!dadworld@lemmy.world
A Lemmy alternative to "Daddit". A place where fathers can share their joys, difficulties and experiences of being a dad.
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!dadworld
@lemmy.worldHi Dads,
I made a post over in !fedigrow@lemm.ee about possibly consolidating the many dad groups down to just one (at least for now) to encourage activity.
The general consensus was that we focus discussion over at !fatherverse@midwest.social because, among some other reasons, it’s the only community that seems to have an active mod.
I hope you’ll join me in posting over there!
6 and 1.5 year olds.
Wife goes to work at 6.30am Alarm failed, family woke up at 740. Oldest has gum in hair from gum she snuck to bed. Youngest has pink eye. Missed bus, obviously. Getting youngest ready, oldest roller blades by in underwear. Oldest falls in silly putty, ruins underwear. Skip breakfast, rush outside. Oldest on tricycle, rushing down driveway. Bribe with doughnuts, all in the car now. Youngest gets motion sickness leaving driveway. Call pharmacy, they lost the prescription for eye cream. Buy 10 doughnut holes, oldest eats 8 of them while I'm cleaning up youngest. Saves two for us, lol. Go to wife, get gum cut from hair. Childcare calls. Where is youngest (with me). Don't forget the change bag! ( I did). Drop off of oldest done, only 1 hour late. Wish me luck with the rest dads.
We're at the hospital now and we can't wait to meet our little one. Mom's doing great after they placed the epidural. Excited to join the Dad crew with you all. :)
Hello everyone,
Randomly stumbled upon @orangeNgreen@lemmy.world's comment in another thread about the different dad communities:
!dadworld@lemmy.world: last post 10 days ago, previous one 1 month ago
!daddit@kbin.social: last post 2 weeks ago
!dads@feddit.uk: last post 2 days ago, previous one 8 days ago
!dadsonly@lemmy.world: last post 2 months ago
!dadsplain@lemmy.ca: last post 4 days ago, previous one 2 months ago
!dadvice@lemmy.world: last post 2 months ago
!fatherverse@midwest.social: last post 5 days ago, previous one 2 months ago
So I guess there are some conversations ongoing, but they are scattered all over the place.
Should we maybe discuss a potential consolidation?
Just want a simple jumper with maybe one of two toys in it. Looking for the circular type. Not the kind that is like a swing. Thanks!
What are your thoughts? It’s hot outside. Baby is gonna be shaded in the stroller or in the car. Is it okay for baby to just be in a diaper?
Our 2-year-old calls for me (dad) for almost everything. Nightmare in the night? Dad. Need to put on shoes? Dad? Need to be picked up? Dad. Mom tries to do something? No, dad!
I don’t mind this. And I know the phase will end, and I will miss it.
But it seems to be really hurting my wife. I think she also knows, deep down, that it’s just a phase and that it’s nothing she is doing wrong. But I can see in her eyes that she feels that our daughter loves her less than she loves me.
Any advice? Neither one of us wants to force our daughter to show affection to anyone. But any ideas how to make mom feel more included/wanted?
It's a big step forward...
My two year old stood up, looked at me, said “I love you dada,” and then gave me a big hug. That can turn even the worst of weeks around.
Heavy metal puked like 6 times, drank some water and cooled down some. Felt better about 5 minutes later, so I went out and finished my yard and did my neighbor's.
Feeling 100% fine now. Sometimes you just have to get the evil out.