new parents

Ok so I am 4 months PP and have been genuinely wondering if anyone else feels the same. I am still recovering from giving birth (low blood pressure, anemia, hormone imbalances etc.), & l am doing everything to feel as good as possible and taking needed supplements. The thing is; it feels like...

My wife was pregnant with our second child. We had seen a beating heart at 8 weeks, so we were rather confident already. She was at 9+6 on Tuesday when she began spotting a little bit. She had never done that with our first so obviously, she got a little scared. She slept on it and in the...

I have submitted a couple of these since my boy was born and I hope they were helpful. Here is what I wasn't told about with months 3-6. Teething sucks. Just when you got your sleep routine down and your little one sleeps through a couple of nights here and there BOOM teething. He's back to...

So 7 weeks ago tomorrow my first child (a little girl) was born, we didn't know the gender until birth. Birth story is here but I'm at work (still mad about that) and don't feel like working that much so when I am at my desk I will field all questions honestly CAUTION though I have a sailor's...

My 14 week old (born full term, exclusively breast-fed) and I have a trip planned to visit a friend in Charlotte this weekend, staying 4 days. Last Tuesday, my friend's 7 month old developed a low grade fever with a wet cough and congestion. The fever only lasted a few hours, but she's had...

Hey dudes. Thanks for the good vibes over the last 9 months - this subreddit has been a treasure trove for me. Graduated yesterday and wife and baby girl are doing well, even after my wife nearly fainted moving from L&D to postpartum. Passing on the good vibes!

Future dads are often stressed. And once the happy event has come, parenting young children is often exhausting and stressful. I experienced it! To cope with stress, music and meditation can be helpful. So I created "Pure ambient", a tasty mix of beatless ambient electronic music that helps me...

Posted this as a comment in my bump group but figured I’d ask here too. Our c-section is scheduled in 3 days and I’m struggling to wrap my mind around this.. Can anyone who’s done shifts with their partner with a newborn give me an idea of schedules/how it worked? If I’m breastfeeding &...

2.5 week old daughter and if she’s not sleeping, she’s crying. Even when she breastfeeds she frequently whines and stirs around and pulls away over and over. Won’t take a bottle, won’t take a pacifier, doesn’t like when I sit down but also doesn’t love when I’m standing. Sort of likes a swaddle...

I asked and was approved by the mods to post this survey request. TL;DR I'm building a website (never to be put online) at University where part of the class is to do User Research. I want to ask for 5 minutes of your time to fill out this survey for my research...

I love to Google and research and find out everything I can like a lot of you but I am getting so frustrated by the mainstream (United States) saying don’t rock your baby to sleep, don’t nurse your baby to sleep, don’t soothe, etc. How in the flying eff are people putting their babies to bed if...

Choosing a baby monitor isn’t easy. There are so many features that sound useful. I'll run through what I found out about them here. What is a Baby Monitor? A baby monitor is a gadget that allows you to keep an eye on your baby when they’re sleeping (or supposed to be sleeping). The intention...

EDIT: Someone commented on here that /r/daddit_new was created, but it got downvoted. I'm assuming it was mods in support of the protest from that mod sub but figured I'd add it to the top of this post. Has some posts already. I really missed that community over the last couple days. So many...

I’m in a privileged spot where I’ve accumulated a lot of vacation and have a great paternity leave policy through work. Our daughter is due in May, and my wife will be on leave until October. I was planning to use 3 weeks vacation time after birth. Then go back to work full time until my...

My baby boy has been sick since his first 3 days at daycare last week. He has been vomiting once a day since Friday, didn’t last night. (although Friday was twice a day). No fever, has seemed happy, tonight he vomited again so I checked his temp. 100.8. Gave him Tylenol, he gagged, vomited...

Thought I would update with a slightly different perspective than what I seem to see here and on r/daddit. Let me preface by saying that I love my son and would do anything for him, there is no question of that. I am fortunate enough to have had almost the entire 6 weeks off through parental...

We thought we would have 2 or 3 nurses on rotation taking care of us, but instead we've had about 7 different people so far, which seems to be most of the staff. (Who have been AMAZING, BTW) We'd like to show our appreciation by way of a gift of some sort. A L&D nurse friend said they're...

So wife and I had sex yesterday. She is 9 weeks along. This evening she had pinkish to light red discharge. She has been very upset. I’m anxious. Planning on calling the OB in the morning. Any experience or information relevant to this subject? Edit1: we have an appt with the OB later...

I am in a very lucky position where I have an employer that offers 6 weeks of paid leave and is flexible with my return date. This leave can be used throughout the first year after birth. I am thinking about taking 8 weeks of total leave as soon as the baby is born. A nice round 2 months. Then...

Hello, I am hoping to receive some advice. I am shopping for a house for my family of three. Our LO is a baby and we plan to have a few more. We found a wonderful home — good schools, good neighborhood, right price, and right size. Come to find out that the next door neighbor is a registered sex...