Ima dad - now what?!?

Well it finally happened.  My wife and I spawned a child process!  We
welcomed out first child, Emily, into the world at 2:15pm Aust EST 22-Jul.
Mother and child are doing famously despite earlier complications.

Now to the hard work of raising a daughter.  Any advice
greatly appreciated in that area.

Although in my current scotch-and-cigar-induced state of
euphoria I think I might just get some sleep for the first time in 2 days.

Take care all,

James
ZZR250==>ZX9R

 

hahaha wd mate! i knew you weren't shootin blanks

 

well well

congratulations. hope all are doing fine

 

Congrats James. I'd take advantage of the sleep before Emily gets home.
You'll get used to sleep deprivation....Honest.

Cheers

 

Nice one, Centurion...

Doug Cox.
Work to ride, Ride to work...
http://toosmoky.d2.net.au

 

Nice one centurion

Cheers
Goaty

 

Congrats!

 

"Centurion" <>

CONGRATS!!

Shit, where do ya want me to start?

best stick with the scotch for the next few years )
cheers
pete

 

See advice posted in $OTHER_PLACE.

DaZZa

P.S. She's too little yet to ride pillion.

 

Well done.

Ditch the bike and grow up, Kitzo style

CDIHL

 

Bwwwahahahahahahaha, get some sleep? My dear tapeworm, that is something
you shoulda thought about 9 months ago!!

Welcome to perpetual worry, vomitting, fevers, colds etc. Buy a tympanic
thermometer, do a first aid course and know how to remove objects from
mouths and make sure you have ambulance cover.

While you are in euphoria. Move all the stuff you care about 3 feet above
the floor, and scotch guard everything. Speaking of scotch, I'll have a
large one!

Congrats.

Hammo, Vickers and Tori

 

Congrats Centurion.
Enjoy & get as much sleep as you can before Mum & Bubs come home. Take
it from someone who suffers the experiance, I have 3, I repeat 3! girls, The
2 older ones will be 6 & 3 next mth & the youngest is just over 13mths old.
I've forgotten what sleep is!
--

Aido >
2000 Honda Hornet S
www.hondahornet.co.uk

PS: HEHEHE, I love that Kitzo comment.

 

Great! Congratulations!

I've heard it said that the first 20 years is the hardest

I'd be making the most of it, you won't be sleeping much for the next few
years.

Gary

--

"My Government will always seek to be truthful and open with the
Australian public."

John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia

"According to Hitwise, JOHNHOWARDLIES.COM is the number 1 Australian
political website visited by Australian Internet users as of 16th July,
2004."

http://www.johnhowardlies.com/

 

Nice one, Centurion!

What now? Now you work your guts out for twenty-odd years to feed, clothe &
educate her, that's what.

When she turns 13 you turn into an ignorant fool, and you continue to be a
fool until she's 18 and wants a party and a car and a place of her own,
which you will be allowed to finance, while she goes to uni and runs up a
HECS debt which causes her to go overseas which in turn will prevent her
from ever giving you grandkids to play with.

Other than that, it's pretty good (apart from the screams, spews, shits,
falls etc, but just explain to everyone that it's a difficult time for you
too)

 

James,

You want advice NOW? You should have asked 9 months ago.

Its the end of the world as you know it - one door shuts, another thousand
slam in your face.

My advice at this point is to just let it take you under. Thrashing around
on the surface only prolongs the inevitable, plus it gives rise to
unhealthy, disruptive feelings of hope and optimism. The sooner you simply
let go, grasshopper ....

You can prepare yourself with the following simple exercises:

(a) Find your most precious possession and either drop it, scratch it, draw
on it, vomit on it, or simply lose it somewhere.

(b) Practice modifying your viewing habits - next moto GP which is close,
walk from the room with two laps to go. If you're watching an action movie,
switch off after the first 20 seconds. Return to watch the last 20 seconds.

(c) Plan two fun things to do this weekend, then don't do either of them

(d) When your meal is *exactly* the right temperature for consumption leave
the room for at least 10 minutes. When you return, force yourself to eat it.

(e) Practise taking 20 minutes to get from your front door into your car
before driving away.

(f) Think of your favourite holiday destination and imagine what it will be
like in 18 years.

(g) Treat your helmet with banlice

(f) And lastly, learn to enjoy it all, you'll go mad if you don't.


Mike
(pre fatherhood YZF1000, post fatherhood VFR800 - and there's a message in
that for all of us)

 

You stick it in her ear ?! Geez Hammo, can't you be a normal parent
and get a digital one from the chemist ?

JL

 

we're still talking about thermometers, right?

abacus

 

Oi! Get your own tribe!

Hammo

 

Other than that, it's pretty good (apart from the screams, spews, shits,

sounds like conehead before a morning ride

 

let me be the first to say, nice one Centurion