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[fez]

Sure. But I was not looking at the pay off portion. Just difficulty. My experience is it goes up a lot from 1 to 3.

Fair enough. I struggle to separate the two honestly. Its the difference between hard work when you enjoy yourself vs hard work when you aren't. Theres no comparison in difficulty between the two for me. I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy it when they were younger but it doesn't feel like harder work now despite the fact it perhaps is.

I guess everyone is different and everyones kids are different.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

My 5yr old must have set a timer, for 4:19am this morning, on his iPad last night. Woke up wondering what the hell it was going off.

 

[Hutchy]

My 5yr old must have set a timer, for 4:19am this morning, on his iPad last night. Woke up wondering what the hell it was going off.

That's just torture!

 

[Liquid_Entity]

That's just torture!

yep, and when I mentioned it at 7am when I woke him up from his deep sleep he just laughed.

 

[tom_e]

That's just torture!

That's a lie in for me on my office days

 

[ChrisD.]

Nursery playing games again to keep their PnL look healthy. They closed for a day due to no hot water, and they've refunded the paid part (food) of a funded day, yet happily taken the money from the council. They apparently can't do anything as the nursery is full. Can't wait until he's in school and I don't have to deal crap like this.

 

[TommyV]

I have to say I love having time alone as we get up to no good. Albeit my kids are a bit older (9 and 7) but if the weather is nice we'll be out all day. It it isn't we often build a den and play games in the den. I also get them to help bake some bread or bits and pieces. It's tiring especially if you want to do things for yourself but being present and really tapping into those moments is precious!

How did it go in the end?

Youngest went down 2 hours after moral times whilst juggling her and her sister.

Eldest was awake with me until 10pm when Mum got home unfortunately and she felt it the next day. It’s amazing how a tweak in routine for a single evening can cause chaos!

Same scenario to look forward to this coming Wednesday

 

[tres]

I've just realised I can now post in this thread.
10 month old boy. Constantly ill this winter. Currently on 4th change of clothes today. Best thing in the world.

 

[Penfold101]

I've just realised I can now post in this thread.
10 month old boy. Constantly ill this winter. Currently on 4th change of clothes today. Best thing in the world.

Did you forget to submit your proof of parenthood to the mods…?

 

[tres]

Did you forget to submit your proof of parenthood to the mods…?

Do they need all proof, e.g. conception video, delivery video etc?

 

[Penfold101]

Do they need all proof, e.g. conception video, delivery video etc?

All of the above, including your face, plus DNA samples.

 

[Freefaller]

Youngest went down 2 hours after moral times whilst juggling her and her sister.

Eldest was awake with me until 10pm when Mum got home unfortunately and she felt it the next day. It’s amazing how a tweak in routine for a single evening can cause chaos!

Same scenario to look forward to this coming Wednesday

Ah well it's all part of the fun! Enjoy Wednesday!

 

[Ayahuasca]

Lil man has decided he doesn’t want to nap today so tonight’s going to be fun

 

[t2na]

These new government bots trying to encourage us to all have more children really are getting quite sneaky.

 

[fez]

Lil man has decided he doesn’t want to nap today so tonight’s going to be fun

One of mine is a whingy nightmare when he doesn't get enough sleep, the other is just a rollercoaster but usually siding towards being off his tiny chops. Quite often happy but that just means a hell of a lot of jumping on me and bouncing. Then a dinner time meltdown when he isn't allowed to hold his cuddly toy while he eats or because the temperature in the kitchen wasn't quit to his liking.

 

[shroomz]

I've got my first multiday lone parent experience coming up while my wife is at a wedding a couple of weeks Sunday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon, I've taken the Monday off work because wrestling a grumpy headstrong almost three year old to nursery and having to get back for work is not how I want to start my week off. I'll leave that joy until the Tuesday morning instead

How did this go? I've got the same in a couple of months, mine will be 8 months ish. 2 full days solo while Mrs shroomz is at a hen do.
We currently exclusively breast feed so going to get some practice in with expressed milk in the bottle, we've only tried the bottle twice before and it was a complete and utter disaster.

 

[Maccy]

We currently exclusively breast feed so going to get some practice in with expressed milk in the bottle, we've only tried the bottle twice before and it was a complete and utter disaster.

We're in exactly the same boat, albeit only at 14 weeks - she does not want the bottle!

 

[shroomz]

We're in exactly the same boat, albeit only at 14 weeks - she does not want the bottle!

How are you getting on now you've made it well past the first couple of months?

 

[Maccy]

How are you getting on now you've made it well past the first couple of months?

Ah we're in the sleep regression phase now - goes down generally ok in the evenings, but she's a bit disruptive after midnight and waking up every hour or so. It's just a phase, it's just a phase...

 

[tom_e]

How did this go? I've got the same in a couple of months, mine will be 8 months ish. 2 full days solo while Mrs shroomz is at a hen do.
We currently exclusively breast feed so going to get some practice in with expressed milk in the bottle, we've only tried the bottle twice before and it was a complete and utter disaster.

It's next weekend, will update if I survive. Based on child's current performance it's 50/50