Best. Day. Ever.

[Rhody31]

Mrs. Rhody and I welcomed 9 lb., 13 oz. Baby Rhody to the world today.
She's a fatty, crushes bottles of formula, has a full head of hair and has stolen my heart.
So far I can swaddle; tomorrow, I'll find out how I deal with dirty diapers - I learned today how to do it, will give it a go tomorrow.

 

[YankeeFan]

Uh, we already have a thread about this:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/85205/

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Uh, we already have a thread about this.

Dude, really?

 

[YankeeFan]

Uh, we already have a thread about this.

Dude, really?

LOL.

 

[Care Bear]

You're on fire tonight, YF. Giddy or high?

 

[Rhody31]

Uh, we already have a thread about this:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/85205/

Well played.
Nuke the thread.

 

[YankeeFan]

You're on fire tonight, YF. Giddy or high?

Just one of those days.

I'm oddly in a funny mood for no reason.

And KY, I'm guessing Rhody got the joke. I'd already congratulated him on the other thread.

It's very exciting and I'm very happy for him.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Congrats Rhody! A day you'll never forget.
Before asking us for advice on newborn care, read this thread: http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/54398/

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Didn't know you were being sarcastic, YF.

 

[HanSenSE]

Well, I think Providence Plantations just got a new meaning ... congrats!

 

[YankeeFan]

And you just know YGBFKM & Care Bear will be along with their own thread any day now.

Can we just set up a running thread? Maybe sticky it?

 

[secretariat]

And you just know YGBFKM & Care Bear will be along with their own thread any day now.

Can we just set up a running thread? Maybe sticky it?

If every other birth in the history of mankind is any indication, I don't think they're going to want to hear the word sticky again for a while.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Congrats.

Let her sleep on your chest, it's the best feeling in the world. (And before you know it, she'll be 2 1/2 and say "No Daddy, I don't need to rock. Night-night.")

 

[JR]

Congrats, Rhody. My eldest is 25 but I still remember the feeling of utter elation when he was born. And holding him.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Congrats.

Let her sleep on your chest, it's the best feeling in the world. (And before you know it, she'll be 2 1/2 and say "No Daddy, I don't need to rock. Night-night.")

That post made me cry

 

[Starman]

Won't somebody think of the children?

 

[joe]

Rhody, congratulations. Enjoy every moment because each goes by so fast. She's only an infant for the blink of an eye. Before you know it, she'll be in 6-month clothes, and then 12-month clothes, and then she's no longer your little baby — she's a toddler with her own ideas about the world.

Love her. Read to her. Be her hero. Teach her how a man treats a woman by treating Mrs. Rhody right (she'll get it long before she can articulate it). Be her shoulder to cry on. Comfort her in the night when she's sick or scared. Play with her, even when you don't want to. Be firm but not domineering. Tickle her. Burp her and change her diapers. Read to her. Read to her.

Love Mrs. Rhody, and don't let the romance die just because you're new parents; your relationship needs nurturing, too. Give Mrs. Rhody time alone, and take time alone yourself. Being on 24/7 is a recipe for ... well, not disaster, but tension in the household.

Buy John Rosemond's "New Parent Power" and take from it what works for you.

Realize that your baby is her own person, even as an infant. She'll seek and find her own water level long before you realize what it is. Embrace that. She's yours, but you don't own her.

Take pictures. Take video. Burn them to CDs and DVDs.

Be a man. Be THE man.

Love. Love. Love.

Congratulations.

 

[joe]

And get some sleep.

Yeah, right ...

 

[jr/shotglass]

Cool as hell, rhody. Do right by her, as I'm sure you will. Nobody will ever depend on you more.

 

[Rhody31]

Just got home. We live 15 minutes from the hospital. Mrs. Rhody was sleeping so I dropped the baby off with the nurses.
It was the hardest thing I've ever done. I didn't want to leave her. While it sucks now, I feel like it will be worth it when I'm not dead-ass tired tomorrow as everyone comes to visit.