this little person to take care of for the first time. By this time next week you'll have the majority of your daily firsts out of the way and it'll be plain sailing.
Having seen my two nephews with my brother, I can say with confidence that you'll be fine. You also get the added dynamic of their relationship with each other, of course. They'll be conspiring against you before long! You'll be hearing whispers of "shh, it's your turn to wake daddy up" at 6am.
You've got a lot to look forwards to alright, but it goes really quickly and soon you'll be missing having him fall asleep on your chest as he starts getting independent and prefers to run around wrecking the place to snuggling with you!
That said, I can't wait to have conversations with my daughter. So far it's a bit one sided, as I only ever get "no no noooo" back to any question I ask her
Mine has gone through a bit of a flurry of development, which has been lots of fun. She does all the right animal sounds, sings along (sort of) with nursery rhymes, and my absolute favourite: a few days ago she surprised me by coming in for a hug, and then looked up and gave me a little kiss.
My partner and I are now jealously trying to get more kisses out of her, but she only does it when she feels like it. So far I'm the favourite which has my missus absolutely green with envy
My partner and I are now jealously trying to get more kisses out of her, but she only does it when she feels like it. So far I'm the favourite which has my missus absolutely green with envy
Sounds rough dude, but at least you're there so not worrying from afar.
It's me that's poorly here. I went to a metal gig a couple weeks ago and managed to give myself tendonitis in the hamstrings (yeah I feel old), so crouching around after my daughter is a fairly painful experience.
She had a little playdate yesterday which was great fun though. They were just clapping at each other all the time as it was the only language they had that made sense to both of them.
It's me that's poorly here. I went to a metal gig a couple weeks ago and managed to give myself tendonitis in the hamstrings (yeah I feel old), so crouching around after my daughter is a fairly painful experience.
She had a little playdate yesterday which was great fun though. They were just clapping at each other all the time as it was the only language they had that made sense to both of them.
My nephews are always buried in theirs, and I decided to hold out as long as I could. I don't want my daughter as glued to a screen as the rest of us. I worry I'd end up using it as a crutch rather than playing with her myself (you know those moments when you'd give anything for 5mins of peace)
Good stuff mate. I was talking to a friend the other day who knew someone who's kid didn't speak a word until he was 4. They had him to all sorts of counsellors/therapists etc, and then one day at a party he approached an adult with a broken toy and said "I think the mechanism is broken". Turns out he'd been practicing on his own, but didn't want to speak to anyone and it just took a situation where he needed to ask for help to get him chatting. Extreme situation of course.
Just goes to show you can't get overly concerned about these benchmarks. My girl seems to go in fits and bursts with her progress so I try not to sweat it. Now she understands the phrase "can you say xyz" it's really fun though. Me: "Can you say 'I. love. you'?" Her: "Iyuooo" Me: "yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!". So we spend a lot of time asking her to say things and trying to put them in context.
Just goes to show you can't get overly concerned about these benchmarks. My girl seems to go in fits and bursts with her progress so I try not to sweat it. Now she understands the phrase "can you say xyz" it's really fun though. Me: "Can you say 'I. love. you'?" Her: "Iyuooo" Me: "yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!". So we spend a lot of time asking her to say things and trying to put them in context.
I have an inkling of how you're feeling. When my missus was in labour our daughter's heart rate kept plummeting, cue midwifes rolling her around like a sausage roll to try and fix it. Thankfully that all ended for us in a successful c section, but I remember how it felt to be so close, to think that everything had been going fine and it might all be snatched away and you just had to sit back and trust the pros to do their job. Horrible feeling.
I hope you get the same happy ending we did!
Hoping this maybe a good place to post and ask for some advice really.
Me and my partner where expecting our boy within the next couple of months and sadly we lost the baby last Thursday, this would have been my 1st child and my partners 3rd. This was also her 3rd miscarriage as well and to say she has taken it badly is an understatement.
I have been quite upset by it and so has she but she deals with depression as well which was caused by her last loss of a baby and now it's just happened again how have any of you guys dealt with or helped a partner having just lost a baby? Even more so when she suffers from day to day with depression
Difficult is an understatement at the moment so hard to know what to say or do
We had three miscarriages before having our daughter, and I remember my missus not wanting to carry on at that point. I think I just talked to her about how excited we had been, and how that meant we were both sure we wanted to do this. Reminded her of how great it felt to be making a baby like. One of her friends had lost 4 kids (one stillbirth too) and another had 6 miscarriages and both now have two kids each. Miscarriages are absolutely horrible, but if she has kids already she'll know how special it is to make it to the end.