baby coming soon

[Richard Creighton]

General advice

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:
>
>1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
>2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
>3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the
>second person.
>4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
>5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
>6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
>7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
>8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
>9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
>10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

[Mike66]

I have three children myself Alex 13 /jess 11(going on 18) and jake 7.
I cant begin to tell how important routines are.I know it doesnt work for alot of people ,but for me and the wife it worked wonders.
This applies to you and the wife.
One of the best bits of advice i ever got was to have a rountine about who gets up in the night.We took turns to get up and look after the kids at least then you get one good nights sleep out of two.

all the best

Mike

[AndyLala]

ONLY JOKING
I think hes been on the GRIPE WATER & CALPOL again

It helps with the sleep deprivation... don't knock it...

[slim]

got a baby due in a little over 5 weeks well five weeks this friday.
dont think we are quite ready yet.. nursery no where near ready .
this is our first child, and we are both realy happy about it.
i would like a boy and my other half a girl !!
as long as the baby is in good health then i suppose thats all that matters...
bought everything apart from a cot.
at the moment she looks realy big, if thats all baby then i better get a new push chair or a wheel barrow lol....

so if you have any comments or advice this is where to put it??

update.......
two weeks on friday and counting didnt think that she would make it this far thought it would have been giving us sleepless nights by now as she is realy big.. cant wait..........................

[ship]

hi m8,
hope all,s going well, two things:

enjoy the baby as, believe me theyr,e not babies long, it only seems like last yr that i cut Amy,s cord(daughter) but she,s 4 in June!! and don,t believe all you hear about sleepless nights, Amy slept for 10hrs 1st night home and has been the same ever since, even now if she wakes during the night she just climbs in with me and the wife and most of the time we don,t know she,s there till the morning!


best of luck to the (soon to be) 3 of you


ship

[laser_jock@work]

......and don,t believe all you hear about sleepless nights, Amy slept for 10hrs 1st night home and has been the same ever since, even now if she wakes during the night she just climbs in with me and the wife....

Congratulations- hope it all goes well for you- as you say the most important thing is that they are healthy and anything else doesn't really matter!

With regards to sleep patterns all children are different. Our John (now 5) slept through from about 5 months and is still a very sound sleeper. Anthony (now 3) still wakes up at 01:30 (the little darling) for a bottle, is a very light sleeper and always want to be in our bed. Chalk & cheese.

What ever happens it will be the best thing you ever did.

Nevillef

[slim]

finaly baby as arrived,

girl 8lb 8oz, nice size...

after going nearly 2 weeks over and then mrs slim had to have a section.

the end result is the same a beutifull little girl iam chuffed to bits, and can wait for them both to come home so i can go and show off the new edition to the family

[AndyLala]

Congratulations,


wish you all the very best. Wish Mrs Slim a speedy recovery... and the little one a bright a rewarding future... safe journey to all of you.

andyL

[Mrs Jotto]

Congratulations to both of you.

[greybeard]

update.......
two weeks on friday and counting didnt think that she would make it this far thought it would have been giving us sleepless nights by now as she is realy big.. cant wait..........................

Congrats to you both.
As others have said here, make the most of it. It won't be long before your daughter comes to you at 19 and says "Dad, you're going to be a grandad!"

Now have 4 grandchildren, two boys & two girls. Lovelt to see them when they come to visit, but just as pleased to be able to hand them bck!

[silvtr1000]

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! !

That's the same weight my little boy was. Well done to Mrs Slim! Best wishes, health & hapiness to the three of you.

Mark

PS - Just a word of caution - I don't know if it's the same in England, but aparrently, in Ireland, a new mother can get away with killing the husband/partner (maybe any poor sucker?) up to 2 years after the birth. Something to do with some stuff called "hormones" . . . I'm in the clear on May12th!

[slim]

thanks alot guys hopefully mrs slim and baby coming home today as the hospital whants to free up a few beds for bank holiday......

cheers guys......

[jax]

Congratulations, there's nothing nicer than a new baby, especially at Easter.
Ooohh, I've gone all maternal!


.....................
Jacqueline

[Greyhound]

Congratulations and welcome to Baby Slim