Mrs. Buehler445 has a bun in the oven.

[Buehler445]

Elizabeth Grace
3/9/14
7 lb 15 oz
21.5 in long

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Every guy will tell you how great it is, because he wants to feel like he's Father of the Year. But in private, most guys that you're close friends to will be a little more frank about it. I don't let my friends smoke & mirrors me on the topic, so they speak frank around me.


The guy who said he's in month 2 and "wouldn't trade it for the world" is more full of shit than the diaper he's changing.

Umm. Yeah. We want the kid. We understand it is a ****load of work and way more responsibility than we've ever had combined. But bringing a life into this world certainly offsets the bad stuff in most cases.

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

All you need is .45 and a shovel

Backhoe.

Originally Posted by Pestilence

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

**** my life.

You are a far, far better man than I.

Originally Posted by ndws

I grew up on a farrow to finish hog farm. Our neighbor ran a dairy, and I would help out once in a while there. My best friend grew up on a farm, and once again I helped out there. Later in life, me and my old man raised a number of horses. I've spent a good number of years of my life around livestock. In any case, baby shit has a way of burrowing deep into your nasal cavity, unlike most anything else.

You see the black sticky stuff at the hospital and its gross, but its expected, and you have that new-baby euphoria and nothing it does is bad/gross/horrible. that marconium goes away, and even then its not too bad. You've got this. And then the bacteria in the gut changes somehow. And one day, your little darling will shit its pants and all you can say is "Oh dear Lord". You'll want to blame your wife for eating a rotten corpse ass-end first, but she didn't. Good news is, your nose becomes calloused and you eventually aren't bothered by it. That's what they tell me anyway.

Originally Posted by Red Beans

The wife and I were totally against cloth diapers. They'd leak, stink, and generally be a pain in the ass. However after two months of paying out the ass for diapers, we did our research and took the plunge. A $200 investment netted us 30 diapers and inserts. We do diaper laundry every third day or so and saw a slight increase in water consumption. You can seriously tell a difference between a kid's ass that's been clothed in chemically laced material and the cloth diapers. Don't get me wrong, we use disposables in some situations, but 90% of the time we go cloth. It was well worth the investment...

We have a friend that went that direction. It is certainly something to consider. Problem is the kid is going to be in daycare during the school year, and I doubt the provider we have lined up would be up for that, but we'll see.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Every guy will tell you how great it is, because he wants to feel like he's Father of the Year. But in private, most guys that you're close friends to will be a little more frank about it. I don't let my friends smoke & mirrors me on the topic, so they speak frank around me.


The guy who said he's in month 2 and "wouldn't trade it for the world" is more full of shit than the diaper he's changing.

Me thinks you should not be a parent. I've raised my kids and now I'm enjoying my grandkids. Shitty diapers and all, and yes, I would not trade it for ANYTHING in the world!

[Red Beans]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

My kids know they have an honest father, not a fluffer like you.

I enjoy my kids much better now that they're older. But I point out to expecting fathers the reality of the situation so they don't feel guilty about the feelings they are going to experience. It's really hard for men and women to become 1st time parents. Honesty is a good thing - you should try it sometime.

Your honesty sounds a great deal like negativity. Having had a child 10 months ago, I can honestly say it's been the most frustrating, exhausting, exhilarating, moving, experience of my life. My wife and I have moved closer together because of it. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. You paint it all as doom, gloom, and negative bullshit. It's an all encompassing experience. You're half honest if that. I would imagine your kids think you're a dick.

[BigMeatballDave]

Congratulations!

Say goodbye to any disposable income you have.

[Red Beans]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

We have a friend that went that direction. It is certainly something to consider. Problem is the kid is going to be in daycare during the school year, and I doubt the provider we have lined up would be up for that, but we'll see.

It's pretty simple. You buy a wet bag that contains the diapers (about 20 bucks) and send ten with them. They've got snap buttons on them and you can whip em on about as fast as a disposable.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by TrueFanDave

Congratulations!

Say goodbye to any disposable income you have.

And free time.

[ndws]

Originally Posted by TrueFanDave

Congratulations!

Say goodbye to any disposable income you have.

Not necessarily. As long as you have decent insurance, you'll have your deductible, copay, and any 80/20 if you have it. Which is a shot.

But beyond that, if you breastfeed you're not going to have a formula bill. A breastpump is actually covered I think in most insurances, so it quite possibly is a 100% payout for that if you get one.

Diapers, even disposable, haven't run as much as I thought it would. Things like desitin and whatever else...a friend will most likely arrange a baby shower and your first wave of all that stuff will most likely be bought for you.

Clothes? Just buy them as cheap as possible. They never get used enough to wear out. I think we have 3rd gen stuff for our kiddo and they still look pretty much brand new.

Craigslist can be your friend if you start shopping now and can cherry pick needed furniture, etc...

[Red Beans]

Originally Posted by ndws

Not necessarily. As long as you have decent insurance, you'll have your deductible, copay, and any 80/20 if you have it. Which is a shot.

But beyond that, if you breastfeed you're not going to have a formula bill. A breastpump is actually covered I think in most insurances, so it quite possibly is a 100% payout for that if you get one.

Diapers, even disposable, haven't run as much as I thought it would. Things like desitin and whatever else...a friend will most likely arrange a baby shower and your first wave of all that stuff will most likely be bought for you.

Clothes? Just buy them as cheap as possible. They never get used enough to wear out. I think we have 3rd gen stuff for our kiddo and they still look pretty much brand new.

Craigslist can be your friend if you start shopping now and can cherry pick needed furniture, etc...

A plethora of sage advice.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by ndws

Not necessarily. As long as you have decent insurance, you'll have your deductible, copay, and any 80/20 if you have it. Which is a shot.

But beyond that, if you breastfeed you're not going to have a formula bill. A breastpump is actually covered I think in most insurances, so it quite possibly is a 100% payout for that if you get one.

Diapers, even disposable, haven't run as much as I thought it would. Things like desitin and whatever else...a friend will most likely arrange a baby shower and your first wave of all that stuff will most likely be bought for you.

Clothes? Just buy them as cheap as possible. They never get used enough to wear out. I think we have 3rd gen stuff for our kiddo and they still look pretty much brand new.

Craigslist can be your friend if you start shopping now and can cherry pick needed furniture, etc...

This.

You can do something as easy as letting everyone know to bring different sized diapers to your baby shower.

The lucky thing about having an older daughter is that we get to re-use a lot of her clothes with the twins. Mind you....twins are more expensive because you end up buying two of everything.

**** my life.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Flachief58

You see those as bad things, I see them as memories that I would not trade for anything in the world.

this for sure, and we are going through it at the present time. I was up feeding at 245 AM this morning

[Ace Gunner]

congrats -- say hello to your new life

[lcarus]

Congratulations. I'd say I'm really happy for you but I really don't know you so that would be a lie. Congratulations anyway though!

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

My kids know they have an honest father, not a fluffer like you.

I enjoy my kids much better now that they're older. But I point out to expecting fathers the reality of the situation so they don't feel guilty about the feelings they are going to experience. It's really hard for men and women to become 1st time parents. Honesty is a good thing - you should try it sometime.

JFC, I have a 16 year 12year 8 year and 9 month old. they all are the same amount of fun to do things with. you just are doing different things.

im actually very sad we wont be having any more. im going to miss them being little...

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

JFC, I have a 16 year 12year 8 year and 9 month old. they all are the same amount of fun to do things with. you just are doing different things.

im actually very sad we wont be having any more. im going to miss them being little...

That's what my wife says, now that they are "mine"


But you're full of dirty poopy diapers if you say boys are as much fun at 3 months as they are at 5. Sorry but that's just a load of nonsense.

[Moon§hiner]

Congrats Buehler! The baby poop reminds me of a guy I worked with years ago that could reach in a pile of crap up to his elbows and pull a cow out of a muddy pen. He would let his kid walk around in a dirty diaper until mom got home to change it because it was gross. Yes, I changed the poor kid for him and never let him forget it.