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Bill Cosby or Raul Risers

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or That Zany Wacky Vin Diesel in Disneys The Pacifier!

What to Expect the First Year has been pretty handy for me, but I have also enjoyed The Baby Book by Dr. William Sears.

There are loads of forums and websites out there too. The internet can be used for soemthing other than watching pron! Who knew?

Neither will a book.

Use the force.

My mom.

"WTF? Did I do that as a baby? No way..."

If you land yourrself a baby boy...remember 1 thing...a towel

Why? Simply because when diaper changing time happens..litle boys when a draft of cooler air (cooler than the diaper's temp) causes a very high probable chance your going to get sprayed.

Take the diaper off and immediately drape the towel over him.

I learned this early on taking care of my cousin's babies.

My wife read that Girlfriend's Guide and shared parts with me and it seemed to be very useful.

One thing I've learned in the 3 months our baby has been here: Parents can be the best and the worst source of information. Some of the things they suggested were great, others have been outlawed since they were rearing children.

My suggestion would be to take everything they say with a grain of salt, and trust your feelings. My wife and I are very insistant on how we want our baby raised, yet I can tell at times our parents are thinking

Edited, Thu Aug 11 11:44:14 2005 by Wintaru

My pediatrician had us buy this:

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5

It's got this great section in the back with all these illnesses and symptoms and stuff. We were able to diagnose and treat our daughter for croup with the book. We still took her to the emergency room, but the doctors just told us what we already thought, gave her some steroids, and told us to do all the things the book said to do. The internet is pretty good as long as the source is credible. Whenever I'm wondering something I usually end up at Babycenter.com and read comments even though there are some militant mothers there.

I thought of a bit of advice mid-bath last night. If your wife will be breastfeeding make sure she doesn't change soaps. I did this and in exchange got a baby screaming bloody murder for a couple nights wondering where her real mommy's boobs were.

And strangely, the facination never really ends.

Having a husband and 6 sons, I believe my mother had long since figured that one out.

See what I mean? A veritable font of matronly wisdom there!

Every post by Pikko Pots has great information. My son is 6 weeks old today and I understand what you are going through. I'm still amazed every night I go home from work and he is still there.

One thing to be prepared for is an irrational wife.

My example -- For the first month my son had a weekly appoitment with the Dr. Even though the Dr. said he was healthy and happy by the time we got home my wife thought he was losing weight and that he was pooping to much. All this in the 5 minute ride home. Then if he spit up while breast feeding she thinks he hates her (his mother) because he only spits up on her.

She is getting better now as time passes but it can be rough. Then add in sleep loss and days can get wild.

So far through all the tough and sleepy times it has been more then worth it.

Oh and Congrats ! Do you know the sex of the child ?

Quick Xytheyx grab a copy of On the Road by Kerouac and run. It will be the smartest thing you have ever done.