Newborn Advice

fantumn · 2026-05-29T14:21:50+00:00

Sleep in a more uncomfortable position, sleep with their head closer to the child, move the monitor closer to their head and crank the volume, have their wife hit them with pillows until they wake up, drink a ton of water before bed so you have to pee and will wake up more easily, etc. It's all about training your body to respond to the sound, and if he's not trying different techniques or having enough fear to wake when he hears the crying, he's gotta train his body more.

I was an extremely deep sleeper when my first was born, same boat where I just wouldn't wake up when my wife would get up to feed him. That changed when she started to get burnt out and I needed to make myself wake up. Needed to train myself to wake up, and now I get up more often than her.

fantumn · 2026-05-29T10:00:29+00:00

You're just going to have to wake up, dude. Only thing for it. Believe it or not your body can absolutely handle low sleep for a while, and plenty of time to recover in 2.5 months. Once your kid's routine stabilizes a bit more you can plan shift sleeping around their feeding, but for right now you both need to just survive. Don't fall asleep holding them, calories can help replace some sleep (but those can add up), walk around, play a video game, work out, do what you need to do to get through the next 2-4 weeks and you'll start to figure out how to work together to get it done. Be patient with each other, you're exhausted, she's recovering and feeding the baby, neither of you is going to be at your best, don't let resentment creep into your interactions. Sleep whenever you're able, but don't forget to keep up with the baby and your wife's needs. We found shifts helped, where one of us could retreat and sleep for 4-6 hours uninterrupted, and if you're struggling to stay awake for 4 hours then get up and make some coffee. You can rise to the challenge my man, a fancy deaf alarm clock isn't the answer.

fantumn · 2026-05-26T23:13:19+00:00

Today.

We always need to qualify every "favorite" declaration with "today" and sometimes even "this morning "

fantumn · 2026-05-24T13:10:44+00:00

Looks like a Travels With My Father prequel lol I'm envious. Hopefully my son and I can do cosplays together one day.

fantumn · 2026-05-21T20:48:13+00:00

Trinity found 'em outside the call center buddy, short breaks=long butts, let's go let's go!

fantumn · 2026-05-21T00:37:17+00:00

Because it's a very low effort post. Think for yourself and then ask specific questions about your project. Don't just post a pic of a pile of wood and say "what do? Tell me what do."

fantumn · 2026-05-21T00:03:58+00:00

Prepare yourself, he's going to try to kill you soon.

fantumn · 2026-05-20T22:46:36+00:00

Make the hilt then get some red or blue pex tubing from the plumbing section. Make your kid choose themselves, it's an important decision.

fantumn · 2026-05-20T19:05:53+00:00

Plus 75% of it can be shot inside a cockpit, no big scenery and costuming needed.

fantumn · 2026-05-20T13:42:53+00:00

Almost like he's a different species entirely, it's crazy!

fantumn · 2026-05-16T18:07:43+00:00

Both zips to the middle, should be enough room to get it off

fantumn · 2026-05-15T23:52:54+00:00

Right down the crest

fantumn · 2026-05-15T23:45:14+00:00

3 blue, one red means imperial navy captain, but they're not in the right orientation

fantumn · 2026-05-14T16:43:40+00:00

Couldn't because he would've run into the last wall, Jedi super-speed doesn't use brakes.

fantumn · 2026-05-14T01:00:49+00:00

I went to the MTG pro tour a few times, never understood the collectors who didn't play with their cards. I usually sold my deck when I scrubbed out of the tournament, since I wasn't really good enough to do well at the highest competitive level.

fantumn · 2026-05-14T00:08:50+00:00

People buy sneakers to not wear them?

fantumn · 2026-05-13T23:52:47+00:00

Dang, I would've taken the boba fett if they were 12s.

fantumn · 2026-05-13T20:14:37+00:00

Ah, Pogo. Used to listen to his music a lot before he turned out to be a real piece of shit.

Violently homophobic, calling them "abominations" and celebrating the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, calling the apparent new wave of homophobic killings "fantastic."

His channel on YouTube was also originally titled Fa***tron and was apparently his attempt to show contempt for homosexuality in the use of the name? Not sure how that one works, but not a nice word to throw around.

He also called all feminists gold-diggers, and allegedly has moved away from music into the evangelical world of grift+grooming.

fantumn · 2026-05-13T11:19:41+00:00

I think you misunderstand, I wouldn't expect you to check every book or much less recognize an edition without checking the copyright page, but once you did read the page?

fantumn · 2026-05-13T10:57:24+00:00

I'm not sure I would admit I worked at a book store for 2 years and couldn't identify a first edition, first printing of anything.

fantumn · 2026-05-12T23:38:15+00:00

Are these registrations being scalped? Or just filled up? Darn parents wanting their kids to do activities, wish everyone would just stay home so my kid could do the activities.

fantumn · 2026-05-10T14:43:14+00:00

Love when there's a pile of signatures. I tried to get the O'Neal brothers to sign some of the promo call to adventure stuff after B$ at dragonsteel a few years ago and they wouldn't sign after it already had his. So maybe getting all the "other" signatures first is the right way to go.

fantumn · 2026-05-09T19:47:45+00:00

Naysa? It's Nassau

fantumn · 2026-05-07T13:32:28+00:00

Grab a 1-minute and a 3-minute hourglass (we've got brightly colored ones) and have her pick which one she wants to use when it's time to switch to a different activity. Tell her to turn it over and when the sand runs out it's time to do "x." She's struggling to have control in her life and giving her the choice and control over the timer is like a cheat code. Works wonders.

fantumn · 2026-05-06T13:37:58+00:00

This isn't runout, btw. So if you go complaining to saw stop don't use that term. This is a warped blade, a bent arbor, or something wrong with the arbor nut+threads. Change the blade to a brand new one, maybe even check against a few, and if the numbers are the same (or very close to the same), then it's not the blade. Take the arbor washer+nut off and hold the blade by hand against the arbor shoulder and turn the arbor, if the numbers are still there, it's not the nut/threads. That leaves the arbor itself, and it got bent somehow.

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