Being a dad.

[Htfc1984]

Hope I've put this in the right section as it's my first post.

I've got a 1 year old daughter, I'm embarrassed to say I feel a terrible dad. I don't want to bore you all with my life story but I've had some bad times growing up and also I had a rough time a few years ago which my wife supported me through.
I really find been a dad doesn't come natural. Me and my wife have a decent life. Both decent jobs and generally speaking spare money a month.

My wife works shifts and I'm just a Mon-Fri. So this weekend for example wife working sat and sun from 0730-2000 so I've got little one from her first eyes opening until they close and I really struggle. My wife has a good social life, I don't. so I get very little help from friends or family. I also feel like I'm becoming 'ill' again like a few years ago. Sorry to ramble on, I'll leave it there. Thanks for reading.

I had better luck with teething powders and frozen carrot batons for dd to chew on. Every baby is different.

Yes - if she's growing and producing dirty & wet nappies she probably is eating enough - but I well remember that with the mess they make you think not much is actually making it to the mouth! But they're still having a good deal of milk at this point too so getting more nutrition and cals than you might think. I had similar worries when dd was same age and remember getting so stressed about it but it passes - she's now almost 18 and eats me out of house and home