Consulting Dads

I was great with a newborn but now at 8 months I find myself more tired and unmotivated than ever. Anyone else experience this?

Single dad looking for travel ideas with a 10 year old daughter. She has food allergies so looking for places in the US. It will be just me and her.

Any dads into model trains here? Have a son that loves the Brio set and think he’d love an electric, have done some reading but wondering about brand, scale, anything else??

Making the move out to the SF office, with a family. Any recommendations on where to live?

Traveling on a flight with my 2 year old this spring. Any recommendations for seats for the plane? I’ll be solo, so something that is easily carried with easy set-up would be great!

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Any potty trained xp. out there with a boy who fully got peeing but has been relaying on the overnight pullup to crap in? I can't get him to 2 on any sort of mini potty or seat.

Is it okay to ask for contribution to college funds instead of gifts and toys for my daughter 1st birthday? We have a house party coming up and I can't deal with more toys.

Suburb in Chicago to relocate to with a one year old...? Looking to buy a house. I’d like: easy commute to the loop, good “downtown” scene, good schools, and preferably some diversity. Thoughts?

Want to stay in consulting but want to limit travel - how do you stay local?

Is it weird that I m traveling with my child to see my family while my wife stays back? (Side note: she had a drama with my mom a few months back) is this what I should expect going forward?

Any Dads up this morning? Quiet morning here so far. What are you all doing today? Looking for something fun to do with the kids.

Planning a Disney/Universal trip for five. Is there a way to purchase theme park tickets on points? Got airline and hotel covered. Trying to figure out how to score park tickets on points if possible

Would you recommend childbirth education classes? First timers here.

Wife will agree to something, secretly not agree to that thing/action/event, and then throw the disagreement about it back in my face right before or after it happens, normal behavior?

Is 36 too late to become a first time dad ? I am worried that the kid might not be settled in life before I retire by 60

We have tried to conceive for the past 6 months without luck. Will visiting the obgyn make a difference ? I am 35 and wife is 33? It’s stressing us out

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Woke up to find bites all over my chest at Westin Seattle. Hotel emails a day later saying they confirmed Bed Bugs in the room. Offered me 50k points. I have a three year old.

Our 2 year old woke up with a swollen upper lip and below the nose. Pediatrician is not available today. Can we go to a general doctor instead?

Planning a family trip to west palm beach with wife and 2 year old. Any favorite Marriott properties in that area?

I want to take my son on a cruise without my wife and daughter. Totally time away would be 72 hr. My wife is worried about the cruise because it’ll be tough for me to get back in case of emergency

My eight months old son (still breast feeding) is having a terrible night sleep schedule. He wakes up every two hours and my wife and I are exhausted from this. We have tried sleep training. No luck!

Why do wives talk so much shit about their husbands to their gfs and family members? And why do husbands stay with them?

So not a “kid question” but still need to ask. I know the stereotype is once you’re married and have kids that the sex drive drys up but I’m curious how often people are having sex with their SO

Just got home from a family trip and found out we left my daughter’s favorite Elsa doll at the hotel. Major dad fail.

This bowl rocks! I posted about potty training challenges and took the advice to get a pee alarm for my 5-year old son. We’re three weeks in and dry nights are becoming the new norm! Thanks everyone!

I've heard baby nurses are a godsend. If anyone has had multiple babies and experienced both sides, just how different is it?

Just got discharged with our first baby and it’s really overwhelming as I am still trying to passively run a team.. headache and fatigue make it quite difficult..any advice out there!?

Anyone here feel like they were performing at a lower level after they had a kid? Can’t work from home anymore and I just feel like my mind is often not fully “there” when I’m in the office

At what age did your child start asking Alexa or Google dot to play or stop a song?

My 2 years old is having hard time adjusting to day care and mixing with other kids. At home he is very friendly, can play without intervention, talk, chatter non stop. As soon he is in day care cont.

Looking for a night nurse in Chicago. Any recs?

Does anyone else feel guilty if they go almost a whole day without thinking about their LO?Hopping from call to call or just dealing with client BS gives me limited bandwidth to think of anything else

Consulting Fathers: Were u traveling till last week of ur partner’s pregnancy? My colleague’s wife delivered 2 weeks early and he couldn’t make it back home in time. Don’t want it to happen to me.

Aside from looking at GreatSchools, are there suggestions on how to research public schools? Is it possible to do tours or anything of that nature? Moving to a new city and kid is going into kinder.

Are there car services that will strap in a car seat for a toddler for you (so you don’t have to bring on plane)? Chi based if that matters