We just moved to a new town, and my four year old started at a new daycare. Today when I picked him up I saw another boy grabbing him by the collar and shaking him. I broke it up, and spoke with them both about what was going on. The other kid was angry that my son had started becoming friends with a friend that “he had first”. I told him that you can have more than one friend, and that there’s no reason to be violent over it. I asked him to apologize and he gave my son a hug and walked away. My son told me that the other boy was calling him “bitch” (I didn’t even know he knew that word) and ..read more

We have two boys. I’d like a third, partly to have a shot at a daughter but also because I like the idea of our house being full of life, a gaggle that you lose one of the members amidst the happy chaos. But I want a real, unvarnished opinion. Parents of 3 kids, do you think it’s wise? Of course you love your kid etc etc, but was it really the right decision? What should prospective parents of 3 consider? Context about us, we are middle class in an expensive city. We both work demanding jobs and have grandparents down the block who help out fairly well. Life feels pretty challenging already b ..read more

My daughter is 8 months old and pretty much since she has been born myself and her Mam have tried our best to settle and soothe when she cries. It's just been a rough week of no sleep and instead of rocking her back to sleep at 4am after the 3rd wake up I said let her cry in her crib. Her Mam was holding her hand throughout and soothing her from bed but she bawled her ass off until I rocked her back to sleep. She had a clean diaper, finished off her bottle, pooped a while ago and didn't seem to be in pain. Is that cruel, cause I felt like a huge asshole. I normally don't mind rocking her back ..read more

This is gonna be a long one because I need to vent. My wife is 8months pregnant, and today we got hit in the back while driving. Toddler in the back seat too. After getting the guys info (also my first car accident ) I took my wife to the emergency room and now they’re inducing labor…. Idk y’all I feel like it’s my fault. Some dude was driving on the far right lane and swerved to the far left so he didn’t miss the highway entrance and so I wouldn’t hit him I swerved and some dude hit me in the back. I feel like her getting induced is my fault. I feel like maybe I could’ve done something diffe ..read more

Let them help you with chores as early as they phisically able to. A few years later it is enough for me to go "Guys, I need help unloading the dish washer" My elder (5) calls his younger siblings and after few minuts the dishwasher is unloaded while I'm in another room writing this post. It's both useful for me but more importent develops their abilities, self esteem, and independence submitted by /u/Einstine1984 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi daddit, I need some advice on how to deal with the wife. Our kid is about to turn five months old and she's adorable. She's so adorable that I was inspired to come up with a ballad that goes something like this: Baaabyy You are a baby Yes you You have baby legs Baby arms Baaby tummy Baby head Baaabyy My magnum opus never fails to make the baby laugh. I sometimes even improvise in the lyrics and throw in other body parts babies are likely to have (like eyes and fingers), to make the song longer. But yesterday I got home and caught my wife singing MY song to the baby and stealing laughs I wa ..read more

I'm having such a tough time right now, my life feels borderline crushing and my 2 year old daughter is a big reason for that. Before I had her I was an extremely active individual, rock climbing, hiking pretty serious elevations regularly, skiing, golfing, biking to work, camping a ton, doing lots of photography as both a hobby and a minor side business, and doing well with my job with a nice savings. My wife was similar. About 6 months after our daughter was born my wife was purposefully cut to half time because of having her, we're struggling to stay afloat with the costs of everything, I ..read more

Last two days I have watched our 5 month old son so my wife could go have fun - go shopping, get a massage, have meals / drinks with friends etc. she gets back today pissed at me bc I did not respond to her text which was a response to a question I had about how many ounces in the bottle (there was 1.5 hour from her text to when I saw her). She claims I ruined her whole time off bc of this. I forgot to respond bc the baby was having a hard time taking the bottle. I am really frustrated bc I have been on paternity leave this whole time helping to watch him and haven’t taken time like she had t ..read more

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Ok Dads, we’ve decided Blippi needs to go. It’s a bridge too far. I can’t take it anymore. Anyone know the best way to block Blippi on YouTube? submitted by /u/kflyer [visit reddit] [comments ..read more