Joys of being a dad

[BillyVance 35]

Some of you know that my girl had tubes surgically inserted in her ears and her tonsils and adenoids removed after a series of infections last fall. She has been doing really well the last few months since... until recently when she got her first infection post-surgery.

You know sometimes you get the snot running out the nose thing? Well with her, I had snot coming out of her ears! That was interesting, to say the least. She is responding well to antibiotics though, takes the medicine by herself sucking it out of the syringe. I don't miss the days when I had to hold her down and force that stuff down.

However, I have to give her drops in both ears. Easier said than done. It took me three tries, but I have got my technique down pat to do it myself. Lay her down on the sofa. Get on top with my knees at both of her shoulders and use my legs and butt to restrain her legs, then tuck her arms down by her sides and use my knees to lock them down. Then with one hand, hold her head down to the side I need and drop the meds in her ears, and massage them. Then get the Q-tips and swab the yellow gunk off her ear without going into the canals.

Man, she really puts up a fight. But once I show her the Q-tips of what I cleaned out of her ears and explain it, she calms down and says "okay daddy".

Being a daddy is fun.... sometimes....

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[TheCaptain 2]

When my step son was 5, my wife and I took him into the doctor for shots. I really could not believe the fit he threw. As my wife took him into the back to see the doctor he was screaming at the top of his lungs and kicking. I went to help and in the end I had to wrap myself around my son and hold him as tight as possible without hurting while another nurse held the arm so the doctor could get the shot in(doctor asked my wife to leave the room while we got the shot done). After that my wife and I spent the next several months tell him that big boys do not cry or throw fits when getting shots. Next shot he hardly even flinchedMore recently he is now 13 and was grounded for not doing his home work. What a fun week it has been

Kirk
He's dead Jim

[BillyVance 35]

13? I've heard it gets worse later.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[wmw999 2,589]

Shots. I'll never forget that look of utter shock and betrayal on my adorable 2-month-old (or so) son when he got his first shots in the doctor's office. Remember that?

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[BillyVance 35]

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Shots. I'll never forget that look of utter shock and betrayal on my adorable 2-month-old (or so) son when he got his first shots in the doctor's office. Remember that?

Wendy W.

Been through several of those, but mine recovers pretty quickly and forgets them later. We got a toy doctor's kit with all the usual tools they use in the examination room - BP cuff, needle, stethoscope, tongue depressors, etc... but no surgical gloves. Probably a good thing...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[riddler 0]

I grew up with an older brother and a tough, single German mom. My brother and I cried maybe 2 or 3 times a year, between the two of us. If we yelled or made a fuss, my mom would "give us something to cry about" (believe me, I still have scars).

Now I have a 2-year old girl and a 10-month old girl. There is more screaming and crying EVERY MORNING than I ever did in an entire year growing up. But they are very cute, so it makes up for it they give you a hug afterwards

One problem is that I can't tell if they're really hurt or not - they can turn it off and on like a faucet. When my oldest was teething, we couldn't tell, because it was the same level of screaming and crying that we've always heard. When she broke her arm, we couldn't tell at first, because it sounded the same as when she would fall on her butt and scream. Now, I tell her the story of the "girl who cried wolf" - maybe someday, the lesson will sink in.

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[Broke 0]

Just wait till you have to do the pink eye drops.

My son had tubes put in like 2 years ago and just had his first post surg ear infection

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[downwardspiral 0]

It really scares me that some of you have children. There is absolutely no hope for humantiy is there?

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[BillyVance 35]

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It really scares me that some of you have children. There is absolutely no hope for humantiy is there?

nope!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[wrightskyguy 1]

Last year my son developed a condtion called intasuseption, it is where the bowel sort of collapses on itself, kind of like a folding telescope. The treatment was to give him an enema, but under pressure to re-expand the colon. Held him down and watched the whole thing under the flouroscope, he screamed like a monkey. We had to stay overnight for observation in case it recurred, sure enough, that night it did. I can tell you one thing for certain, I never really knew what angry was till I was holding my 3 yr old boy down for his 2nd enema. He screamed and kicked and called those docs and technicians every nasty thing he could think of, but also "I want my Daddy". I hope he never sees any of them on the street.

John Wright

World's most beloved skydiver

[BillyVance 35]

Daaaaaaamn.... Hell, if I was your kid, I'd probably want to kick their asses when I got bigger too.

I hope your son never has to go through that again.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[wmw999 2,589]

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He screamed and kicked and called those docs and technicians every nasty thing he could think of

Poor kid!
When my youngest brother was a year old or so (I'm guessing), my middle brother (14 months older) was in the room when younger got a shot.
Screams ensued, of course.

And the middle brother immediately bit the doctor on the shin

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[BillyVance 35]

I still remember being strapped to the kiddie board for stitches three times when I was 6 and 7 years old. Man did I hate it. You can't move nothing. All I could do was scream. They didn't use any anesthetic, even the local ones. I could feel every goddamn stitch going in and being tied.

First for a dog bite that left a gaping hole in my upper lip, second for a trampoline accident that tore up my bottom lip, and third for an ice skating incident where my finger got run over.

Thank god they now use novocaine for that shit...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban