• entropicshart@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      17 days ago

      Wishing y’all the best! The most worrying and exciting time. Even 11 years and 4 boys later, I still cannot describe with words the feeling of their first breath, cry, and holding them.

      Pretty big contrast to now, when they run off yelling at you for taking away screen time; all because they couldn’t control their emotions and/or choice of words.

      • Mkengine@feddit.de
        3·
        16 days ago

        Thank you, right now I am not even thinking about afterwards as I have to finish my PhD. beforehand so that I can spend most of me free time with my child. And until then I have to care for our horse it seems. My wife isn’t allowed to ride anymore And in the last two months I will probably be there every day to muck out the box, feed him and do some ground work with him. After all, we now have a riding partner (is that the right word for someone who pays us money so she can use the horse some days?) so I only have to come 5 days a week. So it’s all very stressful at the moment, but I’m really looking forward to it :)

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 days ago

    I’m here. The weekly posts are probably a good idea to signal to people who haven’t yet subscribed that we are here but I just haven’t had anything to really contribute. When someone has a post I feel like I can contribute too I usually do.

  • okasen@slrpnk.net
    3·
    16 days ago

    I would love a general/weekly discussion post! Currently 8 months pregnant with my first, so I’ll take any chance to connect with other parents once she is here.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
    2·
    17 days ago

    I’m here. Have been wondering about a place to post the stuff my youngest has been saying lately, they are at the perfect age.

    Questions like “Dad, how do giraffes draw pictures?”

    And statements like “I’m going to get married. To myself. Because I want to”.

    When my eldest was about that age I got “Dad, why do we only have one sun?” and so I had to explain orbital dynamics to a preschooler.

  • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    17 days ago

    Lemmy parents seem to be a more put-together, less drama-seeking set than those from that other /Parenting space. At least on the instances yours or mine are federated with. 🤷

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    1·
    17 days ago

    Yep, I’m here. My nine-year-old is writing a wizard spellbook while the seven-, four-, and two-year-old play outside. Let’s do a weekly discussion post, sounds fun.

  • theinfamousj@parenti.shEnglish
    1·
    17 days ago

    I’m still a parent and I’m a lurker. Weekly discussions sound okay.

    My news: We have entered toddler territory.