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Just got back from trick or treating with my 4 and 7 year old daughters, my wife made them really nice Jedi robe costumes from scratch, I spent a few hours yesterday building them lightsabers out of chrome pipe and various bits (finally, my drill press was put to good use). A good time was had by all.

Just remember when you're sick and tired of bouncing them to sleep for the sixth goddamn time in three hours and it's three goddamn am in the morning: it gets better.
 
BriareosGAF said:
Just got back from trick or treating with my 4 and 7 year old daughters, my wife made them really nice Jedi robe costumes from scratch, I spent a few hours yesterday building them lightsabers out of chrome pipe and various bits (finally, my drill press was put to good use). A good time was had by all.

Just remember when you're sick and tired of bouncing them to sleep for the sixth goddamn time in three hours and it's three goddamn am in the morning: it gets better.
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I'm leaving now to meetup with my brother, his 2 kids, my son, and about 6 other couples/kids to go trick or treating. I cannot wait. My son is a pirate
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-cups of ice for the wife to chew is good

-don't laugh at her when she shakes from contractions

-the next few days will be miserable, due to people visiting and nurses coming in and out of the room

- don't listen to people about losing a lot of sleep right now, this is mostly your wife that will lose the sleep (if she's breastfeeding)

-once your wife starts to pump, then yeah you will lose sleep (oh you can rent breast pumps by the way)

-enjoy, everything you did before you became a parent seems meaningless
 
Congrats on being a dad!

Say goodbye to sleep and gaming time.

Remember to pay a lot of attention to the wife as well after the baby is born. Some mothers have issues coping with motherhood and may slip into post-natal depression.
 
CaptYamato said:
DO NOT LOOK AT THE VAGINA WHEN THE BABY IS COMING OUT!!!!! It will fuck you up.
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I ended up looking. It wasn't that bad. I saw the body come out. Looked like a raw chicken coming out of the wife.

If you plan to have more and she plans to breastfeed/pump, buying a breast pump isn't a bad investment. You can rent them, but they are kind of expensive to rent. We were renting one at first but decided that for the cost of rental we could have our own.
 
CaptYamato said:
DO NOT LOOK AT THE VAGINA WHEN THE BABY IS COMING OUT!!!!! It will fuck you up.
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I honestly wonder how people can stick their penis inside that, after such an incident.
 
Get off GAF and enjoy every bit of these moments. Your first kid being born never happens again and sooner than you think you won't remember what you were feeling or thinking about oh so many things like the first time you see the baby or hold him/her or seeing your girl doing the same.
 
Congrats, man! I just had a little boy three months ago.

Advice:
• Don't worry if you don't love the crap out of him immediately. It can take a while, especially since for the first month or two, babies don't give a shit about anyone who doesn't have tits.

• Be careful about who you invite over to "help." Everyone wants to hold the baby, but in my experience, only a very few family members managed to help more than they got in the way. If we have another kid, most people are gonna have to wait a few months.

• I know it doesn't work for all babies, but our lives were hell until we got one of those battery-operated swings (only like $70). It puts him to sleep every time! Whenever you really need a few hours of sleep, or want to do something together like eat a meal without interruption, it's a godsend. If he likes the car, he'll probably like the swing.

• If your wife is breastfeeding, get the My Brest Friend nursing pillow. It's pretty hard to find so get it online or from the breastfeeding consultant if they have one of those at the hospital.
 
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I honestly wonder how people can stick their penis inside that, after such an incident.
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Ha, well the power of the pussy, regardless of what condition you may have seen it in, is strong. And the penis is powerless to resist. To the OP, congrats and just enjoy. As for the delivery, do whatever your wife needs and asks. And then prepare to be amazed at the end.
 
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so your gonna support the baby? good job.most guys in your shoes just leave the woman to raise the kid by herself.
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This. Pat yourself on the back OP. What you are doing isn't as common as you think assuming you're 16-24.
 
CaptYamato said:
DO NOT LOOK AT THE VAGINA WHEN THE BABY IS COMING OUT!!!!! It will fuck you up.
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Holy shit, this. I managed to avoid it the entire time and then after the birth when they were measuring the baby the doctor asked if I wanted to come over and take some pictures. So I did.

Unfortunately, I had to walk around the foot of the bed to get there, and out of the corner of my eye I saw movement and stupidly glanced over to see the nurses pull out the placenta.
 
My wife ended up needing an episiotomy for our first. Thankfully I didn't see any of that. Just seeing the doc making the sewing motions out of the corner of my eye was bad enough.
 
Thanks guys for all the kind words. Contractions are increasing but looks like its going to be a November baby!
 
Just so you know, babies are pretty sturdy creatures. they bonk and tumble about. just support their neck and such until they figure it out.

oh, and i watched the whole delivery process unblinking. was a mindfuck but cool nonetheless.
 
Congratulations! As someone else mentioned, save this thread for eighteen years or so in the future, assuming NeoGAF is still around.
 
Congrats! I became a Dad 5 months ago and it is without a doubt the most demanding but awesome and lovely thing in the world.

Advice: enjoy every single second you can with your baby.
 
Shiv47 said:
Ha, well the power of the pussy, regardless of what condition you may have seen it in, is strong. And the penis is powerless to resist. To the OP, congrats and just enjoy. As for the delivery, do whatever your wife needs and asks. And then prepare to be amazed at the end.
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I disagree. As long as a male ejaculates, it doesn't matter what hole he sticks it in.
 
congrat! enjoy your freedom while you can. my bro and his wife just had a baby 3 months ago and he spend his days off taking care of the baby.
 
Congrats man! My boy is 2 and a half, we just got back from trick or treating and he was in his dinosaur costume.

It's a hell of a ride.

CaptYamato said:
DO NOT LOOK AT THE VAGINA WHEN THE BABY IS COMING OUT!!!!! It will fuck you up.
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Complications during the night meant we had to have an emergency (as in, all the sudden they tossed me some scrubs and said 'put these on, we gotta go in the ER now') c section. At the point where they brought me into the ER and had me see my son as they were cleaning him up, I looked up...and well, let's just say the surgery wasn't over yet.

Everyone was fine, but that was pretty surreal.
 
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