# Doper Baby Announcement!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267>\
**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:** 12\
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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/21 "2007-08-21T01:20:31Z")

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He’s adorable! Congratulations!

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**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/22 "2007-08-21T01:46:44Z")

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Thanks, everyone! We think he’s a keeper.

[QUOTE=Interrobang!?]  
This means you can come to trivia tomorrow night, right?  
[/QUOTE]

How 'bout next week? I don’t think my brain would be much of an asset right now. But next week should be back to normal, right? 😉

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**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/23 "2007-08-21T02:35:16Z")

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Congrats **Stargazer.** He’s a real cutie.

I had to laugh at your comment about your brain being back to normal next week. Try after about six months or so…lack of sleep does funny things to you.

Take care.

Taters

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/24 "2007-08-21T04:27:50Z")

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Congrats, **stargazer**! If it makes you feel any better, Whatsit the Youngest was born about 3 months ago and I’m finally starting to feel like my brain is returning to normalcy (or normal for me, anyway). So maybe it won’t take _six_ months. 😉

Two of mine have been jaundiced, but it was nothing that time, sunlight, and breastmilk didn’t eventually fix. Hopefully yours will be as easy to solve!

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**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/25 "2007-08-21T04:45:25Z")

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Awww, what a handsome fellow! I especially like Smiley Boy. Congratulations!!

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/26 "2007-08-21T05:00:53Z")

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That is an unusually good-looking infant. Congratulations to you and the hubby.

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**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/27 "2007-08-21T05:02:41Z")

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What a handsome guy! And I love the name.  
As far as getting your mind back, it comes and goes with age. Their age. One minute you’re on top of it all and the next it gets ugly.  
But he’s at one of the best ages right now. The not mouthy age. After they start talking it’s all down hill, and then they are grown in a blink.  
It’s the most wonderful thing to be a parent.  
Congrats on your son, and enjoy being his mom.

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/28 "2007-08-21T13:03:47Z")

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Congratulations! He’s beautiful. \*\*Cervaise[b is right. He doesn’t look all wrinkly or like Winston Churchill. 😉 He’s really cute.  
I’m glad labour was fast, too.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/29 "2007-08-21T14:33:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Taters]

I had to laugh at your comment about your brain being back to normal next week. Try after about six months or so…lack of sleep does funny things to you.

Taters  
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I don’t know about that. My youngest is 7 years old, and my brain’s not back to normal yet.

**stargazer** , he is absolutely perfect! Nice work!

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/30 "2007-08-21T15:27:36Z")

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_Ooooooh_, **stargazer**! What a little darling you have there! His eyes look so sharp and curious (when they’re open, that is).

I’ll be keeping an eye on the trivia thread; do let us know when you’re feeling up to going again. This is news enough to pull me out of my hidey-hole to venture out and congratulate the new mother in person. 🙂

Rest up, take care, and enjoy your time with this shiny new little person.

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**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/31 "2007-08-21T15:45:06Z")

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I kept seeing this thread and not opening it…until I looked again and saw who started it.

Congrats **stargazer**! He’s a pip!

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**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-baby-announcement/416267/32 "2007-08-21T18:44:02Z")

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He’s beautiful! And such a beautiful name. Congratulations!

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