It's a GIRL!

Good on you both for the new addition! :thumbup:

Load up on sleep while you can...... ;)
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Are they allowed to play baseball in the UK?
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No, baseball is actually soccer in the UK, and it is illegal. What they call polo is actually American-style Football, and cricket is known as freeze tag here in the US. I hope I cleared that up a little. ;)
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Are they allowed to play baseball in the UK?
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No, the game is illegal everywhere in the world except for the US. Haven't you noticed there aren't any foreign teams competing in the World Series? :cool:
 
Congratulations!

Your life is about to change forever.

I haven't had an oatcake in years... Do they mail-order from Stoke?

Baseball is strictly illegal in the UK - transgressors have to learn the rules of cricket as a punishment. Paradoxically, ownership of baseball caps is compulsory. Anyone failing to observe this rule is innoculated with Grumpy Old Man Syndrome. (GOMS)

Andy.
 
Congratulations! :)

This seems appropriate, especially since it has knife content, too! (kinda)


Song To Be Sung by the Father of Infant Female Children
by Ogden Nash

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky;
Contrariwise, my blood runs cold
When little boys go by.
For little boys as little boys,
No special hate I carry,
But now and then they grow to men,
And when they do, they marry.
No matter how they tarry,
Eventually they marry.
And, swine among the pearls,
They marry little girls.

Oh, somewhere, somewhere, an infant plays,
With parents who feed and clothe him.
Their lips are sticky with pride and praise,
But I have begun to loathe him.
Yes, I loathe with loathing shameless
This child who to me is nameless.
This bachelor child in his carriage
Gives never a thought to marriage,
But a person can hardly say knife
Before he will hunt him a wife.

I never see an infant (male),
A-sleeping in the sun,
Without I turn a trifle pale
And think is he the one?
Oh, first he'll want to crop his curls,
And then he'll want a pony,
And then he'll think of pretty girls,
And holy matrimony.
A cat without a mouse
Is he without a spouse.

Oh, somewhere he bubbles bubbles of milk,
And quietly sucks his thumbs.
His cheeks are roses painted on silk,
And his teeth are tucked in his gums.
But alas the teeth will begin to grow,
And the bubbles will cease to bubble;
Given a score of years or so,
The roses will turn to stubble.
He'll sell a bond, or he'll write a book,
And his eyes will get that acquisitive look,
And raging and ravenous for the kill,
He'll boldly ask for the hand of Jill.
This infant whose middle
Is diapered still
Will want to marry My daughter Jill.

Oh sweet be his slumber and moist his middle!
My dreams, I fear, are infanticiddle.
A fig for embryo Lohengrins!
I'll open all his safety pins,
I'll pepper his powder, and salt his bottle,
And give him readings from Aristotle.
Sand for his spinach I'll gladly bring,
And Tabasco sauce for his teething ring.
Then perhaps he'll struggle through fire and water
To marry somebody else's daughter.
 
A.W.U.K. said:
Baseball is strictly illegal in the UK - transgressors have to learn the rules of cricket as a punishment.
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A life sentence. Who can ever learn all the rules of cricket?
 
Point44

congratulations.

Oh yeah, right......your life, as you know it, is over.


The good news is that your new life is much better.
 
Thanks everyone.

It's been a weird couple of days. I've never had any little brothers as i'm the youngest, so all this is new to me. First time carrying a baby is scary, they are so fragile. However i'm having a blast. I can stare at the baby for hours. Weird little things they are. All sorts of expressions they have.

I haven't graduated to the changing the nappy yet. Those tar looking stains aren't as bad as i'd imagined but i will take it slowly.

All in all i think it's the best birthday present i've ever had. I really wanted her to be born on my b'day but my wife couldn't hold her in any longer. hehehe.

Luckily my in-laws are here as well. They've been a great help. I can finally catch up on a bit of sleep.

Thanks again you all for the well wishes.
 
Point44 said:
Those tar looking stains aren't as bad as i'd imagined but i will take it slowly.
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LOL, that lasts for about 2-3 days until she gets some REAL food in her. Then we're talking baby doo-doo :D
 
Point44 said:
I haven't graduated to the changing the nappy yet. Those tar looking stains aren't as bad as i'd imagined but i will take it slowly.
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You'll be able to deal with it. I can't tolerate the stench of you-know-what, but when it's your own kid you get this businesslike mindset of "it has to be done, get it over with" and before you know it it doesn't bother you.

Now I will get serious here for a minute... I didn't really want to bring this discussion to a halt with serious talk but I think it's important. There will be times when your baby will cry for no reason. You will change the diaper, feed her, burp her and it won't make any difference. The screaming will get on your nerves and you may feel anger that nothing you do can stop it. This is where inexperienced parents can make a terrible mistake and shake their baby.

Just for your own peace of mind, when this time comes (and it will), you can put her in the crib and let her cry - as long as you've done everything you can to help her. You will feel guilty, but that's better than feeling angry. Leave the room and try to occupy yourself with something else. After a while, she will drift off to sleep. It won't hurt her to cry a lot.
 
Congratulations! I can tell from your first couple of posts in this thread that you are going to be a great daddy! (Just help out with those tar-stains! :p )

How is your wife feeling? I'm assuming all went well with baby's fever and all.

Either no one asked, or I simply missed it, but what is her name???

~ashes
 
TorzJohnson said:
Just for your own peace of mind, when this time comes (and it will), you can put her in the crib and let her cry - as long as you've done everything you can to help her. You will feel guilty, but that's better than feeling angry. Leave the room and try to occupy yourself with something else. After a while, she will drift off to sleep. It won't hurt her to cry a lot.
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I've been training for that moment. I think i'm starting to grow immune to her cries already. I don't really mind crying babies. I was sleeping through her cries this morning. And i can always put a headset on. And i also think that in the early stages they're supposed to cry a lot. Something about it strengthening the lungs or something like that. So i don't mind.

Ashes
Yeap. I'm helping out now. I've started taking off the napies but not yet doing the wiping.hehehe..Before i saw her i always said to my wife i'm NEVER doing the nappies. But when i saw the little thing i don't think there's anything i won't do for her. Just need a bit of training first.

My wife is fine. She went through almost everything that a woman in labour can go through. Had a drip, had epidural, had to have the water burst manually, had to have her bladder emptied using a tube up the urethra, had to have another drip to speed up the contractins, had to have gas & air, had to have episiotomy (a cut down there), had to use those suction cups to pull the baby out.

I think my wife aced it all. I was quite surprised. I'm proud of her. She went through it all with gusto. Almost on the verge of tears the last few moments. Plus when she got home she's still trying to be the cleaning lady.

I was quite surprised with myself as well. I'm afraid of needles and blood and all that but when i saw my wife in pain those fears kinda went away for awhile. I didn't try to look too much though since the midwife told me that if i fainted she's just gonna leave me on the floor.

Anyway, didn't mention it but the baby's name is:

DIAN (pronounced dee-yan)
I don't know the origin. Just checked it out supposedly it's French in origin and means something like 'divine'. I just didn't want to give her an Arabic name like most malaysian muslims. Also didn't want to give her a second name (or middle name) 'cos it's becoming such a trend in Malaysia now and i know it's never going to be used. So her name is just plain DIAN ISKANDAR.

Iskandar is my name btw.
 
Congratulations to you and Mrs. Point. Best wishes to you and your new family. :)
 
Congratulations to you, your wife, and to the newest member of the family.

You now have the most important job you will ever have, being a father. I'm sure you will do very well.

:cool:
 
Dian is Latin in origin (which is where French comes from anyway) and means goddess -- divine is a good translation. Greek, being related to Latin, had a similar root, providing a mans' name, Dion. Appropriately enough, Iskandar comes from a Greek name itself: Alexander.
 
Congratulations! My first was a girl-she is now 29and has a boy and girl of her own. Her birth lives on in my memory like it was yesterday.
 
Congrats, p44, now it is time for you to suffer sleepless nights and worry about every little thing for the next 4 months until your kid can settle down and sleep the night through.

Then when you are wondering whether or not it was worth it, she will smile at you for the first time, and you will know everything's going to be OK.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Dian is Latin in origin (which is where French comes from anyway) and means goddess -- divine is a good translation. Greek, being related to Latin, had a similar root, providing a mans' name, Dion. Appropriately enough, Iskandar comes from a Greek name itself: Alexander.
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LOL, with her newly acquired vocal skills, she'll soon be known as Celine Dian :p
 
Congratulations, may you all have a fine life, I have two lovely daughters myself, the younger one is now 20 years old.

By the way, my daughter has her own baseball glove, I played baseball in little league, pony league and High school, not in the USA.

Luis
 
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