r/Fatherhood • • 21h ago

Advice Needed Am I the only Dad who doesn't feel like I enjoyed the infant/toddler years of his children as much I wish I had...looking back?

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Can't be.


r/Fatherhood • • 21h ago

Advice Needed I'm going to be a father. Just not when we expected.

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My fiance and I just found out that we are expecting. It's early, but we have all the symptoms and two positive pregnancy tests to back it up. I'm reeling inside but I can't really show her that yet. She needs someone to be brave and confident as this is a scary thing. We are 3.5 weeks out from getting married and it isn't like we aren't in love and committed, and like we weren't planning this eventually. It's just 2 or 3 years early.

We both have good jobs, a house, good cars, and good health insurance as we're both in our late 20's and early 30's. I am in the middle of trying to start a business and I want to keep doing that because I hope it can support my new little family some day. I'm worried this will make it far too difficult. But over all I'm just scared too. I just can'tlet her see how much yet. I'm nervous for selfish reasons, I'm nervous for my fiancé and what this means for her (even though it's been her goal to raise her own children) and I'm nervous for what people may say about her or to her. She's the best woman I know and I feel very protective towards her. She is my best friend after all.

Who else has been here? Who has some advice for a surprised soon to be father? Is it scarier than it seems? How can I do this all...

I can't go to my parents with this yet as they are extremely touchy about this sort of thing (even though they did it to, they just have never and will never admit it to us.) So I'm turning to people who can stay objective.