Is this parenting forum new? I stumbled upon it today, I really like the idea. It is so neat that people who have been members here for years and years are all starting to have kids, it’s a really weird online phenomenon.
Anyhow, I really look forward to reading a lot on this forum, I am unlike a lot of males, I am VERY active in raising our daughter. In the five months since she was born, I have spent at least 20-25 nights alone with her when my wife was working nights. I think I am very blessed to be able to spend so much time with her. I’m not saying this about people here, but most guys I know have never spent even one night alone with their child or even 8 hours in a row. My brother, for instance, has never taken care of their 17 month old daughter for more than 3-4 hours in row. My best buddy had NEVER been alone for eve 5 minutes with his son until he was 9 months old and even then it was for 30 minutes and he couldn’t handle it.
I really enjoy spending time with her and being an equal caregiver to her. I LOVE being able to tell my wife EXACTLY what will make the little one stop crying as in “she doesn’t like to be held that way” or “she’s tired, put her down in the swing for 5 minutes and she’ll be out like a light”, all this, much to my wife’s chagrin
Anyway, here’s to many years of parenting and for those of you trying to become parents, may God grant you righteous children.
Good for you aahmed. I have to say that my husband is also a great participant in taking care of the girls but me being a stay home mommy and all that, he doesn’t really have to cover for me as much as you do. However, he never sighs or makes faces if he has to help out when I’m not around. It’s a team, and great one.
Welcome to Parenting aahmed. Please do keep coming back and sharing with us.
Is this parenting forum new? I stumbled upon it today, I really like the idea. It is so neat that people who have been members here for years and years are all starting to have kids, it's a really weird online phenomenon.
Anyhow, I really look forward to reading a lot on this forum, I am unlike a lot of males, I am VERY active in raising our daughter. In the five months since she was born, I have spent at least 20-25 nights alone with her when my wife was working nights. I think I am very blessed to be able to spend so much time with her. I'm not saying this about people here, but most guys I know have never spent even one night alone with their child or even 8 hours in a row. My brother, for instance, has never taken care of their 17 month old daughter for more than 3-4 hours in row. My best buddy had NEVER been alone for eve 5 minutes with his son until he was 9 months old and even then it was for 30 minutes and he couldn't handle it.
I really enjoy spending time with her and being an equal caregiver to her. I LOVE being able to tell my wife EXACTLY what will make the little one stop crying as in "she doesn't like to be held that way" or "she's tired, put her down in the swing for 5 minutes and she'll be out like a light", all this, much to my wife's chagrin :D
Anyway, here's to many years of parenting and for those of you trying to become parents, may God grant you righteous children.
Aahmed - you remind me of my friend's hubby. This is his third child and his wife is in her 2nd year residency. He had never been alone with the other two for more than 3-4 hours and had never changed a diaper.
He is loving taking care of his daughter! He sings to her and takes care of her at ngiht. Also gives his wife a pointer or two :)
Enjoy your baby! they are so much fun at that age!
When my daughter was born, one of the old guppies told me that father and daughter relationship is very special. I understand what he meant now..I just can't explain it. My daughter is mostly a daddy's girl when I'm at home except those times when she is going through pain like in teething etc. then she runs to her mommy.
yeah i found this forum myself a few days ago and really like the idea.
My husband as well is a very participating parent and takes care of the kids pretty well. Although he doesnt spend too much time with them alone, he panics..lol… Whenever I go shopping or anywhere alone, after 1.5 hrs I am sure to get a phone call from him, asking “kidher ho? kitni dair hai? kids are doing fine, I just wanted to check how long will it take”…
Both of us take turns with our 2.5 yr old, who for some odd reason wakes up like 10 times at night.
He never said No to changing kid’s diapers, as a matter of fact I was really afraid to handle the first newborn, and I didnt touch the baby for the first week for changing diapers.. He was the one to do it, quite happily
"who for some odd reason wakes up like 10 times at night."
our 14 months old does that and sleep is a scarce commodity at our household at present..well, she's teething too so it goes with that obviously but when she is not teething she sometimes wakes up due to nightmares or just for water or wet diaper or just plain simple without any reason. I don't know if all kids do that but ours does it at least 4-5 times at night. On rare occasions when she does not wake up that many times we both feel quite fresh in the morning :D
^ Roman my daughter is out of teething game… Allah janay maslah kia hai she never did that when she was a baby, till the age of I guess 2 yrs. We had her record history of not waking up at night till I did her tareef infront of someone.. Woh din aur aaj ka din I never had a good night sleep :hinna:
sadaf, yesterday I bought a humidifier because I was feeling under the weather due to dryness for past few days. My daughter slept relatively better and didn't wake up for no reason. See if that's also the case with your daughter. I don't know where you live but if the weather can get really dry then that would definitely effect baby's sleep.
Good for you aahmed. I have to say that my husband is also a great participant in taking care of the girls but me being a stay home mommy and all that, he doesn’t really have to cover for me as much as you do. However, he never sighs or makes faces if he has to help out when I’m not around. It’s a team, and great one.
she never did that when she was a baby, till the age of I guess 2 yrs. We had her record history of not waking up at night till I did her tareef infront of someone.. Woh din aur aaj ka din I never had a good night sleep :hinna: