For expecting and first-year dads. No question is too basic.
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Been a dad for 6 weeks now and honestly I still feel like I'm just going through the motions. I love my daughter but I don't feel that overwhelming connection everyone talks about.
My 3 week old son screams the second we put him down in the bassinet. I've tried everything - white noise, warming up the mattress, waiting until he's in deep sleep. Nothing works.
My son is 2 weeks old and I haven't slept more than 2 hours straight in days. Wife is breastfeeding so I'm trying to help everywhere else but I'm running on fumes. When does this g
Had my first solo morning with the baby while my wife slept in. Changed what I thought was a normal diaper and somehow got poop up the back, in my shirt, and across the changing ta
Our 4 month old is combo fed and we're getting mixed info on bottles. Currently using 8oz bottles but she seems hungry after. Should we move to 9oz? Do we need different shaped bot
I know it probably wasn't a real smile and more of a gas thing but my 6 week old looked right at me and smiled. Nothing has made me feel this way before. Told my wife and she alrea
My wife is determined to exclusively breast feed which is great but I feel kind of useless at night. She's doing all the feedings and I'm just sitting there. I've been changing dia
We're on night 4 with our daughter and I genuinely don't know what day it is. My wife and I are trying to trade off but honestly neither of us is getting more than an hour straight
Our son is finally here and I love him so much it's almost scary. But I'm seriously paranoid about everything. His head feels weird when I hold him, his breathing sounds different
My son is 6 weeks old and so far I feel like a diaper changing robot. He doesn't do anything except eat, sleep, and poop. My wife keeps talking about how special the bond is but ho
We just got home 2 hours ago and our newborn is screaming. We've changed him, fed him, burped him, checked his temp, swaddled him. Nothing works. My wife is exhausted and crying. I
Week 3 with my daughter and I honestly can't remember the last time I slept more than 45 minutes straight. I fell asleep standing up in the shower yesterday. My boss asked why I'm
Our daughter is 3 weeks old and we're doing bottle feeding. We keep seeing different temps recommended online. Some say room temp, some say warm. What are you guys actually doing?
Our son is 2 days old and every time I change his diaper or pick him up I feel like I'm made of glass. His head wobbles and I panic. His neck seems so fragile. I know logically bab
Our baby is 2 months old and my wife has been dealing with some dark thoughts and postpartum anxiety. I'm trying to be supportive and handle more of the night stuff but I'm also ex
People warned me but experiencing it is something else. I've been up for like 36 hours straight. My wife and I are taking shifts but even when it's technically my sleep time I just
My son is 6 weeks old and today he actually smiled at me. Not a gas smile, a real smile because he saw my face. I've been waiting for this moment since he was born and it just made
We're at 4 weeks and our boy is still on like a 2-3 hour feeding schedule around the clock. I keep reading about babies who sleep 5-6 hour stretches but I'm starting to think those
That's it. That's the post. Why didn't anyone warn me about what newborn poop looks like. It's YELLOW and SEEDY and comes out of nowhere at maximum velocity. I got absolutely cover
Not in a gross way, I'm past that. Just... sometimes I'm changing my 1-month-old son and I'm like, how did I go from being this person who lived for myself to being completely resp