maxg Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 Bows head to Randy...4 kids....all in diapers - holy s**t. 180 per week - doesnt bear thinking about. I'm guessing one of you was not working full time...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Max, I'd guess both of them were working double-time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st. patrick Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 been there, done that....and my advice(remember that free advice is worth what you pay for it)is to ENJOY it while you can. it may sound weird because you are tired, trying to balance everything, etc, but these days will be gone ohhhh so fast. i've got five, two in high school and three in college.......but it still seems like it was only a short time ago that we brought them home from the hospital as newborns. i thought i was going nuts when they were little; wish i knew then that i couldn't control any of it and that i was just along for the ride (and to pay the bills). stuff you scream about or pull your hair out about now will make you laugh in a few short years.......better if you can laugh now like max and the dr/vomit incident.....but 'tis always easier to laugh when you are not the recipient of the bodily fluids exiting any orifice. ah, life...embrace it today guys....'cuz ain't no telling what we're going to find tomorrow. don't get me wrong , love my kids and my life, but damn it goes by so quickly. also, just to give you something to look forward to, remember the old saying: little girls, little problems; big girls, bigger problems. (hormonal roller coasters, horny boys-obviously a redundancy-knocking at your door or lurking in the shadows, stories you hear when the girls are home for the holidays and talking excitedly with each other thinking you are in the other room, etc, boyfriends with tatoos and metal in their lips, ears and who knows where else.......you get the idea).point being, enjoy 'em while you can, and try to protect them from some of the bad stuff out there--but prepare them for it too. sorry if i got carried away, patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 Nice post Patrick, There is a light at the end of this tunnel - isnt there? (and not an on-coming train I hope)!! On a related topic - how loud can a baby (22 months) snore? I am going to get my SPL meter ready tonight - just want to know if I should notify the Guiness Book of Records first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodog Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 ---------------- On 1/27/2004 9:00:27 AM maxg wrote: Bows head to Randy...4 kids....all in diapers - holy s**t. ---------------- not really holy, just lotsa woo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuisis Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I know this is way off topic, but My friend is having her first child next week. Any ideas of a thoughtful gift for her and the baby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovebolt6 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Klipschorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuisis Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Maybe La Scala's but not klipschorns, It's not my kid, at least I hope not!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovebolt6 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 That's a relief cuz if it is you could be in for a lot of diapers and snot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stovebolt6 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I got an idea, give her your LaScalas and buy yourself the Klipschorns. Even better yet... ...buy her a card, keep the LaScalas and get yourself some klipschorns anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 ---------------- On 1/27/2004 6:55:57 PM kuisis wrote: I know this is way off topic, but My friend is having her first child next week. Any ideas of a thoughtful gift for her and the baby? ---------------- Tom, Go to Hallmark and buy one of those Mom, Dad and Baby diaries with places for pictures, special dates such as first words, crawl for first time, etc. They carry some really nice ones. We just bought one for some friends who are expecting and they really liked it (or pretended to). Max, Can I get a signed first edition? That's a book I'd definitely read. What a hoot! Make sure they do an audio version also. I have a long commute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 The horror... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Thanks Gary, Sadly you are the only person who has expressed an interest in the book so it wont be rushing to the top of my to-do list anytime soon. Did you know the ancient Romans maintained a room in their houses called the vomitariam. During long feasting sessions they would go there - puke - and then return to the meal (first recorded cases of Bulemia perhaps?). I always though the idea of a room in the house dedicated to chucking-up was revolting. Now it seems like a reasonable idea and the carpets agree with me. Anyway the good news is that the regurgitation is ebbing from junior (just one yesterday) so all we are left with now is the cough and the snot which also seem to be waning a little. Who knows - by the weekend this may all be history ....and we can get back to digging in the garden with these strange round black spades of daddy's she has found....(do not ask!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustyoldsarge Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Max, It'll be worth it all when you're on a drive one day (like my buddy was) where the wife won't give you a break, and your 11yr old daughter bursts out with: "Mom, quit bi--hing at dad!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrop Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hey Max,it's 6:30 the morning and I am giving my 6 YO pepto-bismal(anti-puke medicine). Might I suggest a title? How about "welcome to the club"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 "....and we can get back to digging in the garden with these strange round black spades of daddy's she has found....(do not ask!!)" ??????????????????????????????????? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 BK, 6:30 in the morning and you are logged in??? That is worrying I would say, more so than a puking child. 3D, Yup - she found a record and spent a day walking around the garden playing with it - record in one hand, cover in the other (inner cover lost forever). Fortunately it wasnt one of my classical records - they are too high up for her to reach. The rest are being moved now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Max, Yeah I've heard of the vomitoriums. I just don't know how they could go back and eat more after going into one. My son puked on the front steps of the White House when he was a baby. My sister-in-law worked for Reagan and we had a private tour set up. As we approached the front door, he lifted his head from my shoulder had barfed all over the White House steps and the tour guide's shoes. A classic memory only my son has forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Nice one Gary, That will go into chapter 6 I think - Presidents I have puked on - a baby's view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 ---------------- On 1/28/2004 11:02:36 AM maxg wrote: Nice one Gary, That will go into chapter 6 I think - Presidents I have puked on - a baby's view. ---------------- LMAO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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