Parenting

[EdH]

@Oaktavia said in Parenting:

I know nothing but early to mid days at this point. It has been really fun and quite the learning experience.

Pro-tip: go to parenting classes near you if you can. It's not for the information necessarily, which can all be found online. It's to get access to a ready-made, local network of other parents who will be going through the same first-baby thing at the same time as you. Mrs H said that the best thing about it was having a WhatsApp group set up afterwards where if she was up feeding the baby at 3am she knew there was a good chance that at least one of the other new mums would be in the same situation, and they could keep one another sane.

[Oaktavia]

@EdH Oh yes, our classes start next month at the Women's Clinic with a group of parents in our birthing group. We are going to miss the first one because Amanda will be in California but should be able to make the others.

[SKT]

@EdH congratulations to you and your wife. 2 is a whole new ballgame!

[Brian]

Congratulations @EdH

Although I would have thought the stop after 1 and just buy a bigger TV rule would have come into action

[endo]

@EdH congratulations! Parenthood only really begins with the second child.

[EdH]

Thanks @SKT @Brian and @endo. I understand that the effort levels required rise exponentially rather than proportionately.

@Brian Luckily, we got a bigger telly in the post-Xmas sales this year, so me and my PlayStation are all set on that front!

[goosehd]

@EdH Our first one was easy and I thought that parents were exaggerating about their experiences…our second one damn near broke us.

I love them both and things have gotten progressively easier…although the oldest is now a teen (whole new list of things) and the other one will be in a few years.

Not going to lie though, I love being a dad (most days).

[motojobobo]

Congratulations @EdH ! Look forward to your new-baby pics.

[Nocturama]

@EdH - congrats man!

Re your Pro Tip, mine and my wife’s social lives revolve almost exclusively around the people we met at the parenting/baby group, and our eldest is now 22yo!

However, be very careful if the partners meet up for coffee every week. All 6 of the ladies in our friendship group got pregnant with their second child within the same 12-month period!! Apparently they discuss things…‍️

[EdH]

@Nocturama said in Parenting:

got pregnant with their second child within the same 12-month period!!

Would've been the same in our case, but for the fact that we had some difficulties. Little Miss H is the eldest among our parenting group, but Baby H II is also going to be the youngest!

[GraemeE]

[Oaktavia]

@GraemeE I can't wait to do nice, flat nature walks like this