hehe im hoping for a girl, that dude in the pic is Teller btw, from Penn and Teller.
Oh of course. For some reason I was thinking of another actor. Well, at least Teller is a talented dude to look like.
That pic was the first time we actually managed to catch him laughing on camera. Usually he looks all serious when he sees a phone or camera pointing at him.
I have been meaning to start this thread for a while, and what actually reminded me was that I commented on a thread in another forum where someone else announced his impending fatherhood, and here's the advice that I gave from my recent experience:
1. Enjoy your sleep (and sleeping in) while you can still get more than 3 or 4 hours of it in a row. You'll miss it later
2. Take your wife out to dinner or movies or whatever as often as you can, you won't get much time for that when the baby arrives.
3. Speaking of food, enjoy being able to eat a meal that is still hot, eating at your own pace, at the same time as your wife eats, and with two hands. You'll realize how nice all of those things actually are later.
4. Once the baby arrives, take every chance you can to help with him/her. Midnight bottles, burping, bath time, bed time, changing nappies, etc. It's a lot of work, but it's also a huge chance for bonding that a lot of dads who leave everything up to mom miss out on.
I usually make it home from work just in time for bath time, and then I get to do a post breastfeeding top-up bottle, and put him to bed. If not for that, I wouldn't really get a chance with him in the evening, and mornings are a huge rush.
