alive for the next four hours. Apparently the fact that said baby is technically my daughter should mean I take on this responsibility uncomplainingly.
I do not recall signing up for this sh*t :-(
alive for the next four hours. Apparently the fact that said baby is technically my daughter should mean I take on this responsibility uncomplainingly.
I do not recall signing up for this sh*t :-(
I go on parental leave in February. He's still a whiny little **** at the moment so i hope there's some progress in the next two months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
how old is he?Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
Just turned one. He's in that crawl/climbing phase and has a new bruise on his head at least once a week. Starting to get worried they think we're child abusers :-|Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Is this new / additional parental leave or did you just not bother when the kid was born?Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat Sverige
I am aware you Scandi types have very progressive ways of doing these things.
:hehe: As if encouraging fathers to stay at home with their baby is in any way "progressive".Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Saying that, I just managed to get mine to sleep, and as it screamed in my face I was only fleetingly tempted to stab it in the throat :competentdad:
Wait until you have to do a really messy nappy and get all of the crap out of her little lady bits :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Good noncing opportunity for the likes of you though M!
My eldest threw her teddy at a glass of milk I was holding for her, went all over me. I took one look at her and chucked the rest over her.......there was quite a lot more milk in the glass than I'd thought :-\ :baddad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Didn't bother when he was born. My girlfriend took 14 months and will save some days and i've got 60 days paid to use so i might spread them out over 4-6 months. I'll use three or four days a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
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Originally Posted by Monty92
Do you know this woman. It would be a bit disappointing if you did?
Oh, my daughter - who is now 18 and a really excellent person of whom I am enormously proud - did very well to survive the first few weeks of her life when her mother was taken back into hospital.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Had it not been for my mother turning up like the 7th Cavalry and letting me sleep, I'm not sure I'd have given much for her chances of survival.
Anyone who tells you men are built for nurturing or the care of infants is a ****ing idiot. FACT.
You signed up for it when you impregnated your girlfriend, Monty old bean. And if you hadn't realised that meant dealing with a screaming child then you were guilty of some seriously naive African parenting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
:hide: So if I told you that I never once became frustrated with my children when they were babies and was always patient and understanding with them, would you accuse me of being a liar or a freak of evolution? :rubchin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
For your information, I am actually part of the 1% of men in the UK to have taken up the Shared Parental Leave option and I also left full- time work to help with childcare.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella
The big lie is that it frees up mothers to do other things, when the reality is that they just sit on the sidelines worrying about what other mums will think of them palming their baby off on dad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Nice - and utterly irrelevant to my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monty92
Monty said at the time though that not too much parental (grand-parental?) support and guidance was available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
No, I'm the same. Except I mostly just ignored them and let their mother and her squad get on with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by World's End Stella