Very Tired People - A Thread For Parents

My kid is only in preschool so far, and that is year round, but I would love to have this schedule when he's in Kinder +. If nothing else it would be great to be able to take vacations outside of summer. Also I hear from teachers that so much of the first couple months of each grade is review, so retention is a big selling point.

I would have one more. I said this age was my cut-off, but I would probably still consider it. Although it is nice to be young enough to do things now that I missed out on because I had Logan when I was just a kid myself.

We’re living through the same thing. This plays out daily for us. Our youngest is 3 and finishing potty training. Every time she’s done she yells her heart out and punctuates every word: “CAN. YOU. WIPE. MY. BUUUUUUUUUUUTT!!!”

It gets better. The twins are 7 and one wipes on his own with no problem. The other is a secret pooper and does it when no one is watching. He doesn’t flush, either. Inevitably, I go to one of the bathrooms and in a true “GOTCHA” moment I find a present he’s left the next person. He also doesn’t wipe nor ask for help.

Jokes on him though. I make him bathe every day until he does one or the other. He hates taking a bath as it cuts into train time.

I do have one though so I’m batting .500 so far. Not enough for an award but I’m not getting cut either.

True story that I shared with Rummy 500 a few days ago. 

Also, fml

Congrats to you guys. I’m sure you’ve figured this out but nap when the baby does. It’s one of the few ways you’ll keep your sanity.

I remember the first week or two being the hardest since it totally changes your life — your sleep, your focus, your priorities. Definitely agree with feeling overwhelmed and terrified. But you get into something of a rhythm and your confidence will grow. Once your sleep normalizes (or you get used to sleeping less), that helps a lot.

My only advice is all the cliches you’ve ever heard about parenting are basically true. It’s tedious and boring, but also exhilarating and awe-inspiring, sometimes all in the breadth of a couple of minutes.

Above all, it’s exhausting and we’re all very tired. It’s also essentially the greatest thing you’ll ever do. Congratulations! It really is the best.

Heading to Florida to celebrate my son's 4th birthday. I can't believe how quickly he grows, this time his grandparents are joining us. They'll be happy to be able to celebrate with him since they missed the last two.

OK, n00b question: Anyone have any tips for getting a baby to sleep better in a bassinet? We really don't want to co-sleep, but it's getting pretty bad in terms of her not lasting more than, say, 30 minutes in there without freakiong out.

I realize we're still in the "CIA torture-level sleep deprivation" phase of the whole thing, so we might just need to ride it out, but if anyone knows any silver bullets on this front, I'm all ears. Thanks, y'all.

Nope. Kyle lived on my tits. It was the worst. He would eat just enough to fall asleep but when you went to move him he would wake up cry and want to eat more. THREE MONTHS! I gave up on breast feeding at that point and the bottle with a little cereal he was out. He also only really slept in the swing, while it was swinging. 

Best of luck!

Yeah, we had a pack and play in our room for a good long while. It was a lot easier since the kids' bedrooms were on a different floor, especially for the one doing the breast feeding.

I tell Kyle he's not allowed until after I'm 50, he's 23.

My middle school best friend got pregnant at 13 and was a grandma at 35, a full year before I had my son. WILD.

First-time dad at 46.

Vaccines tomorrow. It’s so weird having the conversation with the doctors about this, because you can tell how much resistance they typically get by how they instantly start in on a sell of why it’s important. My wife and I just try to cut them off as gently as possible to let them know they don’t have to do that.