My good news - infact the best news ever.

ross4life · November 28, 2011, 08:30:42 PM

Congrats Gaoth Dobhair Abu, hope herself & baby are keeping well.

Agnes Dipesto · November 28, 2011, 08:46:46 PM

Congratulations, great news.

Sandino · November 28, 2011, 08:51:09 PM

Congratulations to you all, it is the most wonderful feeling. It's also great to see so many men comfortable admitting just how much being a dad ment to them. Best of luck GDA enjoy it all.

seafoid · November 28, 2011, 09:03:35 PM

I found this to be a very helpful guide to parenthood

Mess Test: Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Now rub your hands in the wet flowerbed and rub on the walls. Cover the stains with crayons. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.

Toy Test: Obtain a 55-gallon box of Legos. (If Legos are not available, you may substitute
roofing tacks or broken bottles.) Have a friend spread them all over the house. Take off your shoes. Put on a blindfold. Try to walk to the bathroom or kitchen. Do not scream. (this could wake a child at night.)

Grocery Store Test: Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best) and take them with you as you shop at the grocery store. Always keep them in sight and pay for anything they eat or damage.

Dressing Test: Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into a small net bag making sure that all its arms stay inside.

Feeding Test: Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a stout cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal (such as Fruit Loops or Cheerios) into the mouth of the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.

Night Test: Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8 - 12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 8:00 PM begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00 PM. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00 PM. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing these too until 4:00 AM. Set alarm for 5:00 AM. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.

Physical Test (Women): Obtain a large beanbag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months. Now remove 10% of the beans.

Physical Test (Men): Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.

Final Assignment: Find a couple who already have a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training, and child's table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run riot. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.

FL/MAYO · November 28, 2011, 09:38:39 PM

Congrats, the toughest part of this will be the lack of sleep in the first few months. The only advise I can give is to get your rest when the baby sleeps. Unreal felling, well done to you both.

cicfada · November 28, 2011, 09:59:29 PM

I remember when my last fella was born in Boca Community Hospital, Florida, after leaving the hospital to go home, calling everyone on the phone on the way home. I was on such a high as you are now GDA!! First thing I did after arriving home was to log on and go to the live chat room here and announce it ! great buzz to do it when I would not have known who the heck I was "talking" to! In any case it was great craic! When you feed the little fella, assuming he is not on the draught, make as little noise as possible, don't turn on the light and he will be grand after a short while! worked a treat for us! fair play to ya! Go mbeannfaidh Dia é!!!

Declan · November 28, 2011, 10:09:37 PM

Congrats and best of luck to both of you.

Orangemac · November 28, 2011, 10:17:43 PM

Congrats. Enjoy every minute as the time flies around like you wouldn't believe (except the feeding and winding at 3 in the morning, time does not go so fast then!)

Hashtag · November 28, 2011, 10:27:53 PM

Well done man. Health to the new one

Tyrones own · November 28, 2011, 10:49:10 PM

Congrats...Well done Mrs.GDA

Square Ball · November 28, 2011, 11:01:33 PM

all the best to the three of you, enjoy

illdecide · November 28, 2011, 11:02:10 PM

Well done pal...Congrats.

Hope he becomes a we Tim

FL/MAYO · November 28, 2011, 11:54:17 PM

Quote from: cicfada on November 28, 2011, 09:59:29 PM
I remember when my last fella was born in Boca Community Hospital, Florida, after leaving the hospital to go home, calling everyone on the phone on the way home. I was on such a high as you are now GDA!! First thing I did after arriving home was to log on and go to the live chat room here and announce it ! great buzz to do it when I would not have known who the heck I was "talking" to! In any case it was great craic! When you feed the little fella, assuming he is not on the draught, make as little noise as possible, don't turn on the light and he will be grand after a short while! worked a treat for us! fair play to ya! Go mbeannfaidh Dia é!!!

Jaysus Cic, thats where my two were born.

Lar Naparka · November 29, 2011, 01:13:10 AM

Delighted to hear the news.
The best of luck to all concerned.

Onion Bag · November 29, 2011, 07:30:45 AM

Congratulations lad, it is the best thing in the world, and as someone has already said your whole outlook on life will change