Took a year off work to be home with the kids and honestly it's been way lonelier than I expected. All my buddies are still working, wife is busy with her job, and the mom groups don't really include dads. I love my kids but I'm starting to feel like I'm losing myself. Started going to the gym at 6a...
My son is 2 weeks old and we can't put him down without him losing it. The second his back touches the bassinet he screams. We're doing contact naps pretty much all day and night. Is this normal? I love holding him but I also need to sleep and my wife is exhausted. When does this get better?
So my ex and I agreed the kids would be with her during the school week but covid messed that up and now everyone's hybrid remote. She's saying since they're doing school from home some days they should stay with her those days even though it's technically my custody time. I'm trying to be reasonabl...
Started this project like 6 months ago after my buddy said it would be easy. Spoiler alert: it wasn't easy. But I'm happy to report that after 3 weekends of sweating, cursing, and watching YouTube videos at 11pm, the deck is DONE. Kids can finally play out there without me having a heart attack abou...
Spent my 30s just accepting I was the big guy. Then my doctor sat me down and said my heart wasn't going to make it if I didn't change something. Started slow, just walking with my kid, then it became running with my kid, then it became climbing mountains with my family. Lost the weight without real...
Working from home with a 4 and 2 year old running around during the day is absolutely wild. My wife handles most of it but I still hear screaming during my calls, I'm trying to focus on spreadsheets while someone's asking for a snack, and by the time bedtime happens I'm so mentally fried I can't be ...
Im 3 sessions in and I feel like Im not making progress. The therapist keeps asking me questions instead of telling me how to fix my depression. I get that its supposed to be collaborative or whatever but I just want someone to give me answers. Should I try a different therapist or am I expecting to...
Started taking anxiety medication about two months ago after years of white knuckling through panic attacks. Honestly it feels like someone turned down the volume on everything stressful in my life. I can actually sleep through the night now. But I feel weird admitting to people that I need pills to...
Thinking about switching my 6yo from YouTube Kids to regular YouTube since he keeps complaining the content is too babyish. I know regular YouTube has ads and potentially sketchy stuff mixed in. What's everyone's take on this transition? Do you use parental controls on the regular version or is YouT...
Been depressed for about a year but kept telling myself it would pass. Kids noticed I was withdrawn and that was the kick I needed. Found a therapist who specializes in dad stuff and we've been working on how I internalize stress and never ask for help. Only been 4 sessions but I already feel less a...
He wasn't the richest man or the most successful in any conventional way. But he was the most respected. People came out of the woodwork at the funeral talking about how he helped them, how he never gossiped, how he treated everyone with dignity whether they were the CEO or the janitor. That's the l...
My wife caught our teenager not holding the door for his sister and she asked him why. He shrugged like it was nothing. We had to sit down and talk about what it means to show respect through small gestures. Opening doors, using yes sir and yes ma'am, listening more than you talk. These things seem ...
Mine won't stop watching it. I actually sat down and watched a couple episodes with them and it's not terrible? Kind of reminds me of stuff from the 90s. They're already begging for action figures and I said absolutely not until they clean their rooms.
My 10 year old said Dad you already told us that joke last week. So I said well I guess you could say it's a RE-run. My wife pretended not to hear me. My son walked out of the room. This is what I live for guys.
Was at the grocery store with my 8 month old when he had what I can only describe as a Code Brown situation. It was EVERYWHERE. Up his back, down his legs, all over my shirt. Some dad came over and was like man that sucks and I looked at him and said if youre not prepared for blowouts you shouldnt b...