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Becoming a dad

Seaham Towny said:
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I go out on a Saturday for a pub quiz and a Monday for darts. I wouldn’t say party boy.

8-4, Monday to Friday, WFH 4 days a week

6.5 and she ups my social standing a bit, there are some on here who can attest.

Thanks buddy
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I was older and just retired from 20 years on the Fri sat Sunday night drinking shift 😄
Weekends away , hols when we wanted etc .
It's was tough those early years if I'm honest ,little noisy shitting machines .
My wife was mental for a child but it became apparent she was about as ready as me
He's 20 next month and its been absolutely class even with a divorce in the middle of it .
I could go on forever
Try your best to stay calm and when you need to get down on the floor and talk to them face to face calmly . It goes in ,they get it
 

Get the baby an ipad will look after his or herself .

Seriously save very penny you can from now until the little fellow arrives.
 
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Seaham Towny said:
First one due in early May.

Any advice?

Currently flitting between joy and crippling fear and have been the last few months.

Piss takes are welcome, feel free.
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It is the best thing you will ever, do by far

Everything changes in your life once the little one is born. Would go back in a heartbeat.

Don't worry if you don't know what to do, nobody does

Only advice I could offer is sleep when the baby does. Don't tidy up or do any pointless tasks. Just sleep when you can

Congratulations
 
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Cliche but, best thing ever!

You’ll either have one who sleeps or one that doesn’t sleep for a couple of years! Pray for the former, deal with the latter by taking turns to sleep.

WFH helps as you get to spend more time; even the odd few mins here and there, which you’d otherwise miss.

Do your own thing, don’t let others dictate as every kid is different I guess!
Seaham Towny said:
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I go out on a Saturday for a pub quiz and a Monday for darts. I wouldn’t say party boy.

8-4, Monday to Friday, WFH 4 days a week

6.5 and she ups my social standing a bit, there are some on here who can attest.

Thanks buddy
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Seaham Towny said:
The internet thing scares me. Not gonna lie.

How’s he going to learn how to build a tree fort (stick a pallet up a tree and sit on it) or conkers or how to do knock and run?

Is YouTube going to teach him that? I think not…
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Don’t let them sit all day and night on YouTuber. Use it in moderation and it’s class: don’t be one of those who sit there kid in front of an iPad every day.

Let them be outdoors and be a proper kid but don’t restrict them when their mates etc will have iPads. Just use your wits and it’s sound.
 
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Seaham Towny said:
First one due in early May.

Any advice?

Currently flitting between joy and crippling fear and have been the last few months.

Piss takes are welcome, feel free.
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Let everything come naturally and it will.

It puts everything conveniently into second place. That first moment in your arms you just wait - magical.
Congratulations Mate.

Never take anything for granted. Time will fly.
Best time is being with them out and about and watching them take the World in.
 
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Sunderland06 said:
First 18 months are a piece of piss, gets interesting after that.

Class though.
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When we look at photos of the kids when they were younger, we think that it was easier then in some ways, but obviously there were difficult times too.

But I’m glad that I spent a lot of time with them and put them before money, a career etc. As they’re older now we’ve got an opportunity to think of ourselves more.
 
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