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Hey - Please welcome Myright Jr. !!!!

Congratulations! There is no better feeling in the world then when you look into your child's eyes for the first time, but I guess you know that now. I am sure you will be a great father, but its always important to be a great husband also. I kind of forgot that for awhile , but I am back on track now! Take care, and I wish you the best of luck. I hope the Mrs. is doing well also.
 
My little one is now 16 months and I can remember being in the hospital when he first came out. It truely is an amazing time. I wish the best of luck to you all.
 
myright said:
...I came home for a quick few minutes to take care of the Pup and the house...
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And apparently log right into BladeForums! :D

Congratulations. There's always something special about the first kid... you love the others just as much, of course, but somehow the first always gets you smiling.

Here's great news: that excitement you have today? It'll stay with you a looooong time. There'll be days where you think the kid is crazy, or trying to get you, or just doing it to annoy you (trust me!), but overall, you'll stay as thrilled as you are right now--if not more so!
 
Congratulations! I know that blessing well. My wife and I had a son on 7/7--maybe 10 minutes after leaving the hospital parking lot. He's our 5th.

You know, the reproduction/children/family-and-species-survival aspect of survival is somewhat neglected on this board. Makes ya think. Like, what's a good bare minimum gear to add to a bug-out bag if you have (or might have) a baby? That kind of thing. (I've kept a bottle-with-nipple, and I think some formula, in mine, for example.)

You may find that this newcomer is THE excuse par excellence for buying FAR more knives and other survival gear than you could possibly have justified to yourself before. I've been getting Leatherman tools and khukuris for all of my kids--and I have to admit that, by kid #5, this has become a tad expensive.

But fun!

Congratulations again!

P.S.: How many of the sexually-active would-be survivalists on this forum do you suppose know how to deliver a baby? A breech baby? A baby whose shoulder gets hung up and stuck on the way out? We men tend to neglect such things, but you have to admit that these are no-kidding skills worth considering adding to our repertoire. I spent a fair amount of hours in the weeks leading up to our most-recent son's birth reading books on low-tech, third-world midwifery, just making sure I had down the right techniques in case this baby did like one of his older brothers and got stuck on the way out. As my wife came very close to delivering this baby on the sidwalk, I was glad I'd taken the time. If women of childbearing age are part of your survivalist fantasy--er, plan--it might not be a bad idea to learn a bit of low-tech, emergency obstetrics.

Just thinking . . . .
 
:thumbup: Congrats on your first child ! But don't rush the growing up part, it will be here & gone before you know it:( Enjoy this time he is only that size once ;) .
May GOD bless you & yours !
 
Congrats! Don't rush it, just enjoy it! It seems to fly by when you least expect it. Because when they get about 2 to 3 you want to do everything with them. I think the hardest thing is finding or making the time to share with them. Good luck!
Welcome to the club of fatherhood. :thumbup:

Oh and take lots of pictures and save them. You'll be amazed on how much they change in the first 2 years.
 
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Congratulations! I have 2 sons and they hae grown fast! At 14 and 16 they are: taller than me (I still OUTWEIGH them though. HA take THAT!) They are better than me in video games, which is a dubious distinction, they are funny, polite (not to each other), helpful, and they like to hang out with me---even if just to beg rides off me to get to their friends' houses. It will all happen to you too my friend.

Seriously, enjoy your son and congrats to your wife as well.
 
Thank you all very much for your kind words and your advice. Baby is doing great, that circumcision makes me want to cry every time I look at it. I can't imagine how bad it hurts, luckily you don't remember - well, at least I didn't.

Mom is doing well also. She had to push for 2+ hours before the Dr. decided that the baby was facing the wrong way and was a bit too big to come out. They did a rush C-section and got my boy out. I guess he just wanted to make a grand enterance. My MIL is staying at the hospital tonight with my wife so I can come home and sleep the night through and take care of the pup some more.

You guys are right, there's nothing in the world like having a kid. I can just sit and stare at him for hours.

Tony - great advice about not forgetting about my wife. I've made a strong effort to make sure I stay supportive and always pay attention to her no matter how much I want to be consumed with my son.

Wow - It still feels wierd to say "My son" :)

Thanks again everyone.
 
Congrats bro, now you have an excuse for all those knives you buy, you can say that they are heirlooms to pass onto your kid !!!
 
pitdog said:
Congrats bro, now you have an excuse for all those knives you buy, you can say that they are heirlooms to pass onto your kid !!!
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I've been trying to work a new Graham Rawk into the budget by calling it exactly that :D
 
It seems like yesterday that my first son was born but I blinked and 39 years went by. Enjoy them while you can, they don't stay young long. I am lucky that I still have a pretty close relationship with all three of mine.
 
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