Just another bit, Baby Bunting has a really useful list of stuff you should buy in preparation. From what I saw (the missus did most of it), it was mainly the essentials…
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Happy Fathers Day fellas… hope you all got a 3 min sleep in and some mangled pancakes in bed
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My first one born Monday night at 1122 pm. Little girl 2.8kg. Don’t think I’ve ever been more tired in my life but loving it 
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Just in time for the three of you to watch the Chelsea v Liverpool match.
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Congrats!
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Volunteering to stay up with the baby during European football season is a win win.
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Congrats mate! Only some dads are lucky enough to have a daughter, and you’ll completely and irreversibly fall under her spell, and even as your place starts to increasingly resemble a creche.
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Cheers guys!
Gotta say, mixed experiences from the hospital but definitely an overall positive, if you take out the lack of sleep. Ended up staying in the hospital with my wife and nipping back home during the day for a quick nap. Baby came as via c-section which we expected as the little thing hadn’t turned at all (came out bum first). For any future dads, can definitely recommend staying purely for the bonding and educational experience you end up having with the little one and your partner.
Now the joys of being back home and trying to work out the sleep/cluster feeding. Have to say, we’re pretty lucky to be in a country like ours. The support is phenomenal, even just being able to call the breastfeeding hotline 24/7 for any questions, the early childhood clinics and even the bag of goodies from the NSW government.
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Awesome, congrats mate.
Don’t forget to be people every now and then as well. Not just parents.
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So looks like our little one is going to need a brace 
She’s got some hip dysplasia as she was in breech position. Not looking forward to getting it on as we’re having major issues with feeding. Wife under producing and baby is an extremely fussy eater. Goes from 0-100 in the space of 10 seconds when looking for food.
Had a poor experience at the pediatricians yesterday though. I wasn’t allowed in at all, even into the waiting room and had to wait in the car. In the space of 10 seconds, our little one stunk out the reception with a huge poo and decided to lose it as she wanted a feed as well. Wife had to deal with it herself, was in the appointment trying to feed/sooth our little one which barely worked, while trying to talk to the pediatrician. When she mentioned the feeding difficulties, pediatrician tells my wife to “cut her losses.” Probably one of the worst things you can say to a mother that really wants to breast feed and can’t…
The one and only time we saw a pediatrician was related to sleep. Doc spent half the consult on the phone to his receptionist, and then somehow came to the conclusion that my 6 month old son had inherited my allergies and we needed to treat him with Nasonex and a 3 month sleep trial ($$$$$$$$$$).
Very few parents get through without having atleast a handful of hectic challenges to deal with. Its often fucked and traumatic but know that you will inch your way through it to the other side (where more fucked/ challenging/ traumatic shit awaits). It’s totally mental but rewarding in a way that is unexplainable and life changing.
Have you looked at reflux?
That’s one of the more common causes for difficulty feeding.
we’re going to GP today for vaccination so we wanted to discuss with him. Problem is our little one was crying so much in the pediatrician appointment, we couldn’t really make much headway. Initially we thought reflux, but then she’s gaining weight like crazy. Born 2.8kg, down to 2.6kg after leaving hospital, but then she’s really picked up, 510g gain in just 10 days.
In any case, we’ll talk to the GP today and see if we can get in touch with someone else. More so as the previous pediatrician wanted to put the brace on straight away yesterday, but she didn’t give us any info in how we’re meant to deal with it etc.
They might be wanting to get the brace on quickly so it doesn’t eat into your little one’s crawling development.
Again, its different case to case but we found the midwives/ lactation consultants far more helpful than the GPs and the pediatrician. If weight gain is good and consistent with where it should be for age (I’m sure theres a chart in the blue book you can use as reference) then your wife is doing well.
My wife was constantly stressing that our youngest wasn’t getting enough on the breast, but he was just a lazy feeder and in hindsight probably had a bit of reflux. He was always perfectly on weight though at checkups.
That’s shit mate, I’m sorry that you guys have had to go through that.
I hope everything ends up alright for you both, and the little one.
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Amazing how good our GP was when we went for vaccinations. He definitely helped my wife to get her mind around breast feeding and being okay with bottle feeding. He was also surprised that the Pediatrician wanted to the brace as he would have thought a orthopedic specialist would be the correct option (he gave us a referral). Will be interesting to see what the specialist says. Even the GP said that, while waiting to see the next ultra sound for the brace, we should put an extra nappy or two on our little one. It’ll push her legs out itself and may help the problem. Really furious that the pediatrician didn’t suggest that at a single time. I’m questioning whether it’s a case of money as there’s multiple different types of braces based on how serious the hips are out.
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Very random one for the dads, but we went away for 2 weeks on holidays. My 3 month old daughter has one of those “bridge” toys that you lay them under with crap swinging down. She loved it before we left and would giggle like crazy when under, but now that we’ve come back, she’s absolutely terrified of it. Lay her under and she cried her eyes out. But then when I was holding her, she was giggling and watching. Anyone else experienced something like this?
Yeah man, they go through developmental leaps. What’s fun one day can be absolutely terrifying the next.
My almost 5 year old refuses to ride his new bike because it’s ‘too scary.’ Six months ago you couldn’t get him off it…
One of my good mates just had a baby so got Breastfeeding Association membership as a gift. Its a good gift if you’re out of ideas (scotch and vouchers are my only ideas).
and lets face it, who isn’t a fan of boobs, right?