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Parenthood (no not the show)

PeenPeen Registered User regular
edited March 2011 in Social Entropy++
So my wife and I recently had a baby, and she's a pretty sweet baby. Pictures prove this:

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But man, being a parent is not easy. Between the constantly interrupted sleep, crying for reasons that you can't figure out, and more regular interactions with feces than you were ever expecting, it's a tough job. And that's just for an infant, I can't imagine yet having a teenager. I'm pretty much hoping that getting more sleep will make up for her sure-to-be-smart-ass mouth.

I know some other people in here have kids or will have kids soon. We should talk about having kids.

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  • LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Man, SE++ is fertile ground lately.

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    why is everyone having kids? that's social suicide, man!

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    adorable. and mildly surprised!

    she will be the death of you.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I know it man, she's already cost me my wife's sanity and my sex life and all of my vacation time and my desire to change out of my pajamas. She's worth it a ton but I dread when she gets old enough to actively start manipulating me, by all accounts fathers are putty in their little girls' hands.

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    she is manipulating you right now and you don't even know it!

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I am a parent, but at this point it is just mostly like taking care of a small animal.

    Like, an animal that you really, really love, but the parenting hasn't come into play yet.

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I am a proud parent of 3 little ones all under 4.

    The first two were twins so that kind of jump started us.

    I'll post pictures if I can find any on my phone or work computer.

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  • YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Rather talk about the show

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  • TardTard Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I'm a fake parent.

    I take care of other people's kids because they're too high to deal with them. These kids are a handful I'll tell ya.

    Good luck with your's!

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Have you considered

    Telling those people to fuck off and take care of their own fucking children and maybe not be useless sacks of shit?

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Being a parent just destroys any free time or hobbies or any interests apart from surviving.

    Well, that's not entirely true. My wife and I decided we have time for one extracurricular pursuit each outside of normal things like working, cooking, house maintenance etc.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I make an excellent uncle or faux-uncle...a fauncle, if you will.

    As for a father? Yeeeaaaa...I don't know about that.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Peen wrote: »
    I know it man, she's already cost me my wife's sanity and my sex life and all of my vacation time and my desire to change out of my pajamas. She's worth it a ton but I dread when she gets old enough to actively start manipulating me, by all accounts fathers are putty in their little girls' hands.

    If you ever figure it out, let me know. I'm 6 years into this parent thing and I'm still winging it most of the time.

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    being a good father is basically the most most self-sacrificing unselfish thing you could ever do apart from maybe, giving up your life for someone.

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  • YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Being a parent just destroys any free time or hobbies or any interests apart from surviving.

    Well, that's not entirely true. My wife and I decided we have time for one extracurricular pursuit each outside of normal things like working, cooking, house maintenance etc.

    is it banging

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    no, that's included in normal activities.

    twice a week, 3 weeks of sick leave and 2 personal days a year.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Got a boy coming this summer. Due July 3rd. Very excited.

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  • FrankoFranko Sometimes I really wish I had four feet so I could dance with myself to the drumbeat Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    amber alert

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Here's all three of mine. Not the best picture but there ya go.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    thought the trick was to adopt them when they're 18 and already living on their own

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Rather talk about the show

    So make your own thread.

    But yeah, it's a good show.

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    You got a really cute kid there btw Peen.

    How old is she? It never gets to be any less work, just different and definitely more rewarding.

    They may start sleeping through the night but then you gotta start feeding them solids and then their diapers go form annoying and messy to stinky, open the windows and turn on the fan and still messy.

    And then you potty train them but then they are so smart and active by that time that you have to turn your living room into a hardened military installation to keep them from destroying it.

    So it's just a constant stream of struggles that just serve to make the incredible moments even more awesome. Like having your oldest tell the story of Peter Rabbit from memory to her younger brother or watching as your twin girls deftly scramble eggs on their own or having them come up and give you a strangling bear hug just because they are so excited to see you when you get home from work.

    Gosh, I'm getting choked up.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    His name is Henry, and he currently has a case of the blurries.

    He thinks that this thing is p coo
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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    My son's name is Henry too Langly.

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    BABIES

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  • LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    My son's name is Henry too Langly.

    How did you decide on the middle name, and why didn't you capitalize it?

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  • iamthepiemaniamthepieman Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    LTM wrote: »
    My son's name is Henry too, Langly.

    How did you decide on the middle name, and why didn't you capitalize it?

    His middle name is my first name.

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  • LTMLTM Bikes and BeardsRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    LTM wrote: »
    My son's name is Henry too, Langly.

    How did you decide on the middle name, and why didn't you capitalize it?

    His middle name is my first name.

    So sneaky. So...so sneaky.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    You got a really cute kid there btw Peen.

    How old is she? It never gets to be any less work, just different and definitely more rewarding.

    She's just 3 months and the ways that she's changed just in that time are pretty amazing. The switch to her being able to focus on me and smile on purpose was pretty aces, there's really no feeling like seeing your baby smile at you.

    I like the infant stuff but I'm definitely looking forward to her being a little bit older and getting to teach her things like proper sports loyalties and how to talk back to grown-ups but in an adorable way.

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  • bowtiedsealbowtiedseal Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    aw, everyone has cute babies.

    a friend of a friend just had a baby boy. she was telling my friend she was flipping through a calendar and got to november and was thinking about thanksgiving plans and realized "oh, he'll still be here then!" it's hard for me to conceptualize the basically "forever" aspect of having a kid, so I am glad that actual parents have this problem too.

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    alright, ill photobomb the hell outta this, hold on

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Kids should be 5 years old at birth, and then stay that way until they can move out

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Langly wrote: »

    He thinks that this thing is p coo
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    look familiar?

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    hahah dang.

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  • StaleghotiStaleghoti Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    hey baby



    thread

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I have a 6 year old boy - Lucas Henry - and it definitely gets more rewarding when they get past the "small lump that eats and poop" phase. Last night we played Castle Crashers and TMNT Reshelled with him and my nephew and it really sank in that I didn't just create life - I made a built-in partner for multiplayer games. Also, he occasionally levels up my Pokemon for me which is nice.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    How many of the Henrys in this thread are named after Indiana Jones
    Is it all?
    I bet it's all.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh man, I hadn't even thought of that

    ok in my head it is switched to he is named after that.

    edit: for real though we almost named him James Gordon

    and he would always dress up like a policeman for halloween and when he was older he would move on to a trench coat

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  • cadmunkycadmunky One hand on the bottle, The other a shaking fist.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    even whipping around in circles at 35mph while 50ft in the air.....so smug.

    "dad, screw this kiddie ride. i'm ready for the shuttle."

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