So, when do we get a Bricker Jr. Challenge???
Congratulations!
Big, make that really, really big, congratulations.
This may have been said before (actually, I’m pretty sure it was), but we need photos. As soon as you get the chance, you know.
Make sure you and the missus are in the pictures, too. Then we can start debating who the little guy looks like.
I understand if you don’t want to tell, but I’d love to know what you’ve named the little tyke…
Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! Babies are great!
One little piece of advice… when changing a diaper always have the new diaper ready to place over the penis immediately after removing the soiled diaper! The tiniest bit of a breeze will cause Bricker Jr. to start peeing and, even though it’s funny the first couple of times it happens, after awhile you’ll get tired of cleaning it up!
[sub]I have the cutest picture of my son in the baby bathtub in the kitchen sink, his groin area covered in bubbles, and a stream of pee shooting out. I didn’t even know he had peed until I got the pictures back and realized I had caught it on film! It’s really cute.[/sub]
Bricker - From one proud papa to another… congratulations to you and your lovely wife. I hope you’re feeling a little more rested beccause that’s not gonna last.
Now step aside, I need to talk to the boy, I am fluent in babyese.
Hey there little Bricklet? I know that’s a funny name but I’m sure mom and dad will come up with something better soon.
That really tired looking guy is your dad, he’s going to look that way for a long time, at least until you get to sleeping through the night and probably longer. I know this all too well.
This world is pretty fabulous isn’t it? What?
Yes, those boobies are all for you.
But there’s better things than that, at least until you hit puberty. I’ll leave it to your dad to explain that to you in 15 years or so.
There’s so much to look forward to.
What’s that? Yeah… boobies. We covered that already.
They did what?
That had to hurt. Really?
You’re a tough little bloke aren’t ya? A chip off the old Brick.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yes, farts are funny. That look on your face was priceless.
What’s that smell?
That would be you.
Hold on…
Bricker?
Rick?
For those requesting pictures - I have a few up at http://home.cox.rr.com/babypage1.html.
All comments welcome - and more pics to follow!
- Rick
Wonderful photos! Your wife’s picture should appear in the dictionary under “radiant.”
All that hair, too. Sigh. My kid was bald bald bald for some time.
cranky, thanks! Mrs. Bricker vetoed the use of several other pictures saying she didn’t look good… but she never looked lovelier than with our child cuddled up to her.
We’re home from the hospital now, and Bricker Jr is installed in his cradle in our room. He seems happy. (Read: asleep).
- Rick
home already?? wow. Congrads all 'round (I remember freaking out at not being able to navigate the car seat, getting the tape from the pampers stuck on his skin, etc.)
enjoy, and write stuff down you think you’ll aways remember the stories, but it’s pretty difficult to do so.
Knowing that babies go through diapers frequently, I have spent the last month like a crazed survivalist, buying diapers a-plenty. In the N (newborn) size, I have 200. I figured by the time he went through 200, he’d be out of N - bigger than 12 pounds.
Now, I’m not so sure. He’s done six diapers in eleven hours. He’s a peeing machine.
Does this pace continue? My God, if it does… I’m buying stock in Pampers; maybe I can recover some of my expenses in dividends…
- Rick
Yes, he is a peeing machine, all babies are. This is a good thing. Means his little body is working all right, purging toxins and whatnot. If he’s “eating at Mom’s place” exclusively, he’s going to do way more than pee, too. Yes, you will run out of diapers (and usually, IIRC, at the most inopportune times.) Keep a couple soft dishtowels handy in case of emergency.
Also, you may be dismayed to hear this, but just before you get ready to open that last package of newborn diapers…he will outgrow them.
Keep smilin’!
Actually, all those wet diapers are a great sign that he’s eating enough. Bravo mama! And bravo daddy, because a supportive husband is the #1 factor in continued breastfeeding success.
Don’t forget to keep putting that vaseline on the pecker! We stopped too soon, and now we may have to have the little nipper’s tallywacker recut. Urgh.
Don’t buy more newborn diapers–they do grow out of 'em fast. When they start to leak, go up a size (ignore the “weight guidelines”). If they still leak, try a different brand. They’re cut differently and some fit some kids better than others.
As far as diaper pails go…if you don’t already have one, we REALLY like the Diaper Champ!! Woo Hoo…no stinky at all…
oh boy…babies…babies…congratulations Bricker!!!
Babies babies…oh god…
::jarbaby’s head explodes::
Beagledave - we have the Diaper Genie. It’s great – each diaper is twisted into a sealed little bundle – after a while, there’s a string that looks disturbingly like white sausage links. But there’s no poopy smell!
- Rick
Congratulations, BrickerDad, BrickerMom and BabyBricker!
I mentioned this in other threads, but now might be a good time to bring it up again…
Think of a place, a special place, where you can take your little dude each year…and take his picture. There’s a place down by the Mississippi River where I have taken my son each year. It’s where the Minnehaha Creek meets the river. There’s a great big rock there, and I’ve been able to see how much he’s grown in comparison to that rock. In fact, I just took this year’s pic last weekend.
And since other people have mentioned it, I’m going to quote what I heard a friend of mine yell when she was changing her newborn for the eleventy-billionth time: "What am I, a pee target!"
Lastly, I’ve just gotta say…Dadhood rocks!