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We drove 6 hours to visit my parents in Portland with our 7 month old daughter yesterday. Sounded like a good idea in theory. Reality: she screamed for literally 2.5 hours straigh
This might sound dumb but I used to just stand there while my wife talked to the pediatrician. Today at the 2-month checkup I actually asked questions about the vaccine schedule an
My boy is 6 months old today. Honestly for the first few months I felt like I was just... helping. Like my wife was the real parent and I was assisting. But somewhere around month
So I'm trying to figure out if I'm being an idiot or if my priorities are just different now. Got offered a job as a senior manager that pays like $30k more but it's mostly on-site
Took 3 months off when my daughter was born and honestly it was the hardest and best thing I've done. First two weeks I felt like a zombie and questioned every decision. But then s
This might be a weird question but I'm trying to figure out if what we're going through is normal. My wife and I had our son 9 weeks ago. Before baby, we were pretty affectionate,
We were doing great. Then boom - 4 month sleep regression hit like a truck 2 weeks ago. Our daughter went from sleeping 6-hour stretches to waking up every 2 hours. I've read it's
Just wanted to mention since I wasted like $30 before figuring this out. My 3-month-old is 14lbs and the size 2s from Huggies are literally sliding off her like she's wearing clown
Our son is 3 days old and the hospital asked about circumcision. We're not religious and honestly I (uncircumcised) just never thought about it. Wife's unsure too. We keep saying w
Bought this thing for like $300 thinking it would give me peace of mind. False. Constantly getting false alarms, the app disconnects randomly, and tbh the strap is uncomfortable fo
So I posted like a month ago about being terrified to leave our 4-month-old with my parents overnight for the first time. We did it last weekend and honestly? It was fine. Not bori
My MIL keeps pushing us to get one of those Owlet smart socks that monitors your baby's oxygen levels and heart rate. Seems like it could be useful but also seems like the kind of
Considering dropping the money on this since everyone raves about it. Currently using a cheap wrap from Target and it's... not great if I'm being honest. We live in Portland so we
Long story short: blowout diaper in the parking lot, forgot the diaper bag in the car, tried to improvise with napkins and a grocery bag. My 2-month-old screamed the whole way back
Don't @ me. I love my kids (5 months and 3 years) but being at work for 8 hours where I only had to think about one thing at a time felt incredible. I got to drink my coffee hot. I
Not trying to be weird about this but it's been 4 months since our baby was born and we haven't had sex since before pregnancy. My wife says she's just not interested and I get it
Been reading a lot lately about safe sleep and the whole "babies must sleep alone" thing. I get the SIDS statistics but I also know literally every culture throughout history has h
My son was doing pretty well with a 7pm bedtime and sleeping til 5am, then up for the day. Now for the past week he's been going down at like 9pm and still waking at 5am but also w
I don't even know if I should be posting this but I'm kind of shocked at what my partner has been through the past 6 weeks. Like I knew pregnancy and birth would be hard but watchi
Considering buying this for our second kid coming in a few months. With our first (now 2) we had insane anxiety about SIDS and barely slept ourselves. Did it help ease your mind or