For expecting and first-year dads. No question is too basic.
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Our son is 2 days old and we have no idea what we're doing. He cries, we panic. He sleeps, we check if he's breathing every 5 minutes. My wife is exhausted from labor and barely sl
Might sound silly but my 6 week old actually smiled today and made eye contact. Not just a gas smile, I swear it was real. My heart just melted. All the sleepless nights and stress
Haven't slept more than 2 hours straight in 3 weeks. Baby is feeding every 2-3 hours around the clock and my wife and I are just trading off but never getting actual rest. I've sta
My wife couldn't produce enough milk and we switched to formula about a month ago. Everyone keeps asking if she's still breastfeeding and when we say no, you can see the judgment.
She's 6 weeks old and her eyes locked onto mine and she gave this little gummy smile. I know they say it's just gas but I don't care. I felt like I won the lottery. My wife found m
Guys I was NOT prepared for that. There was poop literally everywhere. In the creases, up the back, on her onesie. My daughter just sat there looking at me like dad what are you do
We gave our son his first real bath yesterday after the umbilical stump fell off. I was so nervous about dropping him or the water being the wrong temp. Took like 20 minutes for a
My wife keeps saying he'll grow out of it but I'm exhausted. The second I put him down in the bassinet he loses his mind. I've tried warming up the mattress, white noise, everythin
We had to pull over on the highway, she was covered in poop, the seat was covered, I was covered. Changed her on the hood of my car in a Target parking lot. Learned my lesson about
Wife is breastfeeding and doing great but I feel useless. She's exhausted and I want to help but the baby only wants boob. My mom said try pumped milk in a bottle so I can take a f
We're on day 8 home from the hospital and my little guy is great at night (maybe 4-5 hour stretches) but during the day he's basically awake all the time. Is this normal? My wife i
My daughter is 6 weeks old and this morning she smiled at me. Actual real smile not just gas. Might sound stupid but it hit me different. Like okay this tiny person actually sees m
We're doing formula and I keep overthinking the amounts and timing. The pediatrician said follow the hunger cues but my baby seems hungry constantly and I'm paranoid I'm either not
My daughter is 4 months old and today I got her down for a nap without my wife's help and she actually stayed asleep. Probably sounds silly but man I felt like a superhero. All the
My son is 6 weeks old and I've read that he should be napping independently but literally the second I put him down he loses it. My wife is exhausted and we're both running on fume
My son is 2 weeks old and I just witnessed something I didn't think was possible. It was EVERYWHERE. In the diaper, on his clothes, on me, somehow on the wall. How do you even prev
Every time I bathe my daughter I'm convinced I'm going to accidentally push too hard on her fontanel and something terrible is going to happen. I know logically it's designed to pr
My 3 month old's sleep is all over the place. Some nights he'll sleep 5 hours straight, other nights he's up every hour. We've tried different schedules, white noise, dark room, ev
Got my son home from the hospital 5 days ago and I'm terrified to be alone with him. His head seems so fragile, he breathes weird sometimes and it freaks me out, and I'm convinced
My son is 3 weeks old and I feel like a complete failure sometimes. He cries, I don't know why. Is it hunger? Gas? Dirty diaper? And the sleep thing... we're barely sleeping. My wi