# Holy Crap, I had a baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055 "2010-07-09T02:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [July 9, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/41 "2010-07-09T15:55:28Z")
Darling baby! Congratulations and best wishes to you and your family! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/42 "2010-07-09T16:36:35Z")
Cute little boy! My sister had a long labor too, and birthed a little conehead with long feet and big hands. But his skull was in the right shape in a day, like yours. Glad the sticky vibes worked. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/43 "2010-07-09T16:44:59Z")
What a beautiful boy! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/44 "2010-07-09T18:05:50Z")
BTW, do **NOT** buy the hospital’s extended warranty- they’re a rip off. Turns out they never cover things like potty training or obnoxious teen tantrums, they’re only good for routine maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/45 "2010-07-09T20:36:45Z")
I think he may have hobbit feet, but it’s too soon to tell. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was crazy tall, all of Mr. Elysium’s sisters and his father are very tall and thin, so maybe Gabe will take after them! **Sampiro,** now you tell me! Is it too late to do an exchange? ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/46 "2010-07-10T03:01:33Z")
How wonderful! Congratulations, and he is indeed adorable (if that picture is from right after birth, freakishly so). Gabriel is a lovely name, too. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/47 "2010-07-10T12:42:22Z")
> [@Elysium;12663952 . . .and \[Gabe's feet](#): > > ([Naptime before the doctor | Gabe naps in the waiting room be… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwre/4758734112/in/set-72157600014711136/)). Awwwwww! Wookit de sweeeWiddle Toesiees! ! ! Eesa widdle Sweetie swootums! YesseeIS! YesseeIS! A widdle cutieOotums! ! ! :eek: Ahem. What an adorable child. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/48 "2010-07-10T14:29:01Z")
When I gave birth to a scrawny little thing by C-section 22 years ago, my hospital roommate had pushed out an enormous creature all by herself. He was all puffy and misformed and bruised, and we called him “Bruiser”. But he turned out all right, looks-wise, as I saw his picture in the paper a couple years ago (I remembered his odd name, which was NOT really “Bruiser”.) Congratulations, your babby is adorable and will only grow more so over the years! Do be sure to get the school portraits done every single year, whenever the kid reaches the latest point of perfection, it’s a hoot to line up all the photos from every year, LOL! for comparison. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/49 "2010-07-10T14:35:07Z")
Congratulations! I agree that Gabriel is a great name. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/50 "2010-07-11T02:15:08Z")
congratulations! beautiful kid! great name! yaaaaaaaaay!!! ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/51 "2010-07-11T04:22:47Z")
Beautiful boy! ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/52 "2010-07-11T12:53:49Z")
Congrats. I was consulting at a company and my contracted ended, I left behind a list of stuff for them to clean up - and got pregnant. Later they brought me back - a lot of the stuff undone. I said “I made a complete person in this amount of time, and you guys couldn’t manage to shut down the system!” Like I did all the work or something. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/53 "2010-07-11T14:40:01Z")
He is beautiful! ( and some big feets!) ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/54 "2010-07-12T05:14:28Z")
Handsome boy you have there! Congratulations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/55 "2010-07-12T18:04:01Z")
This is fantastic news. Congratulations to you and your family! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/56 "2010-07-12T21:24:53Z")
Am I only one who thought the thread title meant that she had misplaced the baby? Congratulations! I’m sure it will be along time before you misplace the kid. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/57 "2010-07-13T10:54:12Z")
Awww, baby toes! ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/58 "2010-07-14T18:23:30Z")
His toes are one of his cutest parts. Mr. Elysium finally found the connector cord for our camera, so I have some cute OR pictures to show you all! [Here’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwre/4793463711/in/set-72157600014711136/) his poor head, you can see the red mark where he was stuck. Poor guy! And this is us [meeting](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwre/4794096722/in/set-72157600014711136/) for the first time. And of course, meeting [Dad](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwre/4794096840/in/set-72157600014711136/). ---
**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055/59 "2010-07-15T09:29:06Z")
Just saw this - congratulations! Lovely to see another doper baby entering the world. Super cute wee fella! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-i-had-a-baby/546055.md?page=2)