Parenting doesn't come with a manual. You will make mistakes, but as long as you love your child with all of your being and make time for you and the mrs and you'll be fine

Well, there IS one incredibly strange hurdle coming almost as soon as you bring the lil shaver home... mecomium(sp) poop, no lie, it glows and has the poop color palette of the aurora borealis... waves of purple, neon green, blue...

Its an elemental life shit.

never know...we didn't know until after the first one was born and taken out of the room.
wife kept saying, "my stomach doesn't feel like it's gone down very much."
I said, "don't worry...it'll go down tomorrow."
doc comes back in and goobers around down there a little...his eyes get big and he says, "shit...I think there's another one."
don't remember too much after that.

of course that was over 30 something years ago. they do those ultrasounds now and can see all kinds of stuff.

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Embrace puke. And embrace that runny, hell-sent, substance they call baby shit. And when you buy the big dumpster-o-diapers, don't be surprised when your little bundle outgrows them before you get halfway through. And think about that $40 you just spent, and hope you have a friend to barter size 2 for 3s and so on.

We're at month #2 right now. Just got the shots and the checkup. I wouldn't trade it for anything, but expect everything you know this very moment in time, to be obsolete for a while once he/she arrives.

They assured us there is only one in there.

My buddy told me I should hope for twins. Then if I had a single down the line it would seem easy. On second thought, maybe he isn't my buddy.

This. Take pictures, spend time with them, make memories, cherish them, do things with them, be a part of their lives.

The time flies by, my youngest son (19) left for the Navy two weeks ago.

Sounds like good advice. I work outside and am dirty most of the time anyway. Hopefully the poop and puke won't be too much of a variance.

well, raising twin sons imo, was a lot easier than raising one daughter, and the sons came first.
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Yeah, I've got a couple nieces and nephews that have flown by.

Another terrifying thing is that the kid will graduate high school in 2032. :eek:

Congrats man! :thumb:
Just consider changing diapers as building up credit for when your children have to change yours.

I need to go ahead and not have a daughter. I'm fairly certain I would shoot every 12-25 year old male in the county once she hits 14. /sarcasm (ish)

Congratulations!

I'm pretty sure I'm not going to live that long. :D

I have a 6 year old daughter and twin 3 year old daughters.

**** my life.