NOSTR Dads I’m going to share a thing. My son is a real tornado. He’s mostly sweet but he’s probably the hardest-headed kid I’ve never met. He never relents once he’s decided what up. I’ve tried all kinds of things to calm him down, somethings sometimes work for me others for his mother. In any case, he was up late last night because we had a family function so he got very cranky and I tried to get him to go down and instead he Chun-Li bicycle kicked me from his crib into my face for about ten minutes and Honda hundred hand-slap parried his feet for as long as I could just trying to softly ask him why he was doing this kicking. I was impressed with my patience. In any case, I just started to pray over him, asking Jesus for help that really pissed him off which was interesting in its own right. Then I just stopped and asked him if he needed a hug and he immediately calmed down stood up and squeezed me like his life depended on it. And I held him there for a while and then he laid down and I sung him to sleep with my hand on his chest. I don’t know whether this is replicable, but I think I’ll never forget this moment in fatherhood. @cuban @Chris Liss @node @Nic #nostrdads #nostrdads #dadstr

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Troy 7 months ago
My mom was brought up being told, "Don't hug a crying baby, because you're just teaching them to cry more." So, I was crying in my crib, and my mom resisting all motherly urges, was letting me be. My dad walked in, asked my mom why she wasn't doing anything, and picked me up. I immediately stopped crying and my mom says she then realized that I just wanted to be loved, and disregarded that bad advice. YMMV
I've only been a dad for 20hrs, but I've learned quickly that shaking the baby real hard makes them stop crying and moving Maybe you could try that out?
Your son seems to have the same Street Fighter 2 moves as my daughter... Odd as she's never seen the game... Sometimes I also hit that point of exasperation where I'm just not sure what to do, they can be so stubborn when they've got something on their mind!
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Roboto 7 months ago
That's what we want a little bull not a steer!
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Isaac Delahaye 7 months ago
Very relatable :) I usually let him have his moment, tell him he’s always welcome to come back to me when he thinks he’s calmed down. Then we hug it out. Or I loose my calm 😂
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Isaac Delahaye 7 months ago
Depends, but it usually takes more time than I anticipated. He’s as stubborn as his dad ;)
That's a fine bit of dadsmanship. Keep doing exactly what you're doing. Especially the patience and praying. Be patient with yourself too.
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