Advice For A First Time Father

JLova

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Don’t get offended when mom tells you that you are “doing it wrong” when it comes to the baby...


Us moms especially when it’s our first have a set of standards when it comes to dealing with our child...don’t take it personally ...she will relax eventually. :mjlol:

My mom basically tells us we doing everything wrong....shyt is ridiculous.
 

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I know, I know - the net isnt the place to be getting your life advice - but there are definitely people in here who drop some gems so why not check in.

My girl is due in May and we're having a girl. Any words of wisdom yall can share would be great.
Be a family man on some real shyt. Spend as much time with them as you can. Have patience with the baby, they don’t know anything and the care you provide her will carry her through life. Be nice to your woman and tell her you love her everyday. Please don’t ever cheat it’s not worth making your lady cry or shattering her world.

Don’t let anyone kiss your baby anywhere on her face or touch her face.

I cannot stress enough spending time with your family. Time is something you can never get back. Use it to create great memories.
 

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Fill your house with books:
Developing a love of reading is one of the best things a child can do for their future and overall is just good for their intelligence

Treat her and her mother well; she will subconsciously learn everything about romantic relationships from the two of you.
 

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i just had my son this past june. hes seven months now. i came into this completly blind with no child experience but my girl raised alot of her sibling and cousins and nephews. so she knows alot.

the most important thing is your the one whos guna be spending the most time with your seed so u know her 100% more than anybody.
so when people tell you advice or tell you should do this or that. dont beilieve it all the way. every baby is different. they have they own personality they guna like what they like. and certain things guna work and somenot. everybody wants to throw they 2 cents in because unoe they raised kids so automatically qualifies them to say bullshyt. my mothers generation did some fukked up things to they babys that we would never do with our son. but to them it was normal and all babys was raised that way.

if theres a ledge just assume they guna fall of it. i drop my son twice already cause i thought he couldnt move and i turned around to get something to change his diaper and he rolls of the couch. or i thought he was sleeping and i went to get something real quick and he woke up and fell of our bed. the first time i was terrified cause he passed out and woke up crying when i picked him up. he had a concussion but when we took him to the doctor they said his head didnt get out of shape so its fine.inoe in your head your guna be like i turned my back for 2 seconds how the fukk did he move so quick but they do.

aint nothing fun or magical about taking care of a baby. all those people saying its magical fairytale they are a hundred percent lying.

its normal to want to throw your baby sometimes cause they are so fussy and just keep screaming. but if you really feel like your about to hurt them pass them off to somebody for a hour or two and take a breather. even if you have to pay them just do it.

having a baby is guna expose you to all the trauma you had growing up and makes you relive it. and your negative qaulities is going to come out. like i had extreme anger and control issues. i used to get frustated and give up real easily with my son. and my shawty told me i was acting the same way i hated my mother for doing with me. so if this dont break you you guna become a better person. with doing deep breathing ive learned to control myself and not get so angry easily. the baby doing what he supposed to be doing and your supposed to adapt.
 

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My girl is due in May and we're having a girl.

Same :cheers:

I just hopped on the BuyBuyBaby presidents day sale and copped my full travel system.

Your insurance will cover a pump for the house.
FSA will cover a wireless pump she can wear under her shirt, to wear at work.

FSA also covered a wearable heart monitor. It slips on like a sock. Alarm goes off on your phone if her heart rate changes or drops.

Don't forget you have to add the new baby to your health insurance when she's born.

I felt more comfortable getting a baby monitor that wasn't wifi.

I still have a long way to go, dope thread btw.
 

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Same :cheers:

I just hopped on the BuyBuyBaby presidents day sale and copped my full travel system.

Your insurance will cover a pump for the house.
FSA will cover a wireless pump she can wear under her shirt, to wear at work.

FSA also covered a wearable heart monitor. It slips on like a sock. Alarm goes off on your phone if her heart rate changes or drops.

Don't forget you have to add the new baby to your health insurance when she's born.

I felt more comfortable getting a baby monitor that wasn't wifi.

I still have a long way to go, dope thread btw.
Congrats to you breh, appreciate the info
 

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If you plan on taking off from work take off around weeks 7-9. Do not take off work to stay home with your wife immediately after birth, it's a waste. All that baby is going to do is sleep and you won't be helping her at all. Around week 7 the baby actually stays up a bit and she will be begging for help so she can get some rest.
 
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