October 4, 20178 yr Due to crazy acualy being an inherited thing on both sides of my family, I had the "minor surgery" as TP puts it. As I was 20 and unmarried I had to get a note from my mom (not kidding). Despite this I still had the privlage, if not the pleasure of raising two lovely ladies. I know the evil glee I get of sending grand babies home filthy, loaded up on red koolaid with a chocholet bar on a hot day! Lol. Das, you will undergo a radical change in thinking. Taking unnecessary risks will stop, because who will take care of your family if you get killed? May I suggest identifies good and fixing any bad habits you have? You can't guarantee your child will inherit any of your good habits, but they will dang sure inherit any of your bad ones! I find my self now, as a grandparent treating all the young women as one of my daughters, and all the little kids as my grand kids. I like kids a lot more now as a grand parent that I ever did as a parent. When ever I thought my kids were unrepeatable little brats I just went to Wallmart... you get a reset as to how good your kids are!
October 4, 20178 yr Your parents weren't taking chances on having sufficient quenchant. nope. it was actually a kiddy pool in our living room it a drafty old stone farmhouse in PA.
October 4, 20178 yr Charles, my worst habit is a hard one for me to kick. I have stopped smoking in the house ( pretty much) so far. I'll be fighting the rest of that battle as best I can. Being 38 I'm more patient then I would have been younger. I've already lessened the risk taking over the years. Just need to keep my crazy in check. Went for the sonogram this morning and it was amazing to see the little one. ( sorry Richard, no twins.)
October 4, 20178 yr Before my daughter was born, a friend put it to me this way: "Here's you. Okay, it's you. After the baby: WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON. Still you, but WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON." Truer words were never spoken.
October 4, 20178 yr Here's to it all going well, Thomas! As I'm sure it will, a premature congrats to go with the premature arrival!
October 12, 20178 yr Author Born around lunchtime today; his name is Finnegan according to my wife. No details yet but by his picture I can tell he will be excessively good looking and intelligent! Taking after me of course---probably with a hammer!
October 13, 20178 yr Congratulations, Thomas, it is my hope that all are in good health and in good spirits. Robert and Sheila Taylor
October 13, 20178 yr Author 8 total; 5 Boys and 3 Girls and we don't expect any more. What I need is a "carry my purchases at Quad-State Team!"
October 13, 20178 yr 20 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: excessively good looking and intelligent! A chip off the ol' block! Congrats to you and your family!
October 13, 20178 yr CONGRATULATIONS!!! I love the name Finnegan. I am generally strongly attracted to little kids in the good way. Al my nieces took to calling me "Weird Uncle Jerry." A moniker I cherish, I'm the jolly Grandpaw type who's just fun to be around, even when I'm saying NO. One of the few real regrets I have in life is not having kids of my own to warp. One of the upsides is making it 65 years and only changing a diaper twice! Cherish your kids, grandkids and friend's kids, they all deserve love and good guidance, the straight path isn't the easy one but it's worth it. Frosty The Lucky.
October 13, 20178 yr 5 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: 8 total; 5 Boys and 3 Girls and we don't expect any more. What I need is a "carry my purchases at Quad-State Team!" But...but have you had "the talk with the parents" about what's causing them. I threatened my boys that if they made me a grandpa before I was 40 I would kick their butts. I now have 5 grandkids yea.
October 13, 20178 yr Author More like the talk about how to stop having them; especially as late life fertility runs on my wife's side. (She was the oldest child of 12 surviving from 20 pregnancies; and we had our final, planned, when she was 43.)
October 13, 20178 yr At last! Congratulations to yourself and yours TP, especially mum and dad. And a huge welcome to young Finnegan.
October 16, 20178 yr Author Another week or so and I can start making Finnegan's Awake jokes! (memo to self buy less life insurance!)
October 18, 20178 yr On 10/16/2017 at 8:43 AM, ThomasPowers said: Another week or so and I can start making Finnegan's Awake jokes! (memo to self buy less life insurance!) Yeah, keep their cuts just a bit lower than child care and you should be okay. What kind of books are you going to read to him? Frosty The Lucky.
October 18, 20178 yr T.P., & Frosty, May I recommend the classic bedtime story book "Goodnight Moon". It has been continuously in print since 1947. And with good reason. It is soothing, almost hypnotic for young children and someadults too. (me included). Some parents/grandparents found that it can settle an infant with a full-blown bout of colic! I found that I could meditate whilst reading it to both our kids ages ago. Regards, SLAG.
October 18, 20178 yr Author Probably "The Cementation of Iron and Steel"....be a long while before he finds that fascinating---if ever. He may be ready for a hammer by the time I get to see him in person. How small do the IFI shirts come?
October 18, 20178 yr Thommas, looks like you need to build a blacksmiths themed play set with your copius free time! Somthing loud! Das, my Dad stopped, so has Sandy, heck even Bob stoped (a week in the hospital with heart problems scared him strait!) time to cultivate habits that will benifit you and your child for years to come. Get up those few miners early so you can have breakfast with your lovely lady. Make it home for dinner. Go places fun and educational on the weekends... Nothing expensive. Be their for your family. Crazy will take care of its self, the biggest problem my kids had was I was the voice of reason in the home... Scared yet? Lol. Never lay hands on your child angree or punish them when you are mad. Time out and being sent to a room with no vidio games, toyes ect create fear in them and gives you time to make a cup of coffee, calm down and plan their negitive reinforcement behavior modification... Revenge is so much sweeter sever cold and with your grand children as accomplishes! Make sure they see you reading, learning, loving their mother and taking time to check the locks on the Caine you have fettered your demons with. They learn from watching us. And don't forget chores! No one should have to pay $20 to a school for "adulting" classes.
October 19, 20178 yr 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: How small do the IFI shirts come? Glenn had New Born Onesies available when he printed my forge shrits
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