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DonnieNarco@lemmy.world

New dad here! (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by lameidunnowat@lemmy.world to c/dadsonly@lemmy.world

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Mind sharing any piece of advice that you felt particularly useful? Thank you in advance. I’m so excited!

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[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I second this. "Self soothing" is an incredibly important, yet often criminally underrated, skill. It makes me want to crawl out of my skin to hear my kids crying, but if they are in a timeout or it's simply bedtime, I have to hold my ground and let them "cry it out".

I hate it so much.