Stay home Daddy!!!

[Xavier]

Hello everyone...

I'm a first time Dad...

Before Xavier was born we both agreed that we would share the
parental leave. My wife would stay home the first four months,
and I would stay the following five. It made allot of sense financially
and I liked the idea of taking a break and staying home to do some renovations.
(ok this is the part were you can start laughing)

I've been home 3 months now... I've only achieved 10% of the work
I had set out to do. My wife encourages me by saying that taking care of
our son is the work that I stayed home to do.
However it seems that with the holidays past and the cold
winter settled in, I'm beginning to find it difficult.
I've become more irritable and my patience is wearing thin.

My son is almost 7 months old...
(I don't like the how many weeks thing... I'm a guy)
He is a good boy. He sleeps well at night and usually only cries
when there is something really wrong.
However he is teething and the constant whining is wearing me down.

I found this forum... read some entries and found it very interesting.

My hopes are just to find some help and encouragement in this most important task of taking care of my son.

Thank you in advance...

Xavier

 

[Serene123]

Welcome to the site. Teething doesn't last forever but it is horrible and frustrating to see

 

[xXhayleyXx]

Welcome along. Hope u find us a usefull bunch. As Toria has said teething wont last forever and will get easier in time x

 

[nataliecn]

Welcome to BnB!

 

[lynz]

welcome to baby and bump

 

[Nikkinoonoo]

welcome to bnb! xXx

 

[Chris77]

Hi Welcome to BnB!

 

[leeanne]

Welcome to BnB!

 

[Pyrrhic]

welcome to BnB Theres a private blokes section too - I think they do manly bonding or something in there

 

[Vickie]

Welcome!

 

[becky77]

welcpme to bnb it is tiring and frustrating , but it does get better, if he has a blanket he cuddles , try wetting the end and putting it in the freezer for an hour it used to help my twins as they sucked it and chewd on it, i would recommend supervision though.
good luck hang in there sounds like your both doing a great job.

x

 

[princess_bump]

welcome to bnb x

 

[doctordeesmrs]

Welcome to BnB

 

[Xavier]

Here's my my son... I think he's pretty darn cute.

 

[chocolatecat]

Welcome! He's extremely cute!!! Congrats.

My hubbie was also asking me if there was a boy's section on here. We don't have kids yet but we're trying (hard!) and he'd like to able to chat about how he feels once in a while (probably not as obsessively as me!) We're thinking he'll stay at home too depending on circumstances (I earn more). He works shifts now so will be left alone with the baby for a fair bit while I'm at work anyway.

I hope you find the help and friends you're looking for xx
PS good luck with the teething!