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With so many little Hip fans popping up in the Hipbase community the last couple of years, and so many ready to arrive.
Any advice/tricks for first time parents that they may have not thought of already.
I offer my first point of advice.
1. I have two sponges by the sink - one for the bottles and one for everything else.
I do not need to be washing the bottles with the same sponge that I just cleaned up raw chicken with.
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Don't wipe your asses with your sleeves....oh wait, nevermind..
With a 6 and 3 year old, its been a few years for me to recall the first few days/weeks of parenthood. IT WILL be a life altering event, so get ready for it, even though you never will be ready.
For any daddy's here, don't be a deadbeat, give all the support and help and love to mommy, and when she says you screwed up feeding the baby, even when you didn't, bite your lip and take it like a man.
Beyond my $0.02 above, keep packs of baby wipes, blankets, diapers conveniently stored in locations throughout the house and even your vehicle. Spit ups and crap ups WILL happen anywhere and anytime.
I can write about this forever....
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Oh dear god I could write a book....
I have three kids, two boys, 6 and 4, and a small whirling dervish of a willful monster daughter who's 2...
I think in the early days, don't compete. You're both as totally knackered as each other, so don't try to score points on who has done more and is more tired.
To get more sleep, put baby magazines out with interesting articles about how breast is best. Helps with the childs development, all that stuff which I am sure is all true, but also helps at 3am when baby is screaming for food and as a man, all your job is, is to roll over, give your missus a pat and mumble 'you're doing so great for our kid, I'm so proud of you, you're a great mum' before rolling back and snoring your arse off.
I agree with the baby wipe advice. Put those little packs of 'what the f~~k is that on my shirt' everywhere!!
Admit defeat early on, that anything you own will now have finger/tongue/nose prints on it.
Realise that you will now cry more than at any other point in your life. First crawl, first steps, first words, first day at school. school nativity, father's/mother's day presents, some crap film that you used to laugh at, but now you have a kid, you 'totally relate to'
Please, unless your child is a sodding Einstein who has split the atom in his or her high chair, pick up on the fact early on that your friends who don't have kids don't give a rats ass that she can now get her own foot in her mouth and points at Elmo and goes 'Mo Mo' They don't care. Seriously...
Your stuff is now their stuff, and they don't look after it.
A vomiting baby holds 5 times it's own volume of sick when it's really really unwell, and that carpet will never ever be the same again.
That smell never goes for the first year.
Empty the potty as soon as it is used, or it is a little damp landmine of unexpected terror...
I could go on and on...
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'Whoops' is not a word the patient wants to hear...apparently
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We've got 32 days until our expected due date... thanks for the tips.
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chris Wrote:We've got 32 days until our expected due date... thanks for the tips.
Let's start a baby pool!
My guess is June 6th. ............ :wink:
(if it really is June 6th and you are an hour and a half away, it is NOT my fault)
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chris Wrote:Yes, it will be your fault. But my wife will be with me at ArtPark. She REALLY wants to go.
Nice!
Dual citizenship.
And nice job with the kids inutero Hip show.
My kid attended Bon Jovi, Queen and U2 while she was very pregnant. And many shows since he popped out.
But no Hip. Yet.
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My two are 25 and 21 and were weened on The Hip
My advise....stay medicated !!!
seriously though , embrace it all cause it flies by in a heartbeat
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3 & 5 yr old here.
Tip #1. Glass bottles don't heat up that plastic crap.
#2. Regarding crib death...not a great subject and no ones fault but first thing don't smoke in your dam house (not that you do just saying) Remove bumper pads...garbage...A study recently found that if you use an oscillating fan in the babies room to circulate the air reduces the chances of it happening.
Great book called Baby wise believe me it works and is best for baby and you...
Sleep now... :thumb:
Congrats to the new arrivals...and oh ya don't bring them to a dam concert at 5yrs old so they need to wear headphones and fall asleep at 9pm they won't enjoy it sat near a poor kid who was 5 at the Music Hall.
cratch:
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Dark Canuck17 Wrote:and oh ya don't bring them to a dam concert at 5yrs old so they need to wear headphones and fall asleep at 9pm they won't enjoy it sat near a poor kid who was 5 at the Music Hall. cratch:
Just to make sure everyone knows I am not
that guy. (as if you all care)
I only bring my kids to outdoor concerts where it is not loud depending where you sit, and we leave early to get home by 9-9:30.
My kid has seen Sam Roberts, moe.x2, Brett Michaels (my wife, ok) Gov't Mule.
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I was not implying that either just so you know :thumb:
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I agree with all that has been said. My daughter is 4 I have a hard time remembering what it was like before she was born..Like what I did without worrying about what she is doing getting into or asking questions.
Remember that trip to the store that took you 5 minutes well plan on an hour now. Packing everything under the sun in the bag, kid in car seat..
Good luck to all the new parents in the near future. If anyone has a question or just needs to talk to another adult send me a email I am home all the time stay at home dad and wouldn't change it for the world..
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My second kid is one-week old today. Still in that sappy new-baby honeymoon phase. (Which apparently does exist with the second baby; not so much on the first.) So, my advice, be it your first or your fifth: Get out and take a walk around the block as a family as soon as you can. Powerfully good feeling.
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sullivand Wrote:My second kid is one-week old today.
Congrats Mr. Sullivan.
You realize with the 2nd kid that it is much easier, because you realize "oh yeah, I am not going to break him/her"
And I remember two things when my first was born:
1. Me and the wife being so careful and tender at the hospital changing the clothes/diapers. And then the nurses would come in to do it and they would be throwing the kid around like a doll - and trust me - you want to punch the nurses in the face when you see that.
2. The freakiest part for me was the three of us arriving home. All of the sudden it is the three of you sitting there and the house is silent. You look at each other and realize there are no more nurses/doctors around. Now you are in charge!
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