super metroid
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Captain N said:
congratulations!
does he have all his toes?
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congratulations!
does he have all his toes?
Congrats! I have a 7-month old daughter to which I'm essentially a single dad (my wife is a resident working 80 hours a week). Hardest but most rewarding endeavor you'll ever have.
Tip for the new dad: everyone talks about the poop hazards. What they don't talk about is the spit-up, which in my opinion smells worse and happens almost without warning. Always know where your towel is when you're carrying her.
Absolutely, and it'd behoove all of you to remember that.... >:|
EDIT: Oh, and before you leave the hospital make sure to learn how to swaddle from the nurses. When your baby gets colicky in the middle of the night, swaddling and rocking works wonders.
Tip for the new dad: everyone talks about the poop hazards. What they don't talk about is the spit-up, which in my opinion smells worse and happens almost without warning. Always know where your towel is when you're carrying her.
DarienA said:
Absolutely, and it'd behoove all of you to remember that.... >:|
EDIT: Oh, and before you leave the hospital make sure to learn how to swaddle from the nurses. When your baby gets colicky in the middle of the night, swaddling and rocking works wonders.
ChackanKun
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heh, congrats man 
funkmastergeneral
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I'm very disappointed that his middle name isn't Rendar
Your wife listens to me. She's a good woman.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12493068&postcount=11
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beelzebozo
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congratulations man.
some small part of me is very jealous of what a wonderful gift you've been given.
some small part of me is very jealous of what a wonderful gift you've been given.
Justin Timberlake
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Armitage said:
"So, Dad, where did you get my name from?"
"Oh, some guy on a video game message board suggested it. I thought it sounded nice at the time."
PrivateWHudson
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Congrats!
Also, take some of the receiving blankets from the hospital. The ones they sell at the stores aren't big enough to swaddle well. The hospital ones are nice and big and grip well.
Grab some diapers too. Also swipe the whole supply of gauze and ointment packs too (if circumcised) they usually have a ton and will replenish them if you run low while at the hospital, so get enough to last you the first week when you have to care for the cut penis. Oh, and the green gummy pacifier. They're just going to throw it away anyway...tell them you lost the first one so you have a spare.
draven said:
Also, take some of the receiving blankets from the hospital. The ones they sell at the stores aren't big enough to swaddle well. The hospital ones are nice and big and grip well.
Grab some diapers too. Also swipe the whole supply of gauze and ointment packs too (if circumcised) they usually have a ton and will replenish them if you run low while at the hospital, so get enough to last you the first week when you have to care for the cut penis. Oh, and the green gummy pacifier. They're just going to throw it away anyway...tell them you lost the first one so you have a spare.
Never had kids but I helped granny raise a few.
Don't talk to 'em in baby talk. Talk like a normal person they understand.
No matter how much they cry don't pick them up unless they are hungry or need to be changed. You spoil them and they realize if I cry I will get picked up.
When they are quiet they are up do something. Drinking toilet water, pouring your cologne all over themselves, sticking objects in light sockets, etc. I was in the same room with my nephew sitting a few feet from me and he had my space heater with he cord wrapped around the chair I was sitting in & my video game discs out of the case spread all over the floor.
Baby proof your house. That flat screen looks nice but you don't want it toppling onto your child. Same for book shelves, etc.
Don't talk to 'em in baby talk. Talk like a normal person they understand.
No matter how much they cry don't pick them up unless they are hungry or need to be changed. You spoil them and they realize if I cry I will get picked up.
When they are quiet they are up do something. Drinking toilet water, pouring your cologne all over themselves, sticking objects in light sockets, etc. I was in the same room with my nephew sitting a few feet from me and he had my space heater with he cord wrapped around the chair I was sitting in & my video game discs out of the case spread all over the floor.
Baby proof your house. That flat screen looks nice but you don't want it toppling onto your child. Same for book shelves, etc.
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TiVo said:
That's cold man. Babies need love, and you can't spoil them enough. Yes, at some point you may have to battle the fake cry to get what they want thing, but that just means that some how they're needs aren't being met. Food and a clean diaper aren't their only needs in life, sometimes they just want to be held.
Femmeworth
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:lolKarakand said:
Is GAFfer correct? I've always referred to us as GAFers.
The On Timers
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wow congrats man.
InsertCredit
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Congrats man, life changing shit. And a great looking kid at that.
Oh and Kara with his tag :lol
Oh and Kara with his tag :lol
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