new parents

Hey all, Just looking for some advice and wisdom. My 5yo stepson can have a real mean temper on him and frequently lashes out at his mother, recently he's discovered the easiest way to get his mother to leave him alone is if he boots her in the stomach. I was upset the first time, but over...

Not sure where else to ask this but I'm getting conflicting answers... State: N.C. I started a new job in May. I have accumulated 5 days paid time off. Wife and I had a baby 2 days ago. I haven't been to work since Tuesday. I'm on salary but don't get paid in full unless I make at least 40hrs...

Hi there. On December 31st I found out I was pregnant. I always have said babies are a blessing in disguise. Accidents or not. I thought I’d be thrill but I am absolutely gutted. I wasn’t even going to tell my husband it was positive because with our last pregnancy which was planned he cried...

Thanks Covid-19. I'm not allowed into my wife's first scan for our first baby. She's not even allowed to WhatsApp video me. So I'm just sitting in the car waiting. But they're giving us pictures for free, which is something I guess. Edit: I've just been told that I'm also unable to go to the...

As a graduate for 6months now, im so glad we didn't fell for the hype of setting up a nursery room before graduation. It was impractical especially the first 3 months. Baby will be crying every 2-3 hours and it's impractical to go back and forth between main bedroom and nursery room. Also...

Hi, FTM planning an unmedicated birth at birth center. I am looking for instagram pages, books, podcasts, general advice recommendations to share with my partner as we are approaching our due date. How did you support your partner during labor? What worked/didn’t? What is something you’d wish...

Edit: thanks to your shares and insights, I took action that helped : asking him how he is feeling, staying calm and listening, watching dad resources online (or reading about the subject) together. He revealed his ‘truth (feeling huge pressure put on himself due to our financial situation and...

Hi, new dad with c-section wife about 1-2 weeks in to baby life. Before the birth I told her I would handle all the night feedings because I wanted to get her prioritizing sleep to help with healing. So far, this has been the case - however I underestimated the c-section restrictions, she cant...

Hey there! I’ve posted quite a few on here. Hopefully this isn’t a bother since I’m a FTM and dealing with these things that haven’t been heard of.. (or have, but I never knew about these things) and hopefully it’ll bring some insight for those who are also curious or going through it or have...

Family makes inappropriate comments about my baby So my family has always had a sense of humor that hasn’t really matched mine, and have always made some (in my mind) inappropriate comments. For instance I’ve always been petite with a larger butt and when I was probably as early as 9 they would...

Things have stabilized enough for me to write this out, in case any of you find it helpful. Excuse the lack of formatting. I'm not on mobile, im just lazy. Bold stuff is the actual tips, the rest is detail you may or may not want. We were scheduled for induction at week 37. Initially it was...

I’m 3 weeks Pp. Incision is healed. However I’ve been having light twinges of pain in my abdomen area. Wondering if anyone else had this and it was normal or was it a sign of internal infection? Thanks

Our baby boy was born 10th percentile (6 lbs 3 oz) and would down more food (formula initially then breastmilk due to supply issues) than he was supposed to the first month of life. We assumed he was compensating for my possible IUGR. He increased in percentile, just not dramatically, and he’s...

Wife thought she was seeing signs of miscarriage yesterday at 7 weeks. Called advice nurse and she recommended going into ER. Luckily everything was good! Ultrasound was normal, saw a heartbeat and blood and urine came back with great hormone levels. It was 5 hours in the ER but worth it to know...

My 4 month old has her 4 month pediatrician appointment on Friday, and I’m already dreading the vaccines. When she received her shots at the 2 month appointment, she wailed like I’ve never seen her wail, and it automatically made me cry. I did my best to stay calm so I could calm her, but it...

Hey guys. My wife and I graduated yesterday with a healthy baby boy. My wife rocked labor and delivery. She went from 3cm, to 5cm, to 10cm in about 6 hours and it only took 2.5 pushes to see our boy. It was truly amazing. Thought I’d share a few things I’ve found helpful in the first 24 hours...

I see many different baby-packs that people wear... a lpicture feed can be seen here: Pack Pictures What I wanted to ask is if any of you have recommendations on whether one pack is "better" front pack, back pack, the tower pack etc :) Thanks!!

So she's technically a nurse practitioner but she told me that if my 6mo isn't sitting up on his own by 7 months he needs physical therapy. Isn't this a bit extreme? All the research I've found said they can sit up unassisted anywhere from 6-8 months. I'm considering switching, I just want to...

We're in the middle of week 38 and he's estimated to end up around 8 lbs. First child at 35! We're thrilled and I can't wait. It will be the best day of my life.

Don’t know if this is the right sub. Me and my girl been together for 7 years. For the last 2 years we decided against any type of contraceptives including pulling out. No sign of pregnancy the last two years I.e late periods etc. Now she’s pregnant. Why do I have this worm of a thought...