Sure can be hard sometimes.

4-week old little girl sleeps alllll day and is up alllllll night.

2 year old son is being..... well.... a 2 year old.

And the wife is still going through the oh-so-pleasant post-pregnancy horomonal changes.

Plus, I don't have the time to go enjoy a nice cigar in this 20 degree weather. And I'm out of Woodford Reserve anyway.

Bah humbug!!

^... got DNA?

:-)

Ok, so if you have another adult there--in bad mood or not--and don't have to do it alone or lay down all day with someone gnawing and sucking your nipples off, then quit your crying--they'll grow out of it soon enough and your 2-year is free entertainment.

j/k sorry, just look at it as training in patience for later

Patience is not one of my better virtues. Never had it and I don't believe I'll ever get it.

I've got plenty of thick skin however, which is why your post didn't upset me. Is someone, somewhere suffering a worse time than me? Absolutely. I don't need sympathy from you or anyone else on here, but I felt like I needed to vent for a brief moment.

2 yr. age is definitely tough, but will prepare you for when the other one goes through it. Think of it as fatherhood boot camp for a while; make it through this and you can make it through anything, and it prepares you to be a good dad. It gets better, all downhill from here once they get a little older.

We had our daughter, our first, and my mother in law was watching her during the day, she would let her sleep all day. Then she would give her back, and my daughter would keep my wife and I up all night. Finally we were so dead(after a week of no sleep), that my wife caught our house on fire boiling bottles, we ended staying up all night, and got my daughter back on regular sleep schedule. Moral of the story is, don't let them sleep all day, unless you can drop them with the in-laws at night.

4. I know. You do need to vent. I was just kidding you. When I would complain, I had some friends who were all too ready to remind me that at least I didn't have twins or 5 kids under 5 or some crazy stuff like that. I hated it when they did that, but it kept me humble. Hope you get some rest soon. Being sleep deprived is a little tough on the patience. Take care.

Sorry, can't relate. After just two weeks, our two started sleeping through the night. And they have been a wonderful joy all through. Sure, they've had their moments, but we have been fabulously blessed.

I will pray for you and your wife, though.

Blessings,

neo

tbro,

The best thing about 2 year olds is that they eventually turn into 4, 5, and 6 year year olds.

Remember the misery of the sub 3 year old. You should really write some of the things down that currently make you nuts.

They are great conversation topics for you and the kid when they turn five. And if the story is told well, you'll both laugh.

As for the younger one........ good luck. The first 48 months of fatherhood was pure misery for me.

I spoke with your superiors. They said they just can't look the other way, since you beat that suspect with a ride-along witness and a camera both watching. Wimps are concerned about liability.

However,I'll still handle the aggravated assault trial for you. All we need to do is get a bunch of parents with 2 year olds on the stand, then argue diminished capacity. You'll walk on a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity defense, spend a month in a hospital "relaxing", then we'll sue to get your job back, arguing handicapped discrimination. Should all take 6, 8 months tops. Given juries, 2 year olds and civil service rules, I don't see how we can lose any of this. Besides, with that perp convalescing in jail, crime has been down 10% in Boiling Springs.

tbrochin, I feel for ya brother. You're where I was 5 months ago (i.e. I now have a 6 month old and a 3 year old). It's gotten a little better with each passing week, but those early days are just brutal.

Hang in there and if you totally lose it, try to make sure there are no witnesses and your alibi is rock solid.

ScottHar

I always heard people talk about the "terrible two's." We had our first child, and when two came around it wasn't as bad as I thought...tough at times, but not what I'd call "terrible two's." Then he turned three...AAAAAAAARRRRR! Should be the "terrible three's." When we had our 2nd child it was the same thing. Well, he didn't sleep as well as our first, but the two's weren't too horrible...but then he turned three....AAAAARRRRR! #1 son was sleeping through the night pretty much at about 4-6 months IIR. I don't think #2 son was sleeping through the night until he was about 5 1/2 years old. However, he's turned into our best sleeper. #1 son would sleep good, but at around 7 or so he went through many phases of "I had a bad dream," and would get out of bed 1, 2, or 3 times a night for a few days straight. #3 child, a daughter, well there's a bigger age gap so she acts like she's an only child (the princess). Her two's weren't so "terrible," but she's done a pretty good job of spreading it out over her two's and three's. LOL

I'm like you, tbro. Patience is NOT one of my better qualities. If I had to explain my level of patience it would be sort like this....I start out with a 1/4 tank of patience when I get up in the morning, and by the time I leave the house I'm running on fumes to carry me through the day (an area I could use a lot of work and prayer on).

I would highly recommend a book my wife lived by, starting with our first child, called Baby Wise. It's a good book to read in trying to establish a good sleep routine to get your baby to sleep through the night. I think it really worked, but it can kind of suck at times because it can interfere with other plans when your out and about and need to put your child down for either a nap or for bedtime. We would always put our kids to bed by about 7:30ish which was great since it left plenty of downtime for me and my wife. Our daughter typically still goes to bed around 7:30, but our boys typically go to bed by 8:30 on school nights...still leaving a decent amount of time in the evening for me and the wife to unwind. As far as the book Baby Wise goes, I don't think my wife even read it cover to cover or followed it specifically to the letter, but she read enough of it and applied most of the steps that it helped out quite a bit (your mileage may vary). She borrowed it from a friend, and later passed it along to other people with seemingly good results.

I feel for you man. It's why babies are for for the young. Just about the time you think you can't take another minute they will start sleeping.

Our two year old grandchild had her birthday party this afternoon. It was great listenting to her scream at the top of her lungs,

"Nooooo I don't want to open presents and quit singing Happy Birthday!!!!!!

You should have seen the 2 foot anti-Christ getting baptized a few weeks ago. My wife and I strangely giggle and are horrified at the same time.

To all you parents, thanks for reminding me why I never had kids. Man, ten minutes into it, I'd be on a combo suicide/homicide watch. I really don't know how you all do it. And here I though my dad was a saint just for putting up with 50 years of my mother's bull****. They had three boys, all about 15-18 months apart, and then a girl nearly five years after the last boy.

At least I know now why they try to drive their kids insane. They aren't losing their minds. They're trying to make sure us kids lose ours.

re 14

It's very easy once you realize you are here to get the next generation going. Trust me you get attached to them, even when they are pistols. As much trouble and sacrifice as they were I would never wish anything different*.

*(Well except for a few episodes in the teenage years, but let's not scare tbrochin such talk.)

....wait 'till they turn 16. Then you'll know what Hell really is....

Sounds like you need bombed.

Yep, my oldest drives me to drinking every night...lol!

Years from now, when you look back, you will smile.

rober, check out this thread:

http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/forum/forum.cfm?action=list&forumID=1&messageDisplay=0000000269042