# Doper Baby Announcement! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267 "2007-08-20T17:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/1 "2007-08-20T17:03:28Z")
The pool of pregnant Dopers is now smaller: meet [Jonah Thomas!](http://www.flickr.com/gp/11565749@N00/J94W0U) He was born after a very speedy labor on Thursday, August 16, at 4:22am (my first contraction was at 11pm Wednesday night!). He weighed 7lbs 2oz and is 20 inches long. We’re doing pretty well, so far – we were having some feeding issues, so he’s a little jaundiced. They kept us in the birth center an extra night because of that and because I lost a lot of blood after delivery, but we’re home now and are getting the hang of things. He’s just about perfect, as far as I can tell. 🙂 …and he’s waking up, so here I go! ---
**Author:** ![inkysplotchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2bfe46/32.png) [@inkysplotchy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkysplotchy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/2 "2007-08-20T17:05:25Z")
Huzzah! But now the number of tired yet happy Dopers has increased by one. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/3 "2007-08-20T17:07:35Z")
Oh, wow…beautiful baby, terrific pictures. Congratulation **stargazer** , and welcome Jonah! ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/4 "2007-08-20T17:16:51Z")
Congratulations on a real cutie pie! This means you can come to trivia tomorrow night, right? ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/5 "2007-08-20T17:19:20Z")
He’s beautiful! 🙂🙂 Best of luck to you and your SO! ---
**Author:** ![j00licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@j00licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j00licious)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/6 "2007-08-20T17:32:28Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/7 "2007-08-20T17:34:13Z")
Speedy labors are good. We like speedy labors. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/8 "2007-08-20T17:34:49Z")
What a little darling! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/9 "2007-08-20T18:19:30Z")
Congratulations **stargazer**. He’s darling. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/10 "2007-08-20T18:53:23Z")
Welcome Jonah! I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your mom likes to hang out with strange men in pubs. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/11 "2007-08-20T18:57:15Z")
He is very sweet. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/12 "2007-08-20T19:21:03Z")
Kick Ass! ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/13 "2007-08-20T19:24:44Z")
Congratulations! Jonah is a great name, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/14 "2007-08-20T19:44:24Z")
Congratulations and good health. I’ve been wondering about how it was going, the last few days. Glad to know it went fine. Well, not fine, exactly (sounds like some briefly scary complications), but that things are ending up well. Beautiful baby. Not at all the “tiny human made of chewed gum” look I expect from a typical newborn. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/15 "2007-08-20T19:55:46Z")
Congratulations! He’s really beautiful. Love the name! ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/16 "2007-08-20T19:59:37Z")
He’s beautiful! And I love his name, too. He looks so alert! I’m used to seeing the new Doper babies when they’re still pink, wrinkly, and dazed-looking. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/17 "2007-08-20T21:41:40Z")
ADORABLE! I love the Smiley Boy photo the best. Congratulations on the birth of your son. My unsolicited advice? Take a katrillion zillion pictures and then take some more - you won’t regret it. Keep a baby journal (I just have a Word document right now) and jot down everything you can, whenever you can. It’s amazing how quickly you forget things in the blur that is motherhood. Congrats again. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/18 "2007-08-20T22:16:08Z")
He’s beautiful. I’ll second **Stainz’s** advice. I’m not a mom, but a doting aunt and godmother. Wish I’d written down more of what I found amusing and interesting when my niece, nephew and godchildren were little. They’re so BIG now! Congratulations! GT ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/19 "2007-08-20T22:35:38Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you luck and joy with your new family! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/20 "2007-08-20T23:32:41Z")
Awwwwwwww. Congratulations! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267.md?page=2)