# New Baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423 "2008-02-13T12:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/1 "2008-02-13T12:12:10Z")
I did it! Sunday morning at 7:08 we became “a four family” as our older daughter puts it. Laboring from 10:30 at night till the next morning was the toughest thing I’ve ever done, but we got through it, and things are going well. She was 8 pounds, 14 ounces, 21 inches long. I think the household is waking up, so I gotta run, but here’s a [slideshow](http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/UCinnamon/?action=view¤t=c200af8f.pbw). If y’all want gory details, I can share later. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/2 "2008-02-13T12:15:30Z")
Congratulations! Grab naps when you can? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/3 "2008-02-13T12:16:16Z")
Congratulations on your new little Spice Girl! She’s beautiful! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/4 "2008-02-13T12:21:50Z")
Congratulations! She’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/5 "2008-02-13T12:39:35Z")
What a beauty…and big, too! I don’t suppose she will be wearing that cute 'lil baby outfit long! Pretty little other DD, too! ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/6 "2008-02-13T14:49:19Z")
Congratulations! Glad to hear things went well. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/7 "2008-02-13T14:53:36Z")
Congratulations! She’s gorgeous, and I love the name Claire. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/8 "2008-02-13T15:21:23Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you a lifetime of joy and happiness with your new family. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/9 "2008-02-13T15:24:37Z")
Woohoo for fresh-squeezed DoperBabies! And picture #10 looks very, very, _very_ familiar to my wife and I. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/10 "2008-02-13T15:26:53Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] I did it! Sunday morning at 7:08 we became “a four family” as our older daughter puts it. Laboring from 10:30 at night till the next morning was the toughest thing I’ve ever done, but we got through it, and things are going well. She was 8 pounds, 14 ounces, 21 inches long. I think the household is waking up, so I gotta run, but here’s a [slideshow](http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd282/UCinnamon/?action=view¤t=c200af8f.pbw). If y’all want gory details, I can share later. [/QUOTE] Mazel Tov! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/11 "2008-02-13T15:26:53Z")
Yay! Congratulations to all of you. Extra love to the new big sister! And **Chanteuse** , “Spice Girl” is very clever, but I just don’t think we can allow that association. I propose Sugar and Spice - Mom gets to pick which is which on any particular day! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/12 "2008-02-13T15:42:28Z")
Congrats!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/13 "2008-02-13T15:45:01Z")
Congratulations! _snuggles baby and pops champagne cork_ ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/14 "2008-02-13T15:58:23Z")
Congratulations, and welcome, Claire! What a sweetie. (from another mother of a Claire - obviously I approve of the name) ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/15 "2008-02-13T16:35:34Z")
Hey, did you get your roast beef sandwich? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/16 "2008-02-13T18:04:16Z")
Congratulations! What a sweet baby! And I am struck by how much your older daughter looks like you…do you hear that all the time? ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/17 "2008-02-13T18:22:17Z")
Yep, we’re napping when she does, and all things considered we’re in good shape for day three! I too kind of like “Spice Girls,” but then wonder about the connotations . . . And yeah, I’ve eaten three roast beef sandwiches so far! Hey, the midwives ordered me to eat red meat, so I’m only following the best advice for my health, right? Big sis is totally excited on the surface, and yet just had a major meltdown over an unrelated matter a mere half hour ago. So she’s a little stressed. But she does love her baby sister and is coping as well as can be hoped. And yes, my husband says that I made a “mini-me” when I had Chloe. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/18 "2008-02-13T21:29:26Z")
Congratulations! The picture of you wearing the blue shirt, holding the baby and smiling is so sweet. I want another infant. ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/19 "2008-02-13T21:35:41Z")
Kick Ass! ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423/20 "2008-02-13T21:57:11Z")
The expression on your older daughter’s face is hilarious! Your family looks so happy, and I can’t believe how “normal” you look with the baby in your hands. My wife looked like she had been through a car accident and an oven by the time she finished giving birth, but you look like you could have gone a few rounds with Mike Tyson. Congratulations! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby/437423.md?page=2)