I'm new here! Help!

Dadwith2
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LOL. Seriously though I've got 2. A 4ry old and a 3 month old. I've been home with them for, well since the 3mnth was born and for about 3 mnths before that with my 4yr old. I got laid off and my wife works. I took some time off while my wife was pregnant and to help take care of the newborn.  I'll admit it was really easy with just the 4yr old for those few months. Almost too easy. Now that the newborn is here it's kind of hard. Actually sometimes it gets really challenging. I'm going to start looking for a job stat in IT but it's a really tough market so I don't know how long it will take to find one. That frustrates me as well. Also my wife has challenges at work that also make me feel bad for her.

Lately I've just been TAXED! HELP! I feel I need to vent. I sometimes feel like I guess useless although I know I'm not. But to a lot of ignorant or uneducated people or basically people who don't have kids they don't see it that way. I give a lot of credit to guys who stick it out and take care of the kids and I will say that until now I really didn't appreciate as much as I should have. All the stay at home parents deserve a big shout out! It's tough.

 

Ahh that feels better. Now I guess I cruise around this forum and start venting about the day to day stuff. Like I wish my 3 month old would stop puking like every single time I feed her. LOL.




Toddt160
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Hang in there!

The puking will stop! My son was born Preemee and could not eat anything without puking. It will pass. Pack away everything non-washable. It's cool you have a four year old who can be drafted to help. Now, If I could just get my 3 year to understand that poop goes in the potty not, well, you get it...



Peer200x
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check this

Hey there, my wife is a pediatrician and I just asked her about ur situation.  I am sure you have a M.D. on hand, but just in-case:

is the child vomiting via projectile and shooting, or is it just dribbling out of the mouth.

is the vomit have any green or red in it?

Is the baby maintaining weight?

Is the baby excessively fussy?

 



Dadwith2
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Thanx. Guys. Regarding the

Thanx. Guys.

Regarding the vomiting.

It's not projectile. Its not green or red. She is gaining weight and she isn't really fussy at all. Heck she sleeps through the night since 2.5 months!

It's always a "dribble" but more like a flow right on my shirt(s). I swear I've got like a dozen of them. Sometimes I think we feed her too much because it seems she likes to eat a lot. LOL. I've just started giving her rice cereal and she loves it so hopefully it'll get better. Our first daughter would projectile and we think it was Acide reflux so we switched her to Enfamil AR. Worked like a charm. Not with the new one though.

I'll get through it...

Look forward to more conversations with you guys. Cheers.

I'm actually shirless right now typing this as she just got me again. Hilarious.



Dafe
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its funny, though

Even puke can be kinda funny in retrospect. Keep your chin up (and your mouth closed, ha!) and I imagine you'll be fine. In 15 years, you can whip out her baby-puke stories with her first date!



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