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Becoming a dad


42 said:
Mines 4 & owa lass still has a panic over every minor thing wanting to go to the hospital constantly. Im like kids get ill & have bumps, stop worrying
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I genuinely hate the thermometer now.

I understand fevers can be dangerous, but can he not just be a bit hot from time to time?

Edit: Also watching him fall on his arse and then carry on like nowts happened has made me prouder than anything, my missus fretting tends to make this scenario better :lol:
 
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toxic tracksuit said:
Early days / weeks / months are awful. Ignore the twats who say 'ohmygod its amazing being a father, I feel complete as a man....etc' It's f***ing awful, hard work and we need to be honest with each other. You also have to support your missus who is equally as tired but has a bust fanny.
You get nothing back from the little shit pumping screaming sleep depraving nowt. Like a really demanding house plant.

THEN

ONE DAY

It smiles.
It sleeps for 6 hours solid
It says 'duh'
Your missus returns to (relative) normality

Then its amazing being a father, you feel complete as a man....
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People should listen to this man.
 
Seaham Towny said:
Thought I’d bump this now and give an update.

May well encourage any younger posters in a similar scenario to have a look and I’m all about support (what’s prompted this is one of the lads I know has just told me he’s about to be a father at 24)

Anyways… what I’ve learned.

1. Not everything is the end of the world even though you think it might be at the time.

2. You are never as tired as your partner, no matter how much it might feel that way, never voice this concern.

3. Bodily expulsions are easily dealt with. I feel I’ve become pretty immune to each one now.

4. Don’t wish away the ‘lack of sleep, he’s a potato’ phase. That phase is epic..

He’s now 1 and a bit and wants into everything despite the fact it might kill him. Get as much exercise as you can during the former, because your cardio output is about to go through the roof :lol:
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Longy top tip - don’t call your baby a potato
 
Longy said:
Longy top tip - don’t call your baby a potato
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I say that with all the love in the world and it is only a comparison to his active habits nowadays.

I’m trying to find the right thing to call him now, in my head it is some Pokémon character that’s mischievous but I can’t pinpoint it…
 
CraigyLee said:
It’s a piece of piss when they’re a potato

It’s when they start trying to kill themselves daily is the real fun
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He has somehow gained the ability to launch himself from the crib with no foothold. Which now means nap time has to be supervised in person because neither of us can get upstairs before he’s able to pull himself up.

Fun though, I am enjoying the ‘exploration/may die if he falls’ stuff…

Right? I definitely am? :lol:
 
Mines 21 now and living with his lass ,so no film nights etc anymore .
Big miss for those nights like lifting him up was a miss when suddenly he was 6 foot.
Go to the pub with him though so pros and cons
Just watching Man on fire and there's a traditional petulant teenager scene and I've never ever had one . He's a diamond.
 
42 said:
Mines 4 & owa lass still has a panic over every minor thing wanting to go to the hospital constantly. Im like kids get ill & have bumps, stop worrying
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This is me all over, our lass is the sensible one. He's 8 now and I was just about getting over it, but got another one due in September now.
 
Mousehold Mackem said:
Got my invite to me lad's wedding today. Time flies.🙂

Enjoy
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I showed my dad the engagement ring a week prior to the proposal, I’d just bought it and was in the pub with him at the time.

He said ‘nah I haven’t seen that’ then made me walk around to his house and tell my mam first before coming back and telling him again so he could pass opinions.

Man of principle me dad, bit odd, but very principled.

He’s doing very well as a grandfather, he’s already shown the bairn he can have owt he wants as long as he’s determined enough. This has its positives and negatives
 
Got one who is 20, and never had a crossed word. Grounded, caring and knows empathy.

14 year old is a pain in the f***ing arse. Makes you wish you asked for a blow job instead that night. Should hoy her in the loft and feed fish heads.
 
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