This will go in one ear ond out the other
right now, but in precisely 12 months time you will recall what I said and think 'Fuck me, he was right'.

One word.

SLEEP.

Get as much as you can.

It's a great thing becoming a Dad, you're going to really enjoy it, but the first year is knackering - and those people who say theirs slept through the night from the start - bollocks!
(username failed moderation, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 15:48, 4 replies)

I spent our first pregnancy staying up late with beer and PlayStation.
No regrets! Much.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 15:57, closed)

managed to see all the ashes down under from 2010 thanks to the little un
they've got their uses.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 16:02, closed)

he's right.
my lad started sleeping through after 4 months though, ingeniously just in time for christmas.
but then kids pick up all sorts of illnesses when they really young, even a cold can keep them up most of the night. but when their immune system builds up and they sleep from 7pm until 7am, it's just awesome.
mainly because it means he's bright and breezy the next day not a a grumpy old sod like his dad...

and the mornings he sleeps in until 8.30am? awesome.
( Ya What Skiddlyboop, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 16:00, closed)

Correct. Sleep whenever you can.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 16:12, closed)

Christ. What a bunch of frilly nancies.
We took our second to an all-nighter and left her behind the bar when she was about four weeks old. Both of them were camping at festivals before they were a year old. 90% of the panic and stress is self-inflicted. They're kids. They'll be grand.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 16:35, closed)

I was more knackered running round after an ill wife for weeks afterwards. The baby was fine.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 17:10, closed)

Bloody hell.
The thought of you reproducing ought to fill every right thinking man, woman, and child with a crippling sense of dread.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 17:44, closed)

Good point.
I'm a wealthy intellectual who's been in a stable relationship for nearly twenty years. I'm exactly the sort of person we should be discouraging from breeding.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:03, closed)

^ Irked.

(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:05, closed)

Wealthy intellectuals will be the first against the wall.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:09, closed)

Bummer.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:11, closed)

*bums*

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 19:39, closed)

is there any other kind of intellectual?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:21, closed)

Well, they are the best of all the animals.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:48, closed)

I hope you did a full Groucho eyebrow waggle while typing that.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:54, closed)

I almost took off.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 20:50, closed)

intellectual
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That cheered me up
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Fri 24 Jan 2014, 11:07, closed)

Since I found out I have hardly slept a wink!
Cheers tho, will try my best!
( Druss_The_Legend Splurge!, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 16:45, closed)

You think that's bad.
Imagine how the biological father feels.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:04, closed)

*Captured from your webcam after you posted that witty comment*
gifs.com/9AJ
( Druss_The_Legend Splurge!, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 18:12, closed)