It really annoys me how the vast majority of games are being played so late (7:45pm). Impossible to take the 3 year old and i’ve been itching to take her for a year now
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I dont like complaining too much about this as I had 10 years of loving evening games with pre and post pub action without overly concerning myself with families and of course you can’t please everyone- but YES - there are only 2 games at 5.30 one being 23 Dec which is always a tiring period anyway. I reckon 7.45pm kick off is even a stretch for my 7 year old but he at least interested in going.
Anway, not much that we can do about it - parenting has put a real halt on how many games i get to and I was looking forward to sharing the experience of game 1 with the young one.
The 7:45 kick-off was tough. We didn’t get home until around 11pm as we caught PT and he was utterly knackered the next day which of course has a knock-on effect that you have to deal with. We had someone on a hen’s night spew next to us on the light rail so he really did get a glimpse of Sydney night life.
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I will be driving in from the Sth West, so its 45mins+ each way as well so would certainly be a late night - though guaranteed that he would fall asleep on the way home.
On a similar note of the feralaness that comes after late nights, made the unwise decision to allow both to stay up late for their grandmothers birthday party - boy we paid for that for almost a week lol!
We’re now a family of four! My wife gave birth to a baby boy last week, making our 2.5 year old a very proud big brother. The newborn phase feels easier this time, although I had a pretty rough night last night with him not settling much at all. I’m on a few weeks of paternity leave, so no complaints.
We had always planned to have two kids, and I feel a sense of fulfilment and relief now. It might sound strange, but with our first I always had in the back of my mind that I’d be going through the whole experience a second time which at times was a bit overwhelming. I feel more settled now and can just appreciate each moment and enjoy the ride.
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Congratulations!
Brace yourself for the realisation that nothing you learnt in the course of raising your first will prepare you for raising your second!
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Yeah, I’ve accepted that fate!
Congrats! We had a similar experience. Definitely easier with the newborn, but it gets hard juggling the two kids together! 
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Wait until you get an unplanned third arrive!
Or an unexpected third, that turns out to be twins. Not me, but a mate is dealing with it. Twins sound hard enough as is…
Two weeks to due date for our second. Very excited, but will be happy if this is the last
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Weirdly enough, it’s harder and easier.
My cousin had one, went for a second and got triplets! 1 into 4. Mayhem.
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So my oldest is now at the stage that she doesn’t want me to go to work. Needs about 10 cuddles before I can even get to the door, then doesn’t let me open the door (game for her) and then cries when I’m leaving. God its heartbreaking
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Yeah this is never any fun - though, my oldest now rings me from mum’s phone while I am driving to talk which is really nice - until the point where he needs to get ready for school but won’t.
I have discovered, and I am not the first no doubt with this discovery - but there is ALWAYS something - they dont want you to go to work, they dont want to go to school, they don’t want you to pick them up from school, they dont like mum, they dont like dad, they love chicken nuggets - until they don’t, they love Bluey and then they don’t, they want to wear only red to school when there is only green in their closet…
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We went through the same thing and in hindsight I wish we hadnt been as accomodating, especially with our eldest who is way more demanding than his brother. So hard though when youre in the moment though.
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Our eldest is much more demanding than our second - I’ve got to think that it is the eldest had 3 years of 100% attention - the second has never had that so just thinks that amount of attention is normal.
Our hindsight is 20/20 parenting was not being very disciplined around sleeping or bedtime… had a shocking few weeks with this, but it easily can just be that bloody day light savings switch
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We’re lucky on the toilet training though. Were trying for months to get the oldest to start, but it never worked out and wouldn’t stick. A month ago she decided to just go for it and it’s worked out really well. Generally dry nappies now when we go out, happy to sit on any toilets and really small number of accidents, but even then, they’ve generally been on the way to the potty, just a bit too late.
My eldest went from nappies to toilet and no accidents in one week - but we didn’t push him to do it until we noticed he was ready - our youngest, we let go for ages with nappies, he was the last in his child care class in them, and then when we decided he didnt want nappies anymore - it was just accident after accident - kids amazingly just do things so different… realised how ‘lucky’ we were with the eldest after experiencing the second’s toilet training efforts lol
how old is she?
Just turned 3. It actually started a few weeks ago when I did a fairly long trip to Melbourne (just under a week)
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