# An update on Beta-chan, with pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655 "2008-12-04T12:00:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/1 "2008-12-04T12:00:31Z")
It’s amazing how intense the experience is. Anya is almost two months old, but it’s almost like I can’t remember how things were before she was born. First things first. [She smiles now](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076474130/)! And [gazes into your eyes](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076472900/in/photostream/)forever. Resolves to not melt are futile! She’s getting a little [more interested](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3075428377/)in the world, and willful, and has no problem letting us know when she want to be picked up, NOW! We’ve got a nickname for her when she’s screaming her lungs out at 3:00 am, [Anga, The Norse Goddess of Noise](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076471244/). Quite precocious, she can play games, [but cheats](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3075639483/)at paper, rock and scissors. Just don’t [call her on it](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076471646/in/photostream/). Grandma from Taiwan, Ama, [had to go home](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076473868/), so we’re having to be real parents now. That third pair of hands will be missed, especially since that pair did most of the cooking and lots of the cleaning. It’s also amazing how much time babies take up. Where did all that free time go? My wife and I joke that two months ago, no one would ever believe that I could shower quickly or go to bed before 10, or that she could learn to eat quickly. You really have to get things done when you can. Unfortunately, it’s eaten up my Dope time, and I haven’t been around as much. There’s only one time in your child’s life that she’s a baby, and [that commands priority](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076258830/). All is well and [we’re loving it](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3076260636/). ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/2 "2008-12-04T12:15:22Z")
😃 Not meant to be a cheesy, snarky grin at all, just pure pleasure at your joy. She is beautiful and quite the ham for the camera! Love the smile and the peek-a-boo look. Glad all is well. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/3 "2008-12-04T12:59:01Z")
It’s like becoming aware of a different dimension, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/4 "2008-12-04T12:59:28Z")
Aww, she just gets cuter and cuter, and she already started so far ahead of the curve!! Thanks for the update – I’d actually been wondering how things were going, but 11 and 8 years later, I haven’t forgotten how demanding those early weeks and months are! You might want to look into yoga so that you don’t get muscle spasms from being wrapped around that adorable little finger of hers! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/5 "2008-12-04T13:06:03Z")
She’s adorable. The time thing - believe it or not - gets worse when they get mobile- they sleep less and need to be watched closer. This lasts until - maybe 3 1/2 - when a small amount of common sense and all of the “No!” you’ve been screaming starts to take hold. Then you start slowly getting your life back until one day you realize your kid has been gone for three days at sleepovers. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/6 "2008-12-04T13:11:44Z")
You and your family are beautiful 🙂 I celebrate with you. Congratulations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/7 "2008-12-04T13:25:01Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > It’s like becoming aware of a different dimension, isn’t it? Well put. Please keep the updates coming! I look forward to when betachan takes over the world and I can say, " Oh yeah, well, I knew her when she was cheating at Rock, Paper, Scissors!" ---
**Author:** ![criminey.jicket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/8 "2008-12-04T13:46:19Z")
Beta-chan is completely adorable in _Paper or rock?_ Completely! > [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > Resolves to not melt are futile! QFT And Mrs. Player looks great! ---
**Author:** ![Pocito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@Pocito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pocito)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/9 "2008-12-04T13:49:48Z")
I’m still not sure which is Mom and who is Grandma. They look like sisters! (And I want to eat those itty-bitty baby fingers right up! I don’t care if she does cheat.) ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/10 "2008-12-04T14:30:43Z")
She is just too damned cute! Last time I saw anything that cute, I was looking at one of _my_ babies! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/11 "2008-12-04T14:34:37Z")
What an adorable little girl she is! Congratulations once again to everyone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/12 "2008-12-04T16:17:08Z")
I’ve been waiting for an update, and this doesn’t fail. I like this one: [what you talkin’ about?](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3075637383/) Virtual cuddles to Beta-chan! ---
**Author:** ![DoubleJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DoubleJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleJ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/13 "2008-12-04T16:35:12Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I like this one: [what you talkin’ about?](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3075637383/) I noticed something similar when a friend of mine had a baby (said podling is now 13 months old). I would have assumed the first face they learned to make was “smiling”. Turns out the first one down the pike is actually “what the hell”. Takes some getting used to when a baby that can’t walk, talk, eat solid food or (for the first few weeks) hold its own head up or roll over is the one looking at you like you’re an utter retard. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/14 "2008-12-04T17:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer;10528997 Quite precocious, she can play games, [but cheats] ([Paper or rock? Both! I win! | Living in Tokyo | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90901585@N00/3075639483/))at paper, rock and scissors. [/QUOTE] Babies play a variant known as Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Drool. Drool always wins. She is absolutely gorgeous. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/15 "2008-12-04T17:40:05Z")
Oh my God, her eyes! They’re so huge and shiny! _melts into little puddle_ ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/16 "2008-12-04T17:54:58Z")
I saw a billboard advertising the OB/GYN unit at a local hospital. It showed a woman cradling a baby in her arms, while her husband looks adoringly over her shoulder. The caption was, “Now I know why they call it making love.” Congrats on the tot, and enjoy thoroughly this time, because it will be gone before you know it. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/17 "2008-12-04T19:23:03Z")
I still think the smiles on Daddy’s face say everything there is to say. She is adorable. I’ll be smiling for the rest of the day now. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/18 "2008-12-04T19:34:33Z")
Yeah, they both look pretty awestruck with each other. Beautiful family, TokyoPlayer. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/19 "2008-12-04T19:35:48Z")
I would post something more eloquent, but unfortunately I have dissolved into a liquid state. Chou-Kawaii! (supercute!) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655/20 "2008-12-05T00:31:17Z")
> [@hawthorne](#): > > It’s like becoming aware of a different dimension, isn’t it? It really is. The changes have been tremendous, really unbelievable. The first purposeful smiles are such a high. Being a parent just seems to call out a greater sense of responsibility. We were quite lucky to have Ama here for the first almost two months. It gave a transition into the world of parenting without dumping everything all at once. This week, the first since Ama left, has been hard on my wife since she’s the one breastfeeding around the clock and the bulk of the burden falls on her. I do all that I can, which is a reason I’m not posting much lately, but I have to go to work, and leave her there. Anya wants to be held all day, even when she sleeps. My wife only get a breaks at a few minutes at a time. I hope that once Beta-chan get used to Ama not being around that things will settle down more. Still, we are really lucky to have a healthy baby. Being adorable is just an added bonus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-update-on-beta-chan-with-pictures/475655.md?page=2)