My favorite pic so far of my 2 week old daughter, lol.
I love this photo. It's real. Pretty much everyone else would only take a pic of their happy smiling baby. Especially on Facebook. We need more pics of meltdowns.
My favorite pic so far of my 2 week old daughter, lol.
I love this photo. It's real. Pretty much everyone else would only take a pic of their happy smiling baby. Especially on Facebook. We need more pics of meltdowns.
7 month old said Mama for the first time, when asking for my wife to come get her. I didn't think it would be as big a deal as it felt like.
Witnessing conscious communication form after months of wrestled comprehension of only primal vocalizations was awe-inspiring. She cried, of course. I think I was just giggling for a while.
7 month old said Mama for the first time, when asking for my wife to come get her. I didn't think it would be as big a deal as it felt like.
Witnessing conscious communication form after months of wrestled comprehension of only primal vocalizations was awe-inspiring. She cried, of course. I think I was just giggling for a while.
Communication is where the real fun begins. It's amazing how fast it developers and how they're always saying something new that catches you off guard. It's really amazing to see what's going on inside their mind at such a young age.
The whole development thing truly is amazing to bear witness to. It's one thing to hear about how awesome it is, but it's really a different thing to live it.
I guess that goes with parenting in general.
Our daughter is 14 months now, and not really speaking, besides mama baba and a couple of other noises, but it's so clear she is understanding what we are saying.
It can change pretty quick and hopefully it does because it's pretty interesting to know what they're thinking about at such a young age and see how they can comprehend things. My girl at 1 year was saying about 8 to 10 words. 6 months later, she was up to 120 words. By two years it was over 500 words. Her speech just changes so fast. It's hasn't even been 3 months since she turned two, and it's so different than when she turned two. It's not so much about the vocabulary now but how she puts words together and the concepts she grasps to utilize that vocabulary. Seriously, it's amazing what a 1 year old understands and hearing her talk to show that window of understanding is just so insightful if not awe inspiring. The amazing thing is we all went through this and none of us remembers going through it. This is a way at understanding what we went through and I find it fascinating.
In a moment of quiet right now.
Just pondering life. Having a child is so amazing. It's like nothing else in the world matters as much any more. Worries and concerns seem so insignificant next to what feels infinitely more important.
It's like that feeling of nihilism or cosmic insignificance, but in a totally positive, warm way.
Hug your kid and be the best damn parent ever, parent-GAF.
How do you guys gauge what kind of developmental activities you should be doing that challenge your kid while still entertaining her? My daughter is 8 months now and I have no idea if I should get her some kind of blocks, show her flash cards, roll a ball...
I know there's a danger in obsessing over enrichment, but as a coach and a believer in the excitement of learning, I'd like to provide her with stimulation.
Just put of curiosity, what do you guys think about the appropriate age to pierce ears?
Mostly daughters, I guess.
My wife doesn't have pierced ears and I'm guessing we won't do it to our daughter until a she's old enough to decide she wants to herself.
I've seen some pretty young babies with pierced ears. Is it easier to do when young or something?
Hello all, congrats on new babies/coming-soon-babies!
My wife's in the 2nd trimester. We're expecting a late January birth. Kinda getting over the initial "oh shit" freak-out and settling more into an, "ok, this is intense but we can do this" phase.
So this is the main new parents thread?
Pretty much.
I'm going to drop my favourite advice -
I've been on a weeklong kick where I just can't do anything while in the presence of my 8 month old because she's too beautiful. I just want to smush her and kiss her and hug her all the time.
I'm in "I can't even" mode whenever I see her.
Looks like we might have #2 on the way. Ultrasound is tomorrow... scared and crossing fingers.
Anyone here get into some heated debates over baby names with the wife ?
She's reading far too much into recent trends of picking unique names and I feel like I am fighting for my kid to have something resembling a normal name. I am trying to be open minded and all but some are just too weird for me.
Apparently us guys are supposed to just agree with whatever she chooses ?????
Apparently us guys are supposed to just agree with whatever she chooses ?????
Our son was born last Saturday, after 13 hours of labour. She did it with gas only, really proud of her Boy had some water in his lungs and therefore lack of oxygen so he has been in ER since birth. I almost fainted when they took him to the ER pretty soon after birth. They don't F around with that stuff, it's fast and efficient when they move the baby and of course looks very worrisome. They gave him extra oxygen for two days. Doctors say he's fine although his "infection ratio" (sorry for bad english, don't know the exact term) jumped a bit high and he's on antibiotics. Feels fucking horrible. No words to describe, even though I know it isn't bad compared to stories I've heard and witnessed.
Anyway, here's my son, about 1 hour old. Sorry for the shitty mobile quality, camera's still in the hospital. His hand looks huge in this shot
Just put of curiosity, what do you guys think about the appropriate age to pierce ears?
Mostly daughters, I guess.
Never.
When she's old enough, she can choose to get it done herself.
Never.
When she's old enough, she can choose to get it done herself.
Looks like we might have #2 on the way. Ultrasound is tomorrow... scared and crossing fingers.
Welcome to the twin club. Mine are almost three months old. It's been really tough work but its been rewarding.So Tuesday night this happened...
Twin girls. Little sisters to a 3.5yr old big brother!
Twin girls. Little sisters to a 3.5yr old big brother!
So Tuesday night this happened...
Twin girls. Little sisters to a 3.5yr old big brother!
Welcome to the twin club. Mine are almost three months old. It's been really tough work but its been rewarding.