Becoming a dad

[Fred]

My two are 12 and 7 and both of them make us proud every day.

Just today we met up with family who we haven't seen in almost 10 years since our wedding and there were 6 kids there between the ages of 12 and 18 months who had never met each other before. All played like they'd known each other for years and loved it, and my two kids have varying degrees of additional needs as well.

At times they've stressed me out and continue to stress me out but I dread to think of where I would be without them and the wife as my ADHD has got worse over the years myself.

 

[Sunlun79]

Mine are 20 and 8.

Both absolutely amazing oldest lad works so hard going to uni,volunteering and working.

The little one is a hundred miles an hour never shuts up but my life would be so boring without him.

Yes they have the same Dad the question I get asked the most with the big age gap.

 

[Toronado]

The best and most important job thats possible to have !!

Kudos to all the good dads out there

 

[Bald King]

I wouldn't change a thing
Had a lovely selfish existence up to my 40s . Became a Dad and started a different way of life

Same. I went all ower world when had nee kids

 

[Scootsie]

My two year old has just started randomly whacking and flipping her lid at me which is.... wild. All sweet and pure until about now! I assume they go through phases?

Hard week like, but she's still comfortably the best thing to happen to us.

My lad is 3 and a half and still goes through spells of doing this. He’s the softest, kindest kid but then has that switch where me and his mar are apparently his sworn enemies

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Best wishes to all new Dads on here, it’s a great feeling. We have an 8 month old granddaughter who has just started crawling, unfortunately my daughter and SiL live in Dubai so me and the missus don’t seen enough of them. Now I’m retired I zoom them most days and it’s magical when the little one recognises me and smiles. They are coming to stay with us for a couple of weeks at the end of the month, can’t wait.

 

[SAFC Wilks]

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....

This is so accurate.