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Post by Rob G on Jul 27, 2006 18:17:22 GMT -5
Congrats buckley, Now i can finally begin my new campaign for suited for infants. Oh wait, i've been doing that years. Mwhahahahaha
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Post by Ken on Jul 28, 2006 9:54:08 GMT -5
If you go to the "Comics" thread, and click on the Dynamic Forces link, then go to the lithographs link on that site and scroll through them for a bit, there are many lithographs of Red Sonja, even one battling Thulsa Doom, a must have for your new baby's nursery. ;D ;D
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Post by abisai on Jul 30, 2006 20:13:10 GMT -5
Those lithographs were pretty cool. I guess I'll have to buy some metal bikinis for my daughter so that she can make a man very happy some day.
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Post by abisai on Aug 9, 2006 23:31:24 GMT -5
Just a question for the dads out there, when the fuck does this kid sleep through the night? How did you manage to stay sane at this time? Any tips? We just realized the pacifer is a weapon of mass destruction against the fidgets. And I got a swing with batteries. But the kid don't sleep enough to let me and my wife restore our Hit Points.
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Post by ring87 on Aug 10, 2006 7:08:45 GMT -5
Get use to it. Take turns. It lasts a long time. Try sleeping in a recliner holding her. Or better yet a glider. Stand up and rock back and forth until your legs and back cramp up. Let her sleep between you and your wife. If you both don't roll a lot. You won't sleep well because you keep looking at them or think you hear something but it's better than nothing.
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Post by Ken on Aug 10, 2006 20:26:46 GMT -5
Well, luckily, Kenneth will sleep for 3 - 4 hours straight after a feeding, unless he has gas, then it's up to his dad to help him "get the gas out." I even have a little song to help him, but without actual sound, it won't have the same effect.
So, Rosa and I try to time his last feeding of the night, (this is the feeding where we are both awake), so that we maximize our sleeping time. In other words, we naturally go to bed at 11:00pm, so we try to time his feeding for 10:30pm. We will all be in bed by 11:00pm, so his next feeding will be at 3:00am. This at least insures that we get 4 hours of sleep. Yes, little Kenneth will sleep for at least four hours. If we are lucky, he sleeps for a little longer, maybe until 3:30 or blessed 4:00am. Then he awakens us.
We both get up, change and feed him and are back in bed in about 30 - 40 minutes. If we are back in bed by 4:00am, then he will sleep until 8:00am.
We will ignore him until it is time for him to be fed, unless he is in real distress. Our first challenge was to distinguish a whine, from a babble, from an actual cry. If he whines, or is just babbling, we ignore that and keep on sleeping. If he is crying, maybe due to some severe gas pains, we are up, holding and cuddling him.
My wife's instinct is to go to him every time he makes a noise. I had to convince her to stop doing that. Sometimes he is just making some noise, babbling, etc, practicing, if you will, and doesn't need direct attention.
The pacifier, "choochey," is a fantastic tool, however they spit that thing out all the time, so you can be getting up and down a lot. I just duct tape it to his face. JUST KIDDING!
If your baby has a lot of gas, or is colic-ey, they are having a lot of pain in thier stomach or intestines. Our doctor told us to do bicycle motions with his legs, or hold him on his stomach and rub and/or pat his back, or place him on a vibrating apparatus. We have a vibrating bouncy chair that we put him in during the day to fight the gas. Basically, our lives revolve around fighting gas. If we put the time into burping and settling his stomach after every feeding, then it cuts down on the gas.
If that doesn't work, we just got the green-light from our doctor/pediatrician today to use this all-natural supplement called "GripeWater Liquid" by "baby bliss" which you can find in any pharmacy such as CVS, which is supposed to help reduce or relieve their gas. We haven't tried it yet, but we have it and it comes highly recommended by at least two sets of parents we know.
If the baby is colic-ey and has trouble pooping, that is an entirely different story. Then I have no idea. As a frame of reference, our pediatrician told us that a baby should be eliminating at least once every 4 days. Little Kenneth poops once a day and his butt should be declared a hazardous waste area due to the size and smell of his poops. Like father, like son. If Sonya poops once a day, she probably isn't colic-ey.
How often do you feed her? How many ounces does she take? How long between feedings? Can you give her more formula if she is still hungry or does your pediatrician recommend against it?
We just got the green light to increase little Kenneth's ounces from 3 to 4 - 6 ounces per feeding if he can take it. Once you feed tham more, they will sleep more. We are looking forward to sleeping a few hours more a night due to the increased ounce-age per feeding. I hope it works.
Getting up in the middle of the night is freaking crazy. I am constantly stubbing my toes and almost falling down the stairs, which are right next to our bedroom. An unintended consequence is that since I am being awakened in the middle of REM sleep, I am remembering my dreams a lot more, and they are pretty fuckin' frightening. Sometimes I think I'm going to lose my mind.
I hope this helps. Let me know how it is going.
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Post by abisai on Sept 17, 2006 0:55:56 GMT -5
Ken, thanks for the bicycle trick. Whenever I read that I started doing it compulsively and thinking to myself "get the gas out" and I think it worked sometimes. Things are so much better now it's not even funny. That first four weeks was rough. Just getting used to things and then not having a baby sleep more than two-three hours at a clip was hard on both of us.
She eats like a beast now though, so that means more sleep for everyone. Her last doctor's visit placed her in the 90th percentile for her size at her age. RED SONYA IS COMING BITCHES. I am so fucking proud it is beyond all reason. I get proud that her fingers are long and her hair is longer than mine. It's so silly. I cannot imagine what will happen when she actually is able to do anything. I might lose my damn mind by that point, please excuse me if I do.
I want to line up all our kids in a picture like it's a class or a team and we stand in the background like the teachers or coaches. That would be cool.
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Post by abisai on Sept 17, 2006 0:59:38 GMT -5
Taken today:
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Post by ring87 on Sept 17, 2006 22:22:37 GMT -5
Ken, if they have trouble pooping then you stick that thermometer where the sun don't shine and do a little coaxing. And that "bo-bo" sticks around longer than you want it too. You end up buying a 1000 of them. As they love to hide them. lose them and throw them out the window of a moving car. My kid has got an arm; no joke. He surprises every adult that plays catch with him. I wonder if the yankee farm system takes 2 year olds. Buck your baby is so cute. Kyler had a full head of hair too. He just got his hair cut yeterday. While he was taking a nap. He fell asleep while we were waiting. Even the clippers did not wake him up.
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Post by Rob G on Sept 18, 2006 16:05:00 GMT -5
Wow, nice baby guys,
I love that you dudes have sex with your woman.
THEN, She get pregnaunt. Gains weight, goes out of work, experiences extreme chemical imbalances, back problems. 9 months of arduous insanity culminating in the most horribly painful exeprince known to the human race.
Thn you dudes post pictures of beautiful children with you standing there. No mom in sight. A look upon your faces like "LOOK WHAT I DID".
There should atleast be a disclaimer at the bottom which says "This baby provided by Lisa/Christina/etc."
MWAHAHAHA
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Post by abisai on Sept 19, 2006 0:36:53 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Rob, this grief about being proud papas... makes me laugh so hard I cry. It's so fucking true.
Brian, great pick. I love the Batman chair in the background. Is he at the point where everything goes straight in the mouth now? I remember there being no stopping my nephew from inserting anything found, from any surface, straight in the mouthpiece. I love the story about him falling asleep at the barber.
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Post by ring87 on Sept 19, 2006 3:21:32 GMT -5
Actually he dosn't put stuff in his mouth that often. Though he can step on a big wheel thing in get whats on top of counter tops. He came up to me and Christina the other day while we were hugging and put his arms around us and said "I love you guys". He talks really good for two I think. But thats what all parents say. He never sets on that batman couch or his personalised rocker. He loves my old bean bag chair that Larry got me a while back though.
I could talk all day about my cute little man.
Me and my woman both thought Robs post was funny. I had to share it with her.
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