Things you've learned as a parent...

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I used to post bloviated diatribes on various political topics, now I’ll give maybe a three-sentence reply.

Just like the deep state wants!

 

[Kepler]

Holy shit. I’m a dad.

baby was born 7/7 at 4:53 pm after a long labor. 8 lb 2 oz and 20” long. Mom and baby are doing great.

Baby is in the 99th percentile of pooping.

"Congratulation on your new new human being. 8 years of emitting gross fluids, vile smells, and loud noises, followed by 80 years emitting vacuous idiocies. Instructions not included."

 

[dxmnkd316]

The two hour feeding schedule is not ideal.

 

[St. Clown]

Zombie Dad Mode!

 

[dxmnkd316]

They try to tell you the laundry list of stuff you need to do for infants. They do an ok job preparing you (somewhat) for the effort and exhaustion.

What they do an absolute horrible shit job preparing you for is the amount of time and effort that goes into helping the mother heal. I knew this would be significant, but I wasn’t prepared for this in combination with caring for a days-old infant. Between pumping, healing, and eating, those activities take up like 80% of the waking time for my wife.

I’m glad Frida and others are making a point of bringing this self-care aspect more attention.

 

[dxmnkd316]

I have learned that apps, while they can be a burden, are a lifesaver when you can’t remember when the last time you fed him, changed a diaper, etc.

Huckleberry is my huckleberry

 

[Slap Shot]

The two hour feeding schedule is not ideal.

No it's not.

I still recall (before we bought a bassinet that could rock on its own) lying in bed (right side) with my right arm extended to the bassinet and I swear rocking it in my sleep for hours at a time.

#1 also had colic for a few months with one of the solutions being driving him around in my Jeep at ungodly hours because the driving sensation was soothing enough to keep him calm.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

They try to tell you the laundry list of stuff you need to do for infants. They do an ok job preparing you (somewhat) for the effort and exhaustion.

What they do an absolute horrible shit job preparing you for is the amount of time and effort that goes into helping the mother heal. I knew this would be significant, but I wasn’t prepared for this in combination with caring for a days-old infant. Between pumping, healing, and eating, those activities take up like 80% of the waking time for my wife.

I’m glad Frida and others are making a point of bringing this self-care aspect more attention.

That’s why our lack of maternity leave is so goddamn shameful.

 

[St. Clown]

No it's not.

I still recall (before we bought a bassinet that could rock on its own) lying in bed (right side) with my right arm extended to the bassinet and I swear rocking it in my sleep for hours at a time.

#1 also had colic for a few months with one of the solutions being driving him around in my Jeep at ungodly hours because the driving sensation was soothing enough to keep him calm.

My daughter didn’t like the rocker/swinging bassinet we had purchased, it had to be mom or dad. And the amount of miles I put on my car, driving the empty 494/694 loop during the early days of COVID at 4:00AM, I can’t begin to recount. She had a banshee’s cry until we were on the highway for about a mile, then it was lights out. It was such a calm drive, keeping it to the speed limit, and often not seeing another car for minutes at a time.

Side story to that, one time we were going counterclockwise on the loop, in the right lane with almost no other traffic. This guy came barreling up behind me, going maybe 75-80, and decides to ride my bumper. The left lane was completely open. This was in the GDO section of 694, and after about 60 seconds of this, finally, he passed me. A few miles later, where the highway bends to the west, I see him again, this time pulled over by the state patrol car that was parked there, nightly, during those slow days.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Side story to that, one time we were going counterclockwise on the loop, in the right lane with almost no other traffic. This guy came barreling up behind me, going maybe 75-80, and decides to ride my bumper. The left lane was completely open. This was in the GDO section of 694, and after about 60 seconds of this, finally, he passed me. A few miles later, where the highway bends to the west, I see him again, this time pulled over by the state patrol car that was parked there, nightly, during those slow days.

Did you wave?

 

[St. Clown]

I should’ve waved, but I just chuckled to myself.

 

[Jimjamesak]

No it's not.

I still recall (before we bought a bassinet that could rock on its own) lying in bed (right side) with my right arm extended to the bassinet and I swear rocking it in my sleep for hours at a time.

#1 also had colic for a few months with one of the solutions being driving him around in my Jeep at ungodly hours because the driving sensation was soothing enough to keep him calm.

With my daughter I used to rock her while I played video games. I went back to work and was working 3 to midnight so I’d just stay up.

I got pretty decent at MW2 and hiding in a corner while making a bottle helps your K/D.