2 HOURS. For a walk around the block. Why does getting a 3-month-old out of the house require: outfit change (spit up), diaper change (surprise poop), feeding, packing the diaper bag, making sure the car seat is installed right, getting him settled, then finding our keys. By the time we're ready to ...
So I'm considering volunteering to coach my 9yo's baseball team. Never played competitively myself but I know the basics and love the game. Is this actually a good idea or am I setting myself up for failure? How much time commitment are we talking? Don't wanna bite off more than I can chew but I als...
Been trying different apps to manage custody stuff and I'm curious what everyone actually uses. **2 Good (used for 8 months):** - Shared calendar - Photo gallery - Expense splitting - Actually pretty intuitive - BUT it crashed during an important schedule conflict and customer service is nonexisten...
She's been gone two weeks. I knew this was coming for months but somehow I wasn't ready. I'm handling the kids fine (6 and 3), keeping the house mostly together, but I feel... empty? Like I don't know who I am without someone else needing me all day. Got snappy with my boss yesterday over nothing. I...
Real talk: I got remarried, we have a house with a yard, my new stepdaughter is amazing with my kids, and my life is honestly pretty good right now. Meanwhile my ex is still in the same apartment she had during the divorce, seems kind of stuck. I love my life but I feel weird about it sometimes? Li...
Took my kids to dinner last night and the table next to us had teenagers on their phones the entire meal. Not talking to their parents at all. Just swiping and scrolling. Its depressing to see. We've made it a rule at our table, phones stay in pockets. Family time is sacred. Might be old fashioned b...
Went to my first therapy session in years (highly recommend btw, lots of new dads are losing it and not talking about it) and she asked this question and I literally could not answer. Because here's the thing, I don't actually want my old life back. But I also don't feel like I fully have an identit...
Okay so this happened and I need to document it because it might never happen again lol. Signed him up for a robotics club at school and suddenly he's MORE interested in building actual robots than scrolling TikTok. Legitimately asked me for coding tutorials on YouTube yesterday. Don't want to jinx ...
There's this dad group at our neighborhood park I've been going to for 2 years. Lately one guy keeps making these "jokes" about anxiety being fake and if you're a real man you just push through. I finally called him out last week and it got awkward af. Now I don't want to go back. Stupid that one pe...
My wife had a rough delivery with our second kid (born in December) and she's been in therapy which is great. But nobody really talks about how the DAD feels watching your partner struggle, being the support system, AND trying to manage two kids while your whole life is upside down. I'm not depresse...
Been running a freelance design thing on the side for about 8 months, making decent money ($1200-1800/month), but I'm working from 9pm-midnight most nights after the kids are asleep. Last night my son caught me and asked why I was always on the computer. That hit different. I think I need to either...
My son is 8 weeks old and everyone keeps talking about how I should be bonding with him or feeling this instant love or whatever. Honestly? I feel like I'm just doing tasks. Change diaper, feed, bounce, repeat. My wife seems to have this connection with him that I don't have yet and it makes me feel...
Like yeah I roughhouse with them and watch cartoons but I also pay the mortgage and the car insurance so technically I'm like a half parent at least right? She just shakes her head at me. Help.
We switched to formula at 8 weeks because breastfeeding wasn't working and we all desperately needed sleep. Logically I know this is fine and healthy and the kid is thriving. But every time someone asks "are you breastfeeding?" I feel this shame like I failed. I see Instagram posts about "fed is bes...
Our second kid is due in 6 weeks and I'm trying to figure out what to actually request. My company offers 12 weeks parental leave but I'm worried about optics if I take more than 4-5 weeks. Nobody else on my team has taken the full amount. Am I overthinking this? What did you guys actually take and ...