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Post by Rollins Meadows Ryan on Apr 17, 2023 9:52:21 GMT -6
Figured I could use all the advice from some experienced fathers on this board so started a thread for questions, ideas, tips, celebrations, frustrations, etc.
I’m just over three months in now. Exhausted more than I ever could have imagined. More pure joy from one soul more than I could have ever imagined.
So much time disappears due to baby play and duties. My question is did any of you start outsourcing anything? House cleaning? Yard work? Part-time nanny? It just seems like every day ends with a million things to do still. This is just the reality of my new life, isn’t it? Haha!
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Post by Terry's Peeps on Apr 17, 2023 9:55:24 GMT -6
I did outsource yard work, but yeah you do end up exhausted for about 5 years.
And congratulations if I didn't say that already!
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Apr 17, 2023 10:08:46 GMT -6
Congrats indeed WR.
We personally didn't outsource. We just did everything in shifts to keep us both from going insane.
Eventually you'll look back on this time and realize just how brief it is. It really goes by in a flash.
One day you're celebrating the White Sox 2005 World Series win with your 3-month old sitting on the couch. Next thing you know it's 2023 and he's 17 with a driver's license.
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Post by jackref on Apr 17, 2023 10:47:05 GMT -6
You will sleep again one day - promise! And then you forget about the not sleeping part and have another one and smack yourself for not remembering that you didn't sleep for 6 months. I didn't get fooled twice  After our second we did hire a cleaning lady to help with the upkeep. She would come every other week. Definitely helps. And like Kid said, they grow up so fast. Mine are now 15 and 11. |
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Post by All Drop In on Apr 17, 2023 12:58:25 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity KS on Apr 17, 2023 13:22:15 GMT -6
I don't know if this is a possibility for you but utilizing grandparents is usually a pretty great idea.
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Post by The Original Kid Cairo on Apr 17, 2023 13:48:31 GMT -6
I don't know if this is a possibility for you but utilizing grandparents is usually a pretty great idea. This was a Godsend when my son was young. |
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Post by Rollins Meadows Ryan on Apr 17, 2023 18:56:04 GMT -6
Been nice for us. We were getting a once a week Nana visits for four hours. We either sleep or work in shit we just haven’t had the time to do.
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Post by Terry's Peeps on Apr 17, 2023 19:20:37 GMT -6
The grandparents visits in the beginning are like manna from heaven.
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Post by Rollins Meadows Ryan on May 14, 2023 11:38:56 GMT -6
Baby girl rolled over for the first time this morning. Awesome Mother’s Day present.
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Post by Terry's Peeps on May 14, 2023 13:44:20 GMT -6
Once they get mobile, it's all over.
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Post by jackref on Jun 18, 2023 8:03:16 GMT -6
Happy Fathers Day boys! Hope you are enjoying your first one BRB!!
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Post by Terry's Peeps on Jun 18, 2023 8:11:23 GMT -6
Happy Father's Day!
And special one to WR! Enjoy this one!
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Post by Rollins Meadows Ryan on Jun 20, 2023 9:15:49 GMT -6
Happy Nick Cannon Day to you all, a day late.
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Post by All Drop In on Jun 20, 2023 18:15:56 GMT -6
Happy Nick Cannon Day to you all, a day late. In this context, every day is Nick Cannon Day. |
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