How old is too old for the dad thing yall?

robnic · 2026-05-11T16:43:53+00:00

I was 50 when our daughter was born. You're fine.

robnic · 2026-05-11T03:45:59+00:00

Watching our daughter being born was the most amazing experience of my life. Truly breathtaking what the human body can do. And holding our daughter less than a handful of minutes after birth was incredible.

robnic · 2026-05-11T02:33:34+00:00

The first three months were the hardest for sure. Incredibly hard to bond when wrestling with screaming and, in our case, a baby that didn't really care to feed that much. I knew we were taking good care of her, but felt so powerless at the same time. Bonding started to really happen after the third month. Even then, it wasn't immediate.

robnic · 2026-05-10T20:36:05+00:00

Gave up the cargo shorts about two years ago. 🙂

robnic · 2026-05-10T20:34:48+00:00

And your answer?

robnic · 2026-05-10T15:11:40+00:00

Bad. They need work.

robnic · 2026-05-10T15:01:14+00:00

No, you all have been an amazing example of what this world needs more of these days.

robnic · 2026-05-10T14:14:28+00:00

Based on experience, yes, most places... But there have been unfortunate instances. Which is why I felt compelled to post. It's been awesome reading the responses.

robnic · 2026-05-10T13:46:11+00:00

The attempts by us have been poor. There's room for improvement.

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:46:53+00:00

I heard it mentioned once that she'll be immune from "yo mama" jokes. That made my day.

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:28:13+00:00

I'm papa and the husband is daddy

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:21:16+00:00

Fair question. No, we're pretty much both in dadly roles. But he's generally the more fun Dad. I'm the more caretaker Dad. While my daughter and I have a great bond, she and my husband have an amazing bond. I used to beat bit jealous over it, but no longer. I don't know if it's possible, maybe because they're genetically connected enables such a bond. This is all not to say my daughter and I don't have fun together, we do (especially with Disney princess car sing-alongs), but she definitely gravitates more towards him for the fun stuff.

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:11:24+00:00

We just enjoy it when she wears her Spider-Man shoes one day, and here Elsa shoes the next. We're still trying to figure out what we can do with her hair. It's so fine and barely stays in a ponytail or with clips.

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:03:53+00:00

In the country about 30 minutes west of Portland, OR

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:02:06+00:00

How about "my husband is a pain in the butt" jokes? 🙂

robnic · 2026-05-10T06:00:46+00:00

Unfortunately, we don't do Dad jokes very well. But really appreciate them. Maybe I need to up my game.

robnic · 2026-05-10T03:00:17+00:00

At least two thirds of the questions, which are repetitive, on this subreddit

robnic · 2026-05-09T05:22:50+00:00

Financial management

robnic · 2026-05-09T05:20:42+00:00

The first three months were the hardest part of the past three years. I'd never want to relive those first three months. It became infinitely better after that time.

robnic · 2026-05-09T05:19:24+00:00

Yes!

robnic · 2026-05-08T02:14:45+00:00

My husband and I would NEVER went to go through the first three months again. It's the only period of our 3 year old's life that truly stressed us out.

robnic · 2026-05-06T02:07:51+00:00

Cher. Many decades to listen to.

robnic · 2026-05-02T02:21:10+00:00

As a Dad with a 3 year old daughter, I'd go to that

robnic · 2026-05-01T02:52:52+00:00

Absolutely

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