The Parenting Thread • Page 178

Yo yo. I’ve definitely been a little bored the past week but I usually just end up reading haha

 

Does home office count? I'm also bored lol

 

Lucky you. When I work from home I almost always have the tv on lol. Unfortunately I am not remote today. Reading anything good?

 

Totally does

 

I just finished 2 novellas this weekend so haven’t started anything new yet. I’ve been really into this horror novella series, they’ve all been decent to good:

 

been reading the myth of normal and screwtape letters. about to start the candy house, a sequel to a visit from the goon squad.

 

Oh nice, this seems right up my alley. I am making my way through all of the Grady Hendrix books. Just finished The Final Girl Support Group and will start How to Sell a Haunted House some time this week.

 

I’ve read most of his recent output except for the one that came out this year. I didn’t really like Final Girl Support Group but the others have been mostly fine.

 

That's fair, wasn't my favorite either but I didn't dislike it. My least favorite was Horrorstor but I did enjoy the physical book itself. Cool concept.

 

I'm placing a pickup order at Walmart, anyone need anything?

 

I think How To Sell A Haunted House works better and is probably my favorite of his that I’ve read

 

I'm all out of pickles

 

Dill or sweet? Spears, chips, or whole?

Actually I won't be getting sweet pickles for anyone. Those are gross. Dill all the way.

 

As are bread and butter pickles. Why anyone eats anything other that dill is beyond me

 

Sweet pickles are a strong hiccup remedy

But yeah dill tastes much better obviously

 

I'm pretty sure the last time I posted in this thread I had one kid, and now I have two who are three (as of this past weekend) and five now. I'm too lazy to check though.

 

New parent here (daughter will be 8 weeks on Saturday). My paternity leave ends this weekend and I go back to my teaching job on Monday.

Not looking forward to it all. It’s been such a wonderful and crazy experience figuring this all out with my wife. I’m sad I won’t get to spend all day with daughter. I’m sad my wife will have to take on even more responsibilities while I’m working. I can’t fathom how even more tired I’ll be lol. And I’m honestly worried about finding time to workout/time to myself/keep up my mental health.

silver lining? We have spring break in a week and then only 10 weeks until summer.

 

Stay optimistic! Congrats!

 

You definitely will have downtime where you and your wife will do things you enjoy. Like working out, arts, dining together etc. I also had that thought but now two kids deep we still have time for ourselves and to spend with each other. When the kiddos go down tonight I think we’re gonna start Split Fiction on the PS5. We also still watch shows together sometimes on the weekends when they nap. Also I’ll watch them when she wants to work out and vise versa.

 

Appreciate the kind words and optimism!

 

It's not selfish to carve out some 'me' time - whether that's working out, exercising, locking yourself in a room to unwind or whatever. Having newborns and young kids is super stressful and overwhelming. It's absolutely crucial you and your wife both find time for yourselves as individuals - and as a couple.

 

Yeah for sure. And we have been so far. That’s something we talked about before kids and I think we’ll do a great job of supporting each other with. She’s super supportive of me going to the gym or talking our dog on a solo walk. And I’ve been enjoying solo time with my daughter while she goes to the store, gets a message, hangs with her sister, etc.

I guess I’m just more worried about finding the time. Because work is exhausting and then doing all the life stuff I just am worried about actually carving out the time to do self care stuff while still tending to my daughter and wife. But we’ll see how being back at work goes. We have a great thing going so I’m sure it’ll all work out! I appreciate everyone reaching out.

 

One of those days where my kids are making me want to slam my head into a wall lol

 

13 days until my wife and I go on our first trip without kids since 2019. Pretty excited about it - especially now that our kids are older and we won't be worrying about leaving them as much as the last time we were away without them for an extended time.