My boy was born on Dec 31, at 10:14pm he was 7lbs. 1oz and 19.25inches long. Couldn’t holdout for my 1st child to be born on 1/1/11. No Biggee though, we get a whole year’s worth of tax deduction for coming in before midnight.
My wife had to have a C section because she stayed Dilated at 5 for like 12 hours and the potasin (supposed to make her contract) stopped working. Also, after being on an epidural for some 24 hours it stops working. So, my wife’s blood pressure was rising based on the the pain, so the doc said fuck it, 30 hours of labor is enough. We’re cutting him out.
My Wife was sad and scared. She didn’t want the C section but was in so much pain she really didn’t have a choice. Before long pain ease completely trumped scary surgery. so, they prepped the OR and in like 10 minutes I had a son and my wife and I were parents. Her parents were there every step of the way.(MY parents were not and will not be and that is a completely different thread!!! [mad])
So I’ve never changed a diaper and now I’m a diaper veteran done 6 in the last day and not once been peed on. I’m a bit slow though.
MY wife and I are spoiling him though he has yet to sleep by himself (meaning in his sleeper)
@ Carmangary. Thank you sir. sage like advice with the EZ chair . the little guy slept on my chest for 2hours tonight. My wife used to rock while she was pregnant so that chair kicks ass for me & him. He is so comfortable
He’s such a cute little boy.
I am happy!
the picture doesn’t do him justice cause in that pic he looks like any other baby. My mother in law has a really cute one on her phone and we have a bunch on the normal camera I’ll upload more if peeps are interested but I won’t bore you guys with “look at my kid” threads.
Just pretty stoked and thought I would share. [:)]
Late,
grmpysmrf
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That’s pretty awesome he’s born on the 31st! Every year you can just tell him all the drunk people screaming in the street are celebrating his birthday. He’s a good looking kid.
I hope you and the Missus get a bit of rest and wish the three of you all the best!
Congratulations to mr and mrs grmpysmrf, and welcome to the world baby Silas.
thanks man!
I can see that you are already exposing him to Ministry.
LOL. completely accidental. the last 3 days here it’s been below 25 degrees. We actually have snow on the ground tonight (a lot!). it snowed today (the day we brought him home!)
so, since it’s been so cold I’ve been wearing my beenie around here. I have two beenies, the ministry one you see and a blue one with a grey stripe I happened to grab Ministry! (although I would rock that 13th planet ministry beanie I’ve seen floating around the net on purpose! I like the material and the color, but damn they want like 30 bucks for it fuck that! [url http://www.backstreetmerch.com/product.asp?item=mntry40] beanie)
Right now he’s rocking out to the babies go ga ga for Guns N Roses. CD Lullaby versions of all of GNR’s songs! Rockin!!! I think I even Like paradise city lullaby better than the original (although not hard thanks to me no really caringfor that song in the first place! although slash’s solos are still bad ass on that song) all I could find was [url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2RXBT3tkjo] sweet child on you tube this and KOHD
Hell yeah I bought the cd!
7 lbs is a pretty good size, my son was 9 lbs when he was born.
your poor wifey(?) Girlfriend(?) that’s HUGE! the hospital staff said he was on the light side of average and pretty average at 19.25 inches. but jesus 9 lbs!! hats off to that woman!
Late,
grmpysmrf
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That’s pretty awesome he’s born on the 31st! Every year you can just tell him all the drunk people screaming in the street are celebrating his birthday. He’s a good looking kid.
yeah were gonna try to make point to give him a big birthday just so his B-day and Christmas don’t blur for him like so many seasonal kids get caught in.
I hope you and the Missus get a bit of rest and wish the three of you all the best!
Congratulations grmpy. I was wondering where you’d been.
thanks brother!
first couple of days of my hiatus I was swamped at work, but then when the holidays hit, shit with my parents got thick and the forum was already pretty thick with shit that ultimately doesn’t matter, so I thought I’d give it a break and then the last couple days it was a lot of “hurry up and wait” at the hospital. So, yeah! thanks for the congrats!!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Little dude will grow up fast so enjoy it. He’ll be running and talking before you know it.
The key is getting him on routine so you and your girl/wife’s sleep schedule isn’t turned upside down. When your sleep is fucked for over a week, people become very, very cranky.
Little dude will grow up fast so enjoy it. He’ll be running and talking before you know it.
The key is getting him on routine so you and your girl/wife’s sleep schedule isn’t turned upside down. When your sleep is fucked for over a week, people become very, very cranky.
Stupid fucking advice. Other than the fact that new parents get absolutely swamped with advice from well meaning assholes it’s ridiculous to assume that a baby will comply to a routine or that you have the right to force it into one. FFS did you have a child cause you wanted a child or cause you wanted a fucking soldier to follow your regime.
There’s just so many things wrong with that advice, really.
Giving your kid a bath and putting him to bed at approximately the same time every night is forcing something on a kid?
Surely you’re joking.
If you weren’t, then fuck you. I barely gave any advice at all except enjoy it. You came up with forcing a kid into routine or wanting a soldier on your own. Nothing I said even hinted to anything like that.
Little dude will grow up fast so enjoy it. He’ll be running and talking before you know it.
right now it’s slow going but I hear that a lot!! we’re taking lots of pics!!
The key is getting him on routine so you and your girl/wife’s sleep schedule isn’t turned upside down.
(It’s my wife)That’s already toast! he sleeps when he does and eats when he’s hungry were trying to figure out ways to get him to sleep in his bassinet but we’ve been spoiling him (And ourselves) by letting him sleep on my chest and mommies boobs!
When your sleep is fucked for over a week, people become very, very cranky.
I can imagine so. I used to have a problem waking up but not so much anymore. we’re still riding the high of our handsome little boy so were not yet cranky.
[reply]Congrats and welcome to hell.
Just kidding (kind of)
Little dude will grow up fast so enjoy it. He’ll be running and talking before you know it.
The key is getting him on routine so you and your girl/wife’s sleep schedule isn’t turned upside down. When your sleep is fucked for over a week, people become very, very cranky.
Stupid fucking advice. Other than the fact that new parents get absolutely swamped with advice from well meaning assholes
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Not at all. advice is just that, ADVICE. If it’s forced and expected to be followed then it’s orders (something my parents can’t understand) and any free advice is welcome. (you did no harm killface!) You’ve heard it before, “the more you know…” and then this is where G.I. Joe comes in and says “And knowing is half the battle!”
FFS did you have a child cause you wanted a child or cause you wanted a fucking soldier to follow your regime.
we’re going for a little of both… right now the kid’s still on colostrum so there’s no schedule but yeah after the milk kicks in we will try to get a little more scheduled up. we want him to be happy but we don’t want him running us over either. no harm in a little structure.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Were trying not to! Our barometer is “this is the bullshit our parents did that we hated” so we’re starting with, “stay away from that shit!”[:)]
Late,
grmpysmrf
Stupid fucking advice. Other than the fact that new parents get absolutely swamped with advice from well meaning assholes it’s ridiculous to assume that a baby will comply to a routine or that you have the right to force it into one. FFS did you have a child cause you wanted a child or cause you wanted a fucking soldier to follow your regime.
There’s just so many things wrong with that advice, really.
Ok, now off my high horse.
What? Of course you can force it into a routine. It’s a baby. That’s how you raise them. You put them on the toilet and tell them when to poop. You put mashed carrots in their face and tell them when to eat. You stick a boobie in their mouth and tell them when to drink.
When the kid is old enough to make his/her own decisions on some items you let them.
Or are you one of those parents that breast feeds your kid at age 10 and lets him/her smoke dope in the house because s/he should be respected as an individual with freedom and all that crap?