How the hell do you cope? Baby Shrimp is now just over 3 weeks old and I am exhausted :(

 

I lose whole evenings just trying many ways of calming him, interrupted by feeds and nappy changes. Some nights he's ok and we can actually warm food and do non-baby stuff for interrupted patches.

 

The Mrs is exhausted and she has to have him all day.

 

Would love to hear tips on coping with the stress and frustration and finance issues :)

 

Oh and heres a related poll ;)

 

Cheers

 

Pete

Go out, get pissed, spend money on the Z.

Sorted :D

LOL You have the easy bit TRUST ME!

 

When they are that age they are so easy to look after,you wait until baby shrimp reaches 2 years old and then the fun will start.

 

Or even worse a brother or a sister to fight with,I tell thee these last summer holidays have done my ****in head in,however I would not change it for the world;)

Pete,

 

Like Iain says, now seems hard but its the easy bit. At least they cant move yet. Thats when the fun starts as everything has to be moved out of kids reach. My lad (nearly 2 years old now, did his first Billing when less than 1!!!!) has taken to dragging chairs and boxes and stuff to whatever he wants and climbing up on them. We caught him (just in time thank god) on the work surface opening an upper cupboard this week!!!

 

The sleeping doesnt get much easier though, despite going to bed at 8 our lad thinks its great to get up at 5.30am!!! Still its all worth it and I wouldnt be without him at all.

 

Nick

:cool:

4 in total (2 of each) all under 10

:)

ive watched my friends kid grow up from being born, shes a single parent and works, and the kids 2 in november, and he can be a right moody sod sometimes, but have to agree with mac the early stages are the easy bits

Look at it this way Pete, with kids nowerdays staying at home longer due to house prices, you only have another 29 years and 49 weeks to go till he moves out :D

Thanks people :) Sleeping 8pm - 5.30am sounds bliss lol

 

Last night:

 

6-6.45pm bottle feed

6.45 - 8.15pm wont settle, screaming on and off, only quiet when I took him for a walk

8.15 - 10 watch tv/dvd (Groundhog Day lol :D ) a few interruptions of crying

10-10.30pm feed

10.30 - 12 try to go to bed, he wont settle, end up sitting in the dark the whole time trying to settle him

12 - 1.30ish sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep

1.30am waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... feed

Another hour to settle....

5am feed followed by sleep til I have to get up for work

 

You get the picture... :( Some nights are better, some are worse

 

I know everyone says it gets worse but I'm someone whpo likes a full nights sleep... at least with 6-8hours kip you can function enough to pull a toddler away from snapping your CD loader off lol

Oh I remember those kinda nights!!!!

 

Next time Pete, keep em on the breast (not yours obviously before some smart ass quips!) and then it'll always be the missus getting up not you!!!!

 

Nick

:cool:

It's ok to scratch yours *****cks when the kids very small and still in nappies, but you have to be careful when they get to talking age. I inadvertantly said something about my '*****cks' and for some reason he liked the sound of it and it has become part of his vocabulary. So, trying to 'repair the damage' I explained the anatomically correct terminology, and now he refers to it as his 'scraper'.

 

Being a teacher, the kids tell you a few things you probably don't want to know (primary kids), the teacher in the next class was told how 'my daddy's willie looks like a mushroom.' So I am dreading the day my kid starts talking about his *****cks in front of granny.

 

So there you go. Don't scratch your *****cks in front of your kids. Ever.

:rofl: @ Rich I'll remember that :D What age do you teach? Mrs Shrimp teaches Year 1, nice kids, before they turn into abusive "I know my rights!" hooligans hehe

mugs game -your life = No2 position now ...........

Timely advice there Nelson ;)

unless they turn out to have nice personalities - then I guess it's payback time !!

QUOTE]Would love to hear tips on coping with the stress and frustration and finance issues

 

to be a little more constructive i would say kids get more expensive as they get older, girls are harder to buy for, boys are fussier eaters, when you've had 2 you might as well have 10 (as you live to the youngest one's needs) if they aint sleeping try stuffing them with food (dont bother sticking to the amounts on the baby milk boxes just give as much as they want) a full baby will sleep through most things even a wet/dirty nappy but a hungry one will probably cry off to sleep but then be up before you know it...as to finances...get in touch if you want a chat...i wont lend you anything mind...but all debts, bills and demands can be adjusted...i should know seeing as im a debt adjuster/advisor...:)

They require training. Mines already used to spanners and can fetch keys and bits for me. Id get him to fetch the beer outta the fridge but he aint tall enough to reach yet. The time will come!!!!

 

Nick

:cool:

:rofl: @ Rich I'll remember that :D What age do you teach? Mrs Shrimp teaches Year 1, nice kids, before they turn into abusive "I know my rights!" hooligans hehe

 

You can't even hit them these days either. I find it best to burn the soles of their feet with a hot crack pipe.

My youngest is just over 3 years old am am just starting to get a full nights sleep :rolleyes: DAD can I have a drink (every night at 2am).

 

Last year I went out into the back garden for no more than 3 mins,and when I get back I find felt tip pen marks all around the hall walls and doors,as the oldest one left them out in her bedroom.

 

So I had spend the rest of the afternoon painting,she is ok now never done it since thank fook.

1 daughter - shes 15 now.

 

now thats aggro!! :cry:

I make sure I drink and smoke phat bags of crack on a regular basis so that there is no way on this planet I could be firing live rounds! ;) Oh and standing in front of a 910 Seawolf tracker without taking out a Radhaz when I was in the Gravy will have sorted me out proper I would've thought. No baby Turbos for me! Just Rotties!

first they NEED you, then they want to DISOWN you, then they take your MONEY :rofl:

first they NEED you, then they want to DISOWN you, then they take your MONEY :rofl:

 

 

You talking about the Mrs? :rofl:

I think he's talking about your zed Mac :D

Enjoy the first year mate, it's definitely the easiest. OK, you've got the sleepless nights, the huge expense of nappies/milk/wipes/baby accessories etc, but at the end of the day, he's 100% reliant upon you, no independence to do any mischief or to challenge anything you do or say. Once the toddler stage starts, that's when the "fun" really begins.....

i usually have about 4 or 5 kids a year.........i know they like to think they are adults but 16yr old girls are still kids and easy prey for the toolmeister

4 in total

 

1 Girl - 3 yrs old with me & the missus

 

2 Boys - 7 & 10 yrs old up in Scotland with Ex

 

1 boy - 7 yr old with nutcase ex longstory wont let me see him out of spite because I dumped her :(