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Congratulations - We are 3 months in today - It has flown by, I found it so so hard at 41 to adapt to the change of me not bing the important 1. I was on the phone to a mate last week and told him it was like losing my wife and gaining a flat mate with a kid . I will say it is awesome though playing and singing and having fun with him . Save up ,let family and friends treat you and cloths will be out grown very quickly .
Plus 1 on Breast - we latch on use a pump and formula - he sleeps from 7pm to midnight then from 1pm for 3 hours then he is awake . don't let nurses bully you and they will try .
My wife is amazing - i am rubbish .
we just got some pictures printed today and we can see him developing into a person already
Enjoy it and do not feel guilty for having some me time - I get 1 evening alone on my own to drink beer , you will need a break from work and parenting -take it and do not feel guilty 😆
I'm dad to a 10day old boy, I'm the least likely person to ever be a dad.. never had paternal instincts, happy living alone doing as I please. Took some time to get my head around it but we're a family now and my little lad is awesome, ok he's only a wee one but he's deffo got some of my traits and features.
Don't be afraid to muddle along, I'd never held a baby jet alone put a nappy on.
Read a couple of new dad type books but take advice with a pinch of salt.
Get a good road or mtb ride in the week before and be prepared it'll be a couple of weeks before you're out again.
Go for a run, I'm doing the occasional 5miler during nap time to keep ticking over.
If you've any box sets on stuff recorded hammer them and get everything watched. I've 3 episodes of Hannibal to watch but time's precious.
Lastly enjoy but keep an eye on your partner.. mine went through hell but she's doing amazing.
Congratulations.
I did it once. She's 18 in June. I will do absolutely anything for her. I love her to bits.
It was the single biggest mistake of my life. Given the choice, not a chance would I have become a parent.
Very contradictory but that's just how it is for me.
I notice (yet again) that the mass of responses are all coo-ing, best thing you could ever do etc. but it's really not like that for everyone.
Like I said, nothing comes close to how I feel about my daughter but given my time again, I wouldn't.
Some days it's great, some it's not.
Get used to that. As an older parent it is hard work as I am a selfish bugger.
Learn to be organised. The ability to get us all out of the house in a couple of minutes with everything we need is priceless. This also get easier the older they get. Don't get too comfortable staying in as it appears easier. Get them outside loads either in the pram or some carrying instrument and let them look at stuff and get loads of fresh air.
Also buy the equivalent of a hack bike pram. We bought an old 3 wheel off road pram off eBay for £20 and it goes up rivington pike several times a week, gets slung in the back of cars, left in the garage caked in mud ect.
Buy a blender and learn to cook without salt and sugar and blend whatever your eating for the little one, get loads of veg into them and get them started in real food instead of jars for years.
Don't get hung up on what you think you should be doing or when things don't go to plan. Just enjoy it
http://www.commandodad.com
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I know the author, Neil (we share a common past). Great chap and sent me a book with a personal message in. It's a good book but common sense prevails.
Have some baby paracetamol AND baby ibuprofen in ready for the evenings they get their jabs.
Our eldest had his latest set yesterday, woke up in the middle of the night screaming like a banshee, bright red and soaked in sweat.
All personal to me, so take it or leave it but 🙂
Don't strss if you don't feel immediate attachment and love for your child, it took me a couple of weeks to get my head around the idea that this little bundle of noise, strange smells and poo was actually wonderful (yes I am a terrible person)
You really don't know love until you have your child in your arms! I am already sad about the day when they won't want to give me a massive hug and a kiss when I get back from work!
You will drop down your wife's priority list, your child is the most important thing to her bar none, suck it up, support her (she really is going to be doing all the heavy lifting, and overtime as your relationship is redefined it wil be better.
You have the most wonderful but greatest responsibility ever, you are raising another human being!
Two biking tips:
1) If you don't already, buy some cheap lights and take up night riding. You can still get regular rides in without any feelings of guilt as they will (hopefully) be asleep. My daughter is 3 I took up night riding 3 years ago and love it!
2) Make sure you still get out for the odd weekend ride with mates etc, have a morning or afternoon to get away from it all and enjoy it. [b]BUT[/b], for every morning or afternoon you take off to go biking make sure you organise for your other half to have at least the same amount of time with her friends, doing lunch, shopping or whatever, but time away from the baby...... = happiness!
Congratulations!
Our second is 4 months old. For me kids have been the source of some of my greatest joy and deepest pain I've experienced.
The unconditional love, watching someone develop and grow is amazing. Seeing the strength of the woman I love on exhibition bought me new found respect for her.
Trying to be parent, doing the right thing but not always being on the same page as the missus has at times distanced us from each other. Lack of sleep doesn't help in those situations as I think it can make existing relationship traits become exacerbated.
It's been a true test, feels like we're coming out the other side of it stronger now that the little one is sleeping a little better, last night excepted.
You will get a shed load of unsolicited advice from anyone and everyone. Feel free to ignore it and trust your instinct. You will be the only people in the world to have your baby.
I was recommended to get a good camera - its awoken a deep held interest in photography I continue to explore as well as the odd baby photo!
Time to stop rambling! Good luck!
My daughter woke me up at 5:30am this morning by prising my eyelids apart. Apparently i taught her to do that. And climb over her door gate thing to keep her in. But then she climbed into bed and snuggled down and all was well. That's the good bit. Then she ate most of my breakfast for me - they are good diet tools kids.
Only one tip, ignore everyone's tips, you'll find you're own way.
P.S. The birth is in no way ACE (in fact nothing is ACE unless you're an early teen in 1985).
Bit of a chore until they are 18 months or so, then they start to talk and stuff.
Routine certainly helped us – give them the minimum of sleep through the day so they sleep well at night. Set meal times too meant that they only cried when ill or had a full nappy. (Gina Ford is “full on” extreme routine, but good for a guideline, her food stuff is good). Had the kids sleeping in their own room from 8 weeks and it was brilliant to have the evenings as adults.
Baby monitors are handy – the video ones allow you to see if the baby has rolled off the heart rate/movement monitor bit and prevents you having a heart attack.
Them sleeping bag things are ace.
Huggies wet wipes are awful and their nappies not much better.
Napisan works a treat for cleaning tainted clothes and mtb gear too.
Not so much now, but buy a clarks shoe sizer and then buy 2nd hand clarkes shoes from ebay, kids when little do not wear through shoes much and £40 a pop for shoes that will still look very new and outgrown gets old fast.
When changing nappies, do it from the side – also open the nappy quick and waft/blow some fresh air in there, replace nappy quick. The cold air means they pee, but it’s caught by the nappy – being at the side means you’ll rarely get hit if you don’t get the nappy back quick enough.
Enjoy the surreal experience of being in your dads shoes and understanding why he kept telling you “pull my finger”.
Knitted gifts go on the doll we bought to put the knitted stuff onto.
I avoided the birth of all my kids – I’ve no interest in that malarkey, wife was happy enough for me not to be there - YMMV.
Get a copy of the local paper/national paper on the day it’s born. It’s doubly interesting in the case of the wife as she was on the front page of nearly all the newspapers when aged about 30 minutes.
Congratulations.
I became a first time dad last September - its been ace, but there have been some really tough times along the way.
The bith was ace and awful at the same time; out little one didn't want to come out so at 14 days my other half was induced. This wasn't a nice experience becauce it seemed like a competition to get him out ASAP. She ended up on the drip, which was constantly getting cranked up, making her want to push when things weren't ready. Having joked that I would stand head end, I ended up busines end and saw it all...including her being cut. However, once he was here, all of that was forgotten.
We struggled with breast feeding; he just wasn't interested. The mid wifes were helpful but they just got him latched on. There wasn't much tution / tips. The breast feeding support workers who came to see us in the first week were brilliant and got that bit going. We still ended up mix feeding though so that I could take the pressure off my other half. He also slept longer and we found that he'd use my other half to comfort himself anf sleep rather that feed.
He was also taken into hospital at three weeks old due to a high temperature which turned out to be a blood infetion. That week was awful, but he suddenly started putting on loads of weight.
Things like the first big gummy smile, first roll and getting greeted by a grin when you get home are ace. Really ace.
I've stuggled more than I thought I would with the lack of sleep - I think I try to take on too much so my other half gets a break. I feel guilty if I try and get a night off.
We're getting better at ensuring we each get some time out - she has one night a month off at her mum and dads plus goes swimming three times a week and I try and fir riding in when I can. My riding has really dropped off but this is partly down to shitty weather over the last months. I bought a turbo but haven't used it enough because I hate it. We also have one night / afternoon off a month to go for dinner / cinema on our own.
We havenn't read any parenting books, we've just muddled along and found what worked for us. Things that were good for us:
- On demand feeding instead of sticking to a strict regime when new (he slept much better as a baby when we did this).
- Getting him to sleep upstairs in the evening in a cot / crib instead of the moses basket helped us get a gew hous downtime
- Sleeping in his own room fairly soon was better for all three of us (although this week he is being mega clingy and won't)
- Grobags are brill - Toby is a fidget at night and we don't need to worry about blankets over the face etc.
- Don't but too much (we did)...you will get LOADS of stuff.
- Baby Bjorn carries are ace - I much prefer it to buggies etc.
- Talking to each other; it's easy to forget why you are together in tehe early hours of the morning, one of you is asleep and the other dealing wtih an upset baby who won't settle. You will do daft things - sometimes it makes sence at 3:30am....not so much at other times.
- You will need your own time out. Being a parent can feel relentless, especially when you add work to the mix. Just make sure that it is 'fair'.
- You will be forgotten about...suck it up! This took me a while to get my head round.
- Just enjoy it, approach it with a sense of humour and no preconceptions (your baby will ensure these are all wrong).
Good luck.
Any tips?
Having sex with your SO will feel weirder and weirder the more pregnant they become.
Don't have too many preconceptions about who they will be or how they will develop. I'm sat waiting for my daughter to finish a final audition for the Royal Ballet school in London. Did not see that coming 11 years ago and would have freaked at the thought. Support and guide them, don't pigeon hole them (oh and babies are rubbish, don't worry if it takes 12 m9nths to bond, don't feel guilty, it's not unusual).
Get a bike trailer with a baby sling and ignore the recommended earliest age for things,
+1. My two are 16 months and 3.5 years - they went to nursery in the Burley this morning.
Babies are all different so tips are of limited use, but I will say that due to the obsession with buying everything new, second hand gear is really cheap. For example, we bought a Phil & Ted's buggy in good condition for £150 - would've cost around £500 new. Plus of course you can sell it for what you paid if you don't like it.
Oh, and congratulations!
Get a bike trailer with a baby sling and ignore the recommended earliest age for things,
-1
Just wait a wee bit bloody longer. You can have your Daddy/lifestyle moment you know. Just wait until the kid isn't THAT fragile.
Fall through own accident etc and its not good.
Add into the mix- your sharing the road with absolutely idiots who are sexting/still hungover/driving with misted up windows/stressed/tired/stupid.
I never bothered with the trailer thing. 2yrs+ he rode himself to school.
Add into the mix- your sharing the road with absolutely idiots who are sexting/still hungover/driving with misted up windows/stressed/tired/stupid.
And the same is true when you're driving, crossing the road, or even just walking on the pavement.
Concrete advice?
Lidl nappies are better than branded and much much cheaper should you use disposables.
And the same is true when you're driving, crossing the road, or even just walking on the pavement.
True but at least its not coming up behind you.
True but at least its not coming up behind you.
And?
Cycling with a trailer is (mostly) a refreshing experience, as motorists seem to temporarily suspend their hatred. I even had a car let me out of a side turning the other day.
I'd never have used or will use one- its too low and especially if you are using one at the crucial work starting/kicking out times its sharing the road with the great and the unwashed in towns etc.
Sorry, we should agree to disagree on this one.
I'd never have used or will use one- its too low and especially if you are using one at the crucial work starting/kicking out times its sharing the road with the great and the unwashed in towns etc.Sorry, we should agree to disagree on this one.
Yes, it's much like pushing a pram.
As you acknowledge, you're commenting from a position of ignorance.
So, am I the only one that read the original title and thought, "Well surely you just stick your thingmagig into her whoogywhatsit and waggle it about a bit?"
Only me then? 😳
B.
p.s. I might add that Mrs Beagleboy and I decided to go for cats rather than children, so the whole process is a bit vague to me.
You don't push a pram down a 1/2mile long road two metres from the kerb though. I said agree to disagree. I can see how it works and what road space you have to share.
Enjoy it, make the time for just the two of you as well as family time too, riding might be a bit less but I still got out and got plenty of miles in and that's with the house renovation too
I was a hesitant dad but it's the best, I love my wife but my son is just another level again (She's sat here and agrees)
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You'll look at this in a few years and understand it so much more...
Congratulations buddy. I have two daughters (3 yr & 17 mth), they have been the source of some of the best and hardest times of my life. Many have said it, and i cannot emphasie enough: they are all different and most of the tips you read will be for amusement than usefulness. The things i found useful (no particular order or merit):
- get some more birth control (my wife got broody too soon after the first one arrived)
- wear and old tee shirt when changing nappies and stand between the wall and the babies butt (binning a tee shirt covered in liquid poop is easier than trying to clean it off the wall)
- lidl nappies work great. Pampers resulted in nappy explosions (you'll know it when it happens and it will happen)
- never go out without spare vests for baby (ref nappy explosions)
- get an mpv (best move i made - it fits in bike and most of John Lewis baby range)
- even when you are ****ed (and i mean seriously worked 50hrs with no sleep), just never go home and say your tired
- have no aspiration of riding at any particular hour. Fit it in when you can (i have a bike on the turbo trainer ready just for those 30min when the world is quiet)
- enjoy it. The baby will drive you to hell and back but when he/she smiles at you for the first time....
You don't push a pram down a 1/2mile long road two metres from the kerb though. I said agree to disagree. I can see how it works and what road space you have to share.
Is that why baby trailers keep getting run over, and no-one is ever knocked down at a crossing, or by a driver mounting the kerb?
As I said, you're commenting from a position of ignorance. If you'd used trailers and had negative experiences, your opinion would be of some value.
Congratulations
My little girl is 11 weeks old.
She is just starting to become a bit more interactive and its brilliant.
The first weeks are hard. Not much sleep, screaming and nappies but they start to settle down, either that or the crying stops bothering you so much!
Personally I wanted to be involved in the birth I thought it was an amazing experience, I cut the cord (they drew the line at letting me use my Park cutters though) but each to their own
Breastfeeding is a good idea - Yay free milk! But if its causing pain and stress then don't let you other half feel pressured into doing it and for the love of God don't feel guilty about adding in formula at the start if it makes life easier.
Aldi for nappies they are cheap and brilliant
Is that why baby trailers keep getting run over
Because there are so very few trailers on the road, that's not much of an argument. And yes I owned one, and used one, on roads. And then decided not to do it again!
Congratulations, I have posted this before but hopefully it will bring a smile to your face but ask any parent and I'm sure they will agree that it is good advice. 😉
FOLLOW THESE 14 SIMPLE TESTS TO CHECK THAT YOU ARE READY TO HAVE CHILDREN.
Test 1 - Preparation
Women: To prepare for pregnancy:-
1. Put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag down the front.
2. Leave it there.
3. After 9 months remove 5% of the beans.
Men: To prepare for children:-
1. Go to a local chemist, tip the contents of your wallet onto the
counter and tell the pharmacist to help himself
2. Go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to
their head office.
3. Go home. Pick up the newspaper and read it for the last time.
Test 2 - Knowledge
Find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their
methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance
levels and how they have allowed their children to run wild. Suggest
ways in which
they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table
manners and overall behavior.
Enjoy it. It will be the last time in your life that you will have all
the answers.
Test 3 - Nights
To discover how the nights will feel:
1. Walk around the living room from 5pm to 10pm carrying a wet bag
weighing approximately 4 - 6kg, with a radio turned to static (or some
other obnoxious sound) playing loudly.
2. At 10pm, put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight and go to
sleep.
3. Get up at 11pm and walk the bag around the living room until 1am.
4. Set the alarm for 3am.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2am and make a cup of tea.
6. Go to bed at 2.45am.
7. Get up again at 3am when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs in the dark until 4am.
9. Put the alarm on for 5am. Get up when it goes off.
10. Make breakfast.
Keep this up for 5 years. LOOK CHEERFUL.
Test 4 - Dressing Small Children
1. Buy a live octopus and a string bag.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the string bag so that no arms hang
out.
Time Allowed: 5 minutes.
Test 5 - Cars
1. Forget the BMW. Buy a practical 5-door MPV.
2. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment.
Leave it there.
3. Get a coin. Insert it into the CD player.
4. Take a box of chocolate biscuits; mash them into the back seat.
5. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.
Test 6 - Going For a Walk
Wait
Go out the front door
Come back in again
Go out
Come back in again
Go out again
Walk down the front path
Walk back up it
Walk down it again
Walk very slowly down the road for five minutes.
Stop, inspect minutely and ask at least 6 questions about every piece of
used chewing gum, dirty tissue and dead insect along the way.
Retrace your steps
Scream that you have had as much as you can stand until the neighbours
come out and stare at you.
Give up and go back into the house.
You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.
Test 7
Repeat everything you say at least 5 times.
Test 8 - Grocery Shopping
1. Go to the local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you can
find to a pre-school child - a fully grown goat is excellent. If you
intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat.
2. Buy your weekly groceries without letting the goat(s) out of your
sight.
3. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys.
Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having
children.
Test 9 - Feeding a 1 year-old
1. Hollow out a melon
2. Make a small hole in the side
3. Suspend the melon from the ceiling and swing it side to side
4. Now get a bowl of soggy cornflakes and attempt to land them into the
swaying melon while pretending to be an aeroplane.
5. Continue until half the cornflakes are gone.
6. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it falls on the
floor.
Test 10 - TV
1. Learn the names of every character from the Wiggles, Barney,
Teletubbies and Disney.
2. Watch nothing else on television for at least 5 years.
Test 11 - Mess
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out:
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains
2. Hide a fish behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flowerbeds and then rub them on clean
walls. Cover the stains with crayon. How does that look?
4. Empty every drawer/cupboard/storage box in your house onto the floor
& leave it there.
Test 12 - Long Trips with Toddlers
1. Make a recording of someone shouting 'Mummy' repeatedly. Important
Notes: No more than a 4 second delay between each Mummy. Include
occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet.
2. Play this tape in your car, everywhere you go for the next 4 years.
You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.
Test 13 - Conversations
1. Start talking to an adult of your choice.
2. Have someone else continually tug on your shirt hem or shirt sleeve
while playing the Mummy tape listed above.
You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a
child in the room.
Test 14 - Getting ready for work
1. Pick a day on which you have an important meeting.
2. Put on your finest work attire.
3. Take a cup of cream and put 1 cup of lemon juice in it
4. Stir
5. Dump half of it on your nice silk shirt
6. Saturate a towel with the other half of the mixture
7. Attempt to clean your shirt with the same saturated towel
8. Do not change (you have no time).
9. Go directly to work
You are now ready to have children.
Good luck and enjoy.
Because there are so very few trailers on the road, that's not much of an argument.
So no evidence that it's dangerous. That's not much of an argument.
The only truth I know about being a parent is that however good you are at it and however hard you try, you'll get it wrong a lot. Once you realise that it's easier.
So no evidence that it's dangerous. That's not much of an argument.
Here's a tip. It's quite a nice happy thread. Go somewhere else and argue - that might help.
Here's a tip. It's quite a nice happy thread. Go somewhere else and argue - that might help.
Oooh, an argument about an argument. That definitely helps!
BTW - I was offering advice to the OP on something I thought he would enjoy, based on my own experience. Hora then chose to contradict me on the basis of who knows what, so if you have a problem, take it up with him.
Thanks for all the great advice.
Muke. Today you win the internet.
Alex
Congratulations, I have posted this before but hopefully it will bring a smile to your face but ask any parent and I'm sure they will agree that it is good advice.FOLLOW THESE 14 SIMPLE TESTS TO CHECK THAT YOU ARE READY TO HAVE CHILDREN.
Test 1 - Preparation
Women: To prepare for pregnancy:-
1. Put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag down the front.
2. Leave it there.3. After 9 months remove 5% of the beans.
Men: To prepare for children:-
1. Go to a local chemist, tip the contents of your wallet onto the
counter and tell the pharmacist to help himself
2. Go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to
their head office.
3. Go home. Pick up the newspaper and read it for the last time.Test 2 - Knowledge
Find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their
methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance
levels and how they have allowed their children to run wild. Suggest
ways in which
they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table
manners and overall behavior.
Enjoy it. It will be the last time in your life that you will have all
the answers.Test 3 - Nights
To discover how the nights will feel:
1. Walk around the living room from 5pm to 10pm carrying a wet bag
weighing approximately 4 - 6kg, with a radio turned to static (or some
other obnoxious sound) playing loudly.
2. At 10pm, put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight and go to
sleep.
3. Get up at 11pm and walk the bag around the living room until 1am.
4. Set the alarm for 3am.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2am and make a cup of tea.
6. Go to bed at 2.45am.
7. Get up again at 3am when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs in the dark until 4am.
9. Put the alarm on for 5am. Get up when it goes off.
10. Make breakfast.Keep this up for 5 years. LOOK CHEERFUL.
Test 4 - Dressing Small Children
1. Buy a live octopus and a string bag.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the string bag so that no arms hang
out.
Time Allowed: 5 minutes.Test 5 - Cars
1. Forget the BMW. Buy a practical 5-door MPV.
2. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment.
Leave it there.
3. Get a coin. Insert it into the CD player.
4. Take a box of chocolate biscuits; mash them into the back seat.
5. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.
Test 6 - Going For a WalkWait
Go out the front door
Come back in again
Go out
Come back in again
Go out again
Walk down the front path
Walk back up it
Walk down it again
Walk very slowly down the road for five minutes.
Stop, inspect minutely and ask at least 6 questions about every piece of
used chewing gum, dirty tissue and dead insect along the way.
Retrace your steps
Scream that you have had as much as you can stand until the neighbours
come out and stare at you.
Give up and go back into the house.
You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.Test 7
Repeat everything you say at least 5 times.Test 8 - Grocery Shopping
1. Go to the local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you can
find to a pre-school child - a fully grown goat is excellent. If you
intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat.
2. Buy your weekly groceries without letting the goat(s) out of your
sight.
3. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys.Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having
children.Test 9 - Feeding a 1 year-old
1. Hollow out a melon
2. Make a small hole in the side
3. Suspend the melon from the ceiling and swing it side to side
4. Now get a bowl of soggy cornflakes and attempt to land them into the
swaying melon while pretending to be an aeroplane.
5. Continue until half the cornflakes are gone.
6. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it falls on the
floor.
Test 10 - TV1. Learn the names of every character from the Wiggles, Barney,
Teletubbies and Disney.
2. Watch nothing else on television for at least 5 years.Test 11 - Mess
Can you stand the mess children make? To find out:
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains
2. Hide a fish behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flowerbeds and then rub them on clean
walls. Cover the stains with crayon. How does that look?
4. Empty every drawer/cupboard/storage box in your house onto the floor
& leave it there.Test 12 - Long Trips with Toddlers
1. Make a recording of someone shouting 'Mummy' repeatedly. Important
Notes: No more than a 4 second delay between each Mummy. Include
occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet.
2. Play this tape in your car, everywhere you go for the next 4 years.
You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.Test 13 - Conversations
1. Start talking to an adult of your choice.
2. Have someone else continually tug on your shirt hem or shirt sleeve
while playing the Mummy tape listed above.
You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a
child in the room.Test 14 - Getting ready for work
1. Pick a day on which you have an important meeting.
2. Put on your finest work attire.
3. Take a cup of cream and put 1 cup of lemon juice in it
4. Stir
5. Dump half of it on your nice silk shirt
6. Saturate a towel with the other half of the mixture
7. Attempt to clean your shirt with the same saturated towel
8. Do not change (you have no time).
9. Go directly to workYou are now ready to have children.
Good luck and enjoy.
PMSL... 😆
but so true
got a 7 year old, a 2 year old and a 10 month old...wouldnt change it for the world though!!
congratulations OP!! you'll be fine
deadlydarcy - Member
So no evidence that it's dangerous. That's not much of an argument.
Here's a tip. It's quite a nice happy thread. Go somewhere else and argue - that might help.
wot deadlydarcy said. You're making yourself look silly Ransos!
ransos I said lets agree to disagree.
BTW I was all set to watch thr news whilst getting ready this morning. Now im sat with cbeebies on 🙁 you cant creep around the house first thing as ours has superhuman hearing.
Always do as much as you can together as a family, Kids are part of the family, not an add on. Even when i did any work on the car/house i always included my daughter, that's why she can now use a variety of tools competently.
She's now 22 and we're going climbing together today, gym tomorrow and rollerblading on Monday. Happy days 😀
We were voted coolest parents by her peers at school.
Our little boy will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. So far its been an incredible experience and he's just awesome, Mrs L even more so.
Top Tips:
Birth plans, be prepared to change everything.
Get lanosil nipple cream for mum.
Breast feeding is hard work, seek out a breastfeeding clinic near you for support and get support ASAP if things get difficult.
Surround yourselves with family and friends for support.
Enjoy it!
Muke, thats just awesome!
Not read the whole thread but if no one's mentioned it start stocking up on baby stuff now. Each time you go to the shops pick up a box of nappies, baby wipes, baby shampoo/bath foam, nappies again etc.... You will be glad of it once baby is here and money is tighter.
Good luck btw. My boy is coming up to 15 months and is the best thing I ever did. Don't get out on my bikes much but messing about with him is just as good.
First, you'll love it (at least I do). It can be brutal hard work, with moments of utter desperation and periods of total knackerness. However those times are totally outweighed by the positives (like taking your 5 yr old nipper mountainbiking on a sunny spring morning, following him down the trail as he whoops & laughs).
Scanned the thread and seen the disagreements over a trailer. For us it was one of the best things we bought. We both ride and it allowed us to get out and do stuff/exercise alone and together without being beholden to the car and all the faff that entailed.
Having said that we live near quiet roads and picked times/routes that were smart. We also covered it with day-glo and lights. We got a Chariot that converted to a jogger, which was helpful for 4am runs when micro-like food was exercising his lungs.
You & your partner will have to decide what risk you'll accept with different activities.
Good luck 🙂
ps - If you don't have one, get a coffee machine. If you have one, get a better one. Oh and also, when you come back from work stop at the end of the road for a minute to collect your thoughts and toughen yourself up, so that when you walk in the door you can pretend to be full of energy and only too happy to 'take over'!