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The Fathers Thread

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  • #2052
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,407 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    The best bit of advice to give an impending father is to get drunk, horribly drunk and regularly, because you don’t enjoy a night out for a long time once child arrives. You might go out, but knowing that the alarm clock can And will go off at 2am, 4am and 5:30am takes the enjoyment off any drinks your having on a night out.

    Ah that's not true. When I go on a night out Mrs deals with kids and when she goes I do it. We rarely go out together though.


  • #2053
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,617 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Ah that's not true. When I go on a night out Mrs deals with kids and when she goes I do it. We rarely go out together though.

    I presume the same hacker who took over a load of twitter accounts posted that.


  • #2054
    red_bairn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,343 ✭✭✭red_bairn


    There are some key things in these books: https://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/child-health/my-pregnancy-and-my-child-books.html

    But a lot of Seamus said is correct and most likely going to be the best advice you will get in here.

    What I did find was when I pulled my weight and did the cleaning.
    , cleaning bottles, washing clothes, cooking, etc the wife was much happier and when it came to bottle feeding we took our turns.

    There is a lot to learn and books nor other people might not have the advice because they might not have experienced it.


  • #2055
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    How are expectant fathers finding being treated by maternity hospitals? how are the wives/partners receptive to it all?


  • #2056
    sheriff2
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭sheriff2


    Cork Trucker wrote: »
    How are expectant fathers finding being treated by maternity hospitals? how are the wives/partners receptive to it all?

    My experience wasn't too bad, basically waited an hour in the car until my wife went into the delivery suite. Once baby came there was no rush, but as soon as wife went into ward I had to leave and could only visit for 2 hours during visiting time, so went and slept in the car again. They were quite strict about leaving as soon as the visiting time was up.

    My wife was really dreading having to go through alot of the labour, having to wait on her own to be assessed before the delivery suite was a nightmare but overall the experience wasn't as bad as we had built up in our heads


  • #2057
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,688 ✭✭✭This is it


    Reviving a pretty old thread but anyway, are father's entitled to paid leave to attend antenatal appointments? We've just found out we're expecting twins so there'll be more clinic and scan appointments than normal.



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