Changed what I thought was a regular diaper explosion on my toddler at the park. Turns out it was EVERYWHERE. My wife says 'looks like you had a real crappy situation there.' I'm standing there covered in poop and somehow that made me laugh so hard I almost fell over. Married life and dad jokes, nam...
Our daughter is 6 weeks old and literally will not nap longer than 45 min no matter what we do. We've tried dark room, white noise, swaddling, everything. My wife is exhausted and frustrated and I feel helpless. Is this normal? Does it get better? I've read conflicting stuff online and don't know wh...
Left the family home three months ago and I'm in this little one bedroom. The place is quiet and it's making my anxiety worse. I don't sleep well, I'm drinking too much coffee and probably too much beer on the weekends. My buddies are great but they're all married with families so I don't see them m...
After 18 months of back and forth with lawyers, we finally got it done. 50/50 custody, alternating weeks. It cost me like 15k but at least now we both know where we stand and the kids have a consistent schedule. Feels good to move forward instead of being stuck in limbo. Anyone else deal with a long...
Working from home was supposed to be amazing for family time but honestly it's blurring everything together. I'm in back to back meetings while my 6 year old is asking me to play, then I'm trying to catch up on work after bedtime. My boss seems to expect me to be more available now that I'm home. An...
I've been really impatient with the boys this week, yelling over small stuff and not showing them the love and grace that Jesus showed us. I feel like I'm failing as a dad and a Christian. Been trying to pray about it but some days the stress just takes over and I snap at them. How do you all keep y...
My 8 year old came back from her moms and said that his mom said I quote left because I didn't love them enough. I'm furious. I have them 50/50 and I bust my ass to be there. The custody order says we can't bad mouth each other but she's doing it anyway. Do I lawyer up again? I'm already paying 1200...
My wife thinks it's fine but I'm skeptical. He's asking for way more and I've read some articles about how it affects their developing brains. We let him have an hour on school nights and a couple hours on weekends but he's always trying to negotiate for more. Are we being too strict or is everyone ...
Every single night around 11 my boss sends me work stuff and then acts annoyed the next morning if I haven't responded. I have young kids and I'm trying to actually disconnect after 6pm. Yesterday I didn't answer until 7am and he called me out in a meeting about responsiveness. This is killing me. I...
Been remote for 2 years and now my company wants us back in the office Tuesday through Thursday. My youngest just started kindergarten and the logistics are insane. Wife works too so we're scrambling with pickup times and daycare. The commute alone kills 90 minutes of my day. I feel like I'm not pre...
I gave my 9 year old a basic iPad for homework and watching YouTube. Today I noticed TikTok installed and he's been scrolling for who knows how long. He said a friend showed him how to get it. I'm not even sure what the right move is here. Do I delete it? Have a talk? Let him use it with time limits...
My son asked me to be a T-Rex while we were shopping. I obliged. Then I realized we were in the middle of the produce section and like 20 people were staring. Wife was not amused but my kid was crying laughing. Worth the embarrassment. Totally worth it.
Me and their mom worked out a new arrangement. Instead of every other weekend, I'll have them Wed nights and every other full weekend. They're 6 and 9 so old enough to understand. Should I sit them down together with their mom or talk to them one on one? I don't want them to feel like anything's the...
Thought I was doing well enough to skip them for a couple weeks. Big mistake. Woke up this morning completely in my head, couldn't get out of bed, everything feels heavy again. Started them back up yesterday but I know it'll take a while to feel normal. Just wanted to put this out there in case anyo...
Sitting at my desk this morning and suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe. Heart racing, hands shaking, the whole thing. Boss asked if I was okay and I just said I needed a minute. It came out of nowhere. I wasn't even stressed about anything specific. This has been happening more often and I'm star...