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What advice can parents give for parents with multiple kids? I have a beautiful 3.5 yo,2,and newborn. Love them all. They are amazing. I thought I was busy and sleep deprived with one child...three is a different story! :) I find it difficult to work 60 hours per week, take my kids to sports and then muster energy when they sleep to work on startup Advice?
There's lots of great advice here. I've got a 10-week old girl who I'm certain is the cutest, most wonderful little thing in the world. I'm assuming you're the dad (if you're the mom, I can't offer much). Stuff to think about right now : -Sleep deprivation starts early . Your wife is going to be uncomfortable as anything the last several months. She may toss and turn a lot at night. Plan accordingly. -If there is any…
True that and good advice. Communication is impossible with a new-born. The kid can have a new diaper, be well fed and recently repositioned into their favorite posture but still have an itch on their nose or have a gassy tummy. They can't fix themselves and you'll be absolutely unable to determine what's wrong. There will be screaming (hopefully just on the baby's part). Resist the urge to take this as a personal defeat or as an accusation on the baby's part.
Eventually the situation should subside. Run through the random fixes, offer what comfort you can and know that sometimes the baby's just going to cry.
Kids come first! Spouses second. Computers third. I'm sure you already figured that one out but I still have to remind myself periodically when I'm in to something interesting so I figured it wouldn't hurt to repeat it. Get up an hour or two before your kids do so you can get some work done when you're still fresh (assuming your kids don't get up at 6 am :) ).
You have kids, 'jacquesm?
There's lots of great advice here. I've got a 10-week old girl who I'm certain is the cutest, most wonderful little thing in the world. I'm assuming you're the dad (if you're the mom, I can't offer much). Stuff to think about right now : -Sleep deprivation starts early . Your wife is going to be uncomfortable as anything the last several months. She may toss and turn a lot at night. Plan accordingly. -If there is any…
One of the reasons babies get cranky is that they can't properly digest baby formula - breastfeed babies are healthier, smell better, have better immunity to disease, have on average higher IQs, etc.. Bottlefeeding correlates with higher incidences of cancer for both mother and child.
Also once baby is 6months I highly recommend both starting potty training and "baby sign".
The first 5/6 months for our two before we started putting them on the potty did wear a bit thin, I don't like changing crappy nappies ("doody diapers"?). When "proper food" comes in alongside breast milk then the stench of crap is really horrible. It's only really now (16mo) that our second is signing to use the potty and doing most of his crap in it.
Babies don't just like to be with you, they like it when you communicate with them, they like to share body warmth, they respond well to skin contact.
Get a sling. You don't need an expensive pushchair and you can carry the baby around and use both your hands. Babies sleep well in a sling when you're walking around the cadence of the motion is familiar from being in the uterus I think and they also share close contact and communication with you.
"Pacifiers" to me are one of the worst commonly accepted things to do to a child but I'll withhold most of my rant and just say that watch out for retarded speech and the potential side effects of plasticisers like BPA/pthalates which are endocrine disrupters and pretty nasty - I wouldn't want my kid sucking on a stick of that stuff.
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"Babies love white noise." A friend found out that static from a radio will do the trick.
White noise and soft lights are amazing. The trick is to find something that simulates being in the womb for the baby. I have one recommendation that you absolutely _must_ get. Best investment I've ever made: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Wonders-Soothe-Seahorse/d... You would not believe how much more sleep we got after picking up one of those. My daughter just turned one and we still use it every night and for…
Will you find it a problem when she's 7 and still "needs" it? If so get another one for spare before they're discontinued or perhaps start on the methadone now.
It is not a kid, it is relationship bomb. Focus on the relationship. (I heard it in some random YouTube video once, which just goes to show that good advice can be found in strange places)
As a parent of two (3yrs and 10mo) there is serious truth to this. I can only assume that the down votes are because of the flippant way it was phrased, but let me offer this to the new and prospective pappas out there: you will be tired, busy, and frustrated. If you don't step back and take care of momma you can quickly find your relationship spiraling out of control because you no longer prioritize yourself or your…
Don't have kids, no "hassle"!
As for (d) kids are your productivity, they're are what you've produced, they will be your lifes work. Don't sideline them, don't let nannies have all the fun.
In my experience the first 9 months are hard, there will be a limited time for hacking. Just accept this and spent time on your kid and spouse. Any work you will get done is a bonus. After 9 months your kid will get into a rhythm, sleep at night from 7 till 7 and take 2 two hour naps during the day. This will give you more time to start hacking again. After another 9 months your kids rhythm will change again. Still s…
Ha ha ha. Neither of our boys has ever slept for 12 hours AFAIR. I'll agree with the distinct changes in sleeping patterns though - usually within a week for us and it's all changed around, it seems to indicate a big change like teeth coming or growth spurt, etc. or follow one like walking or taking more regular food.
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Routine. Routine, routine, routine, routine. This. It took us 8 months to get it sorted but now our little boy just about begs to be put to bed and he sleeps 10 hours a night without a sound.
My experience 1 year into Fatherhood agrees with this. We put baby on a cyclic routine of Eat, Play, Sleep since about day 7. She was sleeping through the night at 8wks. Check out "On Becoming Babywise", Gary Ezzo. Like all the other papas here say, BE SENSITIVE TO YOUR WIFE. Be aware that as your wife breast feeds (if she does) her hormones are still rocking to a different beat every hour. Let complaints roll off yo…
Didn't your wife find that her breasts were painfully engorged by not feeding the baby all night?