:)

More like, "I hope I'm not as retarded as Daddy."

I love children...especially when I can give them back to their parents. ;)

I think it is kind of cool that a substantial portion of Kathy's pre-delivery care could be provided by a family member in the comfort of her own home. Kind of old-timey and altogether a bonding sort of thing!

Did you find it all strange that when YOUR mother was inspecting your wife's cervix that the thought likely going through her head was "My boy's responsible for this ..." (and she was proud of yah for the first time she was thinking that particular thought as there were no spraypainted dogs involved?)

It is more than a little weird. But I really wanted her to get good care, and since neither of them seemed to mind I said I was okay with it.

Congratulations Juju. Beautiful kid.

Well done old chap, looks like one healthy kid. And good choice on the name.

Not to soil the thread, but...

You just know that while she was checking the dilation, she was thinking "Donald put his penis right in here." Yes, to my parents, I still pretend as though I'm a virgin. I know Donald is much the same way. So knowing that she was thinking that, that had to be pretty weird.

The womenfolk are not so obsessed though, especially at times of Great Life Moments and also if they have medical training.

Cute baby! I'm 17 with a 9 month old little girl. I'm a Senior in high school with a, b, and c's no ds or fs here. Whats the baby's name? My daughters name is Gracie.

The name of this thread.

Hey Juju and family, what an nice new little potato. Congrats.

can we get an update?

Heheh... the kid's 7 days old now. juju probably can't walk, much less post, due to the lack of sleep!! :biggrin:

Here's a better picture of her:

http://comp.uark.edu/~dmorton/images/misc/sarah1.jpg


Although I think I'll be exceptionally good at parenting, despite the fact that I have no experience with kids, I'm finding that I simply cannot deal with people who like kids. They piss me off so much with the things they say, even though they mean the comments innocently.

Things like:

"Oh, she's going to have you wrapped around her little finger! Hah hah hah hah!"

Oh, well that's just fucking great. Basically, you're calling me a gullible moron who will be manipulated. Just how is that cute and funny? It's funny that I'm going to be manipulated? I think it's sick.


Today, my wife's step-sister was feeding the baby, and said, "Listen to the sounds she makes when she sucks on that bottle! I'm going to call her piggy from now on! That's her new nickname.. Pig."

She thought it was cute, but I wanted to fucking beat the living shit out of her. I'm sorry she's ruined her own kids' self-esteem, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let her do it to mine.


Despite that fact that I'm inexperieced with kids, though, Sarah seems to take to me very well. I'm the one who can always make her stop crying just by picking her up. So far, what everyone implied would be incredibly difficult is actually amazingly easy. So far, anyway. She doesn't cry all that often. She's what people might call a relatively quiet (or content) baby. My wife and I were much the same when we were babies, so perhaps it's in the genetics?


That's all I can recall for now. I'm pretty livid over the pig thing.. so I apologise if my post seems irrational. :) Everything so far seems to be going great!



Oh, there's one other thing. Before the birth, men kept saying to me, "It will change your life." Then they'd put their hand on my shoulder and look me in the eye meaningfully. Now that she's born, they look at me expectantly and say, "So, do you feel any different??"

Uh, no. It's only been a week. I am the same person. Is there something wrong with me? Is there something I'm <i>supposed</i> to be feeling? Like I'm supposed to just slap my forehead and say "OH! God damnn.. THAT'S the secret of the universe!"

What universal truth have I missed that was supposed to just come to me last Friday like a religous revival? Can I just have some time to bond with my baby please?

And for god's sake, stop coming over to my apartment!!