Little Gb is here ping.
He is absolutely awesome. He has a strong eyes, long fingers, beefy arms, sleeps after he eats, looks around while he eats, and articulates quite furiously when he is ready to eat.
We are totally enthralled with him. But, given she is basically hostage to feeding him all the time, I have to go cook, again, now...., and we have visitors, again, soon...and the house is a mess, ....
But thanks again to all...
WOO HOO!!!!!
Congratualtions!!
Congratulations on your beautiful baby boy. Big feller.
Congrats on your blessed event! Don't worry about your messy house. People are very forgiving at this point. ;-)
Congratulations to you, your wife, and son. I couldn't be more thrilled if I had a new baby myself! (Stay tuned until about Feb. 10, 2006 ...)
As my father used to say about night carrier landings, "Any landing you walk away from is a perfect landing!" Your baby is here and healthy, your wife is in one piece, and your life will never be the same.
Figuratively setting off fireworks for you!
Cy the Tax-chick.
Congrats to you & TheMrs. Welcome Baby Bucks!!
CONGRATS!!!! :)
Welcome to the world, Little GB!
Excellent news!
Beware of the baby barf though, it stains easily.
I wish I had told you more about my labor, because my contractions BEGAN at two minutes apart and stayed that way throughout the labor and delivery. Never changed. Otherwise labor wasn't "atypical" except that it was very rapid.
Sounds like things went well except for the typical alarums and excursions. Glad mama and baby are doing O.K.
When you've come down from cloud nine, pic up the camera and post some pics.
"But, given she is basically hostage to feeding him all the time, I have to go cook, again, now...., and we have visitors, again, soon...and the house is a mess, ...."
Congratulations. But take my word for it: there will come
a day when you will say to yourself--very secretly--"Gosh I wish he were a baby again. Those were some of the best days of my life. Even when I had to cook and the house was always messy."
Sounds like Little Gb didn't read the books, eh?
Congratulations!
WRT your mother-in-law, my spiritual advise is this: whenever you feel uncomfortable or troubled during her stay, do not think about it or her but meditate on Jesus. His Spirit will get you through anything. (Psalms 23, Philippians 4:6-7)
Congratulations.
It's wonderful to be in love again.
Congratulations!! Thanks so much for sharing your journey. :)
And have a wonderful first Father's Day!
Congratulations to you and your wife on the birth of your son.
Our happiest congratulations to you, Mrs. Gb., and little Gb II!
Keep in mind now, that the sleep deprivation only lasts a little while, even though it SEEMS to last a lot longer.
Get rest when you can and leave the laundry for later.
Babies really are tougher than you think they are. (But avoid dropping him on his head anyway.)
If the breastfeeding thing doesn't work out, never EVER let anyone tell you something stupid like, "You don't deserve to have a baby if you're going to give him formula."
If I had another baby, I'd only get jarred babyfood for convenience when I went visiting places. Other than that, I'd be pureeing REAL food in a blender with some water and serve 'em pretty much whatever we're eating. Can't see spending 85 cents a jar on strained peas when I can strain my own (fresh) peas in about 10 seconds. Shepherd's pie stuffed in a blender for a few moments was like a little strained casserole for them! Looked awful, but tasted like the real thing!
Liverwurst made a GREAT first meat for my kids. They gobbled it up then, and they gobble it up now (only now they have it on rye bread with raw onions and mustard).
Expect to become intimately familiar with: Cheerios, BerryBerry Kix, juice boxes, and slices of American cheese.
A little dirt never hurt anyone. No need to wash down your kitchen counters with bleach every night.
DO NOT BE ALARMED if the chip off the old block eats the dog's food. It ain't gunna hurt him (I should know, unfortunately....).
Don't forget the sunscreen next summer. You won't believe how fast they burn.
Don't be surprised if you find yourself uttering sentences you NEVER thought you'd hear coming out of your mouth. For example, I have once uttered the following: "Billy! Stop hitting your brother with that pig!" See? But it made perfect sense when I said it.
Anyway, good luck to you all. And congratulations once again.
Best regards,
Jenny (V.K.)
"'anyone out there know of a spiritual management book for Mother's in Law you'd recommend? :)""
If you find it, ket me know!!
My advice is to keep your mother-in-law busy, that way she won't have too much time to be a busy body. Have her make food that can be frozen (pot pies, lasagnas, etc). Pick out recipes so she has no "I can't cook that" excuse. Ask her to run some of the errands too. Go to bed early with your wife and the baby so that the time spent getting her "tips" is shorter. Good luck... and congrats on the birth of babybucks!
You did the right thing for all of them, sometimes you can't PLAN LIFE - it just happens to you and you adjust...
I know the feeling of thinking I don't think I can do this - you can't believe the overwhelming pain....and I've done it all...I had natural childbirth (not by choice, I wanted the epidural - it was "too late" to give it to me), I've had a C section and I've had a birth with an epidural and I would take the birth with the epidural ANYTIME!!!