I'm going to become a Daddy!

[Fan_in_Kettering]

(02-02-2017, 10:50 AM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: The wife just informed me last night we are pregnant!   I just came home from work and was going in for a "How was your day kiss" when she held out her hand.  She was holding a pregnancy test that clearly showed the positive result.  She was crying.  I was crying.  Holy buckets......what a moment.  I can't describe all the feelings I had going thru me.  

So.....do any of you veteran Dads have any advice for this Dad to be?  Any helpful hints or secrets to help get thru the next 8-9 months? 

First and foremost, congratulations from me as well as from my family in Kettering. There is some sage advice going on so I won't repeat any of it but let me throw my $0.02 worth in because being a father is the greatest thing ever. I remember finding out when our last child was on the way: It was Father's Day 2008 and my youngest daughter -- the biggest AJ Green fan since she was only two-- was born in February 2009.

The only additional advice I can offer is to treat your wife like the queen of your life she is. There will be weird cravings at all hours so be ready to jump in the car at a moment's notice to take care of them. Mrs. Fan_in_Kettering would crave spicy Mexican food during the day and doughnuts and ice chips at night. Also, change those diapers! We had a system: She filled and I emptied.

One piece of advice I'll leave you with is to tamp down on sarcasm and humor at the wrong moments which something I've never been able to do and I never will. When the lactation consultant comes in to make sure your baby is latching on correctly, etc. and she's manipulating your wife's mammary regions, the lactation consultant will ask anyone in the room if they have any questions. Do not ask what I did: "How do I get that job?"