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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:07 PM Author: Yellow hell twinkling uncleanness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276439) |
Date: October 15th, 2021 12:09 PM Author: fuchsia property karate Use bottles when kid is hungry. Not necessarily formula, but don't buy the nipple confusion dogma.
Aim to get kid sleeping solo in crib by 6-8 weeks. It'll still wake up half way through night, but feed in room and put them back down.
You're going to be tired. |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:11 PM Author: motley tan station haunted graveyard Flame. Bottles means you’ll be expected to do feedings too. My kids hated rubber nipples and never took to them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276461) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:28 PM Author: fuchsia property karate My wife did almost all nights but for new moms breast feeding can be a disaster. I actually like doing the feeding sometimes. It's nice and chill in the room, baby guzzling down milk and we both doze off. Almost miss it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276577) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:36 PM Author: laughsome house cuck I know a guy whose kid still slept in their bed at like 7. You NEED to not let that happen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276625) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:40 PM Author: fuchsia property karate When I hear these stories I immediately think that couple has zero sex. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276640) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 2:41 PM Author: fuchsia property karate Just think, for most of human history that's how it worked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43282000) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:33 PM Author: Rough-skinned Office Famous Landscape Painting A real man sacrifices for his family. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276614) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:12 AM Author: Know-it-all Crackhouse Mental Disorder Things that dont happen in Russia without someone going out of a very tall window head first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281027) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:35 PM Author: Rough-skinned Office Famous Landscape Painting Just follow your wife's lead. You are there to provide support and stability. Her mind is going in a dozen different places at any given moment. Don't expect her to be rational.
Get used to random-ass feeding times. Just accept the fact that your kid will SCREAM AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS at 2:30 a.m. Check to see if they need a diaper change, if that doesn't make them happy, then go make a bottle. You should be able to put the baby back down within 15 min of them waking up. |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 6:48 PM Author: Yellow hell twinkling uncleanness ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278603) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:39 PM Author: Copper nighttime university sneaky criminal There are only like 5 things that infants cry over. Go down the list and deal with each one and you’ll solve it. Babies aren’t complicated it’s just hard to deal with on no sleep
1. Hungry 2. Cold/hot 3. Ate too much/constipated 4. Tired - just learn its favorite way to rock it to sleep 5. Poo
Get family help if you can it’s invaluable
Good luck brother |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:42 PM Author: adventurous brunch titcr. You can even differentiate the cries for each. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276656) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:46 PM Author: Rough-skinned Office Famous Landscape Painting tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276682) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 6:48 PM Author: Yellow hell twinkling uncleanness ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278607) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:23 PM Author: Arrogant contagious gaming laptop how do you deal with #3? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278790) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 9:37 PM Author: Copper nighttime university sneaky criminal burp/wait for vomit
if constipated, not much you can do, but you can stick something up its butt (no homo) to stimulate pooping. there is also laxative type stuff they can take. ask your ped |
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:23 PM Author: flesh razzmatazz whorehouse organic girlfriend Just wiping them slowly and gently but repeatedly every few seconds can help. It reflexively causes them to push without inserting a thermometer or anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43287768) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:45 PM Author: Hairraiser Internet-worthy Selfie Baby sleeps in the crib. Baby does not sleep in your bed.
Make sure that there is nothing in the crib other than the baby when the baby sleeps there.
If you or your wife is worried that the baby will flip over and suffocate, there are actually mattresses out there that allow the baby to breathe through the mattress (they're porous).
You will be exhausted for years, and the same goes for your wife. Congratulations!
EDIT - more stuff I thought of:
People buy all kinds of shit that babies don't need and get worried about shit that doesn't matter. We have a diaper warmer. We have never used it, and our babies don't care. We have all kinds of fancy diaper changing equipment. That's all fine, but lately I just do diaper changes on the floor (on top of a mat). It's been completely fine.
Start reading to your baby as soon as it becomes clear that the baby kind of understands what's going on. Obviously, the baby will not understand WTF a book is immediately, but even getting the baby used to the idea is great. Reading stories to your children when they're small is 180, and you will get there.
Some people get really hung up on feeding the baby formula for some reason. It's certainly fine to feed the baby formula once in a while. Some babies are entirely formula-fed, and they all turn out fine.
Don't compare your baby to other people's babies. Children develop at remarkably different rates and acquire different skills at different times. Our first dotter started walking really late. Oh well. She runs around everywhere now and is no different from any other child her age. |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:45 PM Author: motley tan station haunted graveyard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276679) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 6:47 PM Author: Yellow hell twinkling uncleanness ty ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278599) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:05 PM Author: Apoplectic Erotic Clown Psychic agreed except I think SIDs might be blamed on things in the crib when that is not the real issue (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278708) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:31 PM Author: Multi-colored thirsty black woman pocket flask SIDS is 100% murders, period. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278822) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:35 PM Author: Hairraiser Internet-worthy Selfie Maybe. In any case, there is no need to have anything lying around in the baby's crib in the first place. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278839) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:28 AM Author: 180 stock car Regarding reading to them, can I read shit I'm interested in out loud like news articles or non fiction books, or does it have to be baby books? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281072) |
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:08 PM Author: Hairraiser Internet-worthy Selfie Any talking you do to your baby is great. However, the goal is to get them to start reading baby books with you, so reading baby books is probably better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43287690) |
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:28 PM Author: flesh razzmatazz whorehouse organic girlfriend Things like diaper warmers if anything end up doing more harm than good. You want to be careful about gettin baby used to something you won't always have. Travel without a diaper warmer and now you have a fussy baby who's used to it and hates the "cold" wipes. I kind of felt the same way about a pacifier. It sucked not having one (no pun intended) but we never had to wean them off it either.
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:31 PM Author: Hairraiser Internet-worthy Selfie Oh yeah, pacifiers. That's another one. No pacifiers.
Our friends have a 2-year-old who wakes everyone up at least once a night because she lost her pacifier. Fuck that shit. |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:51 PM Author: adventurous brunch Utilize family help when you can. Live close to parents if you can. Get a good division of labor established between you and the wife early on. You can't sleep train right now (too early) but do it when you can (like six months in). Learn to get sleep when you can. It's actually a really fun experience and not bad at all. I was surprised at how little sleep I really needed to function and how much time we were wasting each day doing nothing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276713) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 6:47 PM Author: Yellow hell twinkling uncleanness ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278602) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 2:56 PM Author: Hyperventilating public bath water buffalo "how much time we were wasting each day doing nothing."
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:56 PM Author: unhinged forum never take advice from parents of an only child. whatever they did right just happened to work for that particular kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276737) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 12:59 PM Author: anal ratface Make wife breastfeed as long as possible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43276746) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 6:48 PM Author: Hideous Out-of-control Address Leave this place and never come back. Be a good father and husband. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278611) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:15 PM Author: excitant boiling water ape Try to get to know the other dads, get a good rapport (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278764) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:17 PM Author: maroon locale legend just dig in with the tenacity of a first year associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278772) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:18 PM Author: Galvanic learning disabled knife My bouncer things to sit them in so you don't need to hold him 24/7. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278776) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:37 PM Author: Hairraiser Internet-worthy Selfie Just know that some babies HATE specific types of bouncers and LOVE others, while some babies hate ALL bouncers. And some babies just DGAF and bounce there happily whenever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278843) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:20 PM Author: Territorial exciting base What the other dudes mentioned about having the kid sleep in their crib early on is extremely credited. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278780) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:21 PM Author: maroon locale legend on a serious note, read to your baby a ton, starting from a young age. did this with my kids and they are super bright compared to the kids of the parents we know who were lazy about this type of shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278782) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:38 PM Author: maroon locale legend (lazy dad with retarded kids) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43278848) |
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:20 PM Author: flesh razzmatazz whorehouse organic girlfriend This. I know parents who have screens on all the time and kid doesn't even have the patience for a board book. Severely limited screens when they're little is crucial. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43287754) |
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Date: October 15th, 2021 7:42 PM Author: Frum Plaza To add to the first post, not only use bottles, but if the kid is cranky, try using formula - especially after 3 months. These breast feeding chicks will tell you its awful, etc, but women today don't produce enough breast milk a lot of the time - so just keeping the kid well fed will do wonders. You can buy a Baby Breeza which is like a formula Keurig and is awesome to just have the bottle automatically made for you and at the perfect temp at 3 am.
After like 2 months the baby should be on a schedule (maybe even earlier). YOu don't have to live your life to it like some parents do, but the baby will do much better if its like "okay at 10 am it wakes up, 10-11 someone holds it, 11-12 it chills on its own, then 12:30 it gets 6 oz and goes back to bed." Basically your goal is tire the kid out when he wakes up, then get it to drink a huge bottle of formula and fall asleep in a food coma - then repeat that 6 times a day. The worst thing you can do is just feed it a little bit every hour or so.
Also, it isn't for everyone, but eventually my wife and I found that we work better with a strict schedule. She has the kid from 1-4, then I have 4-7, then she has 7-10, then I have 10-5 am, then she has 5 am to 10 am, etc. It's much better than either arguing about it or even worse both of you doing it all the time. |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:13 AM Author: Know-it-all Crackhouse Mental Disorder Breast feeding + formula is the way to go anyway. They need to get accustomed to eating the processed food crap that they will be eating for most of their lives anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281030) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:17 AM Author: Nudist Scourge Upon The Earth Roommate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281048) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:09 AM Author: vibrant school Buy puppy pads and lay on top of changing table, couch, car seat or wherever you change the babby. If piss or shit gets on the puppy pad you just throw it away. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281023) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:13 AM Author: Know-it-all Crackhouse Mental Disorder I am currently doing this. Solid advice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281033) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:44 AM Author: vibrant school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43281126) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 10:12 AM Author: vibrant school After five months or so you want baby to take two naps. An hour nap in the morning and two hours in afternoon. No napping past 3pm.
Don’t feed right before naps or it will create a bad habit.
Our daughter napped from 9-10 and 1-3. |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 2:57 PM Author: Pea-brained puppy Use formula. Mix enough each night for the next day. Get adapters so everything can go in your dishwasher and run it each night. Lastly, but most important, put your kid in nighttime diapers ( pampers baby dry ) all the time. It will take them longer to feel wet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43282066) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 4:12 PM Author: motley tan station haunted graveyard Formula sucks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43282388) |
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Date: October 17th, 2021 8:29 PM Author: flesh razzmatazz whorehouse organic girlfriend lol formula should be only when needed and breastmilk should be priority. She can always pump exclusively if you want to do all bottles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43287815) |
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Date: October 16th, 2021 3:07 PM Author: vivacious affirmative action round eye Not a dadmo but my friends who are good about what they eat have significantly healthier looking babydoods than the babydoods of parents who eat tons of processed crap, vegetable oils, fast food, soda/sugar, etc. Probably doesn't matter if you don't breastfeed, but you probably should. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4942740&forum_id=2#43282096) |
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