Comments on: What Does Having a Child Mean to You? http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html A dad's eye view of baby and toddler stuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:08:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2325 Alan Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:06:55 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2325 <p>AJ: Of course--lots of things help. But in common parlance today, "induction" usually means PIT and all that entails.</p> AJ: Of course–lots of things help. But in common parlance today, “induction” usually means PIT and all that entails.

]]> By: Claudi_MM http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2324 Claudi_MM Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:19:48 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2324 <p>For as long as I could remember my ultimate goal in life was to finish school and when I had finally finished college it suddenly came to me that I would be turning 30 quite soon. This is when my timeclock went cooo-cooo, coooo-cooo and all I could think about or want was a baby. My husband and I agreed it was time for us to embark on this new adventure before it was too late.</p> <p>It has been the best and most worthwhile experience of our lives! My son has softened my heart and brought me to living life one day at a time to the fullest. Even though I am not at a job that has anything to do with my education, I could really care less because we feel fulfilled and happy!</p> <p>We are in love, happier than ever before and contemplating Baby#2 pretty soon.</p> For as long as I could remember my ultimate goal in life was to finish school and when I had finally finished college it suddenly came to me that I would be turning 30 quite soon. This is when my timeclock went cooo-cooo, coooo-cooo and all I could think about or want was a baby. My husband and I agreed it was time for us to embark on this new adventure before it was too late.

It has been the best and most worthwhile experience of our lives! My son has softened my heart and brought me to living life one day at a time to the fullest. Even though I am not at a job that has anything to do with my education, I could really care less because we feel fulfilled and happy!

We are in love, happier than ever before and contemplating Baby#2 pretty soon.

]]> By: AJ http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2323 AJ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:09:57 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2323 <p>I hate to break it to you Alan, but midwives and birth attendants have, for centuries, used a variety of means to induce labor. Where do you think the notion of nipple stimulation came from?</p> I hate to break it to you Alan, but midwives and birth attendants have, for centuries, used a variety of means to induce labor. Where do you think the notion of nipple stimulation came from?

]]> By: Alan http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2322 Alan Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:42:36 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2322 <p>Induction isn't natural.</p> Induction isn’t natural.

]]> By: Heather http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2321 Heather Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:35 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2321 <p>We knew we wanted kids because we wanted a "FAMILY" together and to recreate all the fun we had when we were kids. I'm pregnant with #4 and our oldest is 5 yrs. We're not Catholic (or anything like that) we just LOVE how our kids turn out and it will be very hard for me to stop at 4 (but 5 would be too much, I know my limit!!!). The kids have made us enjoy everything more and challenge us to be better people. This is definitely the craziest and the best time of my life and I don't mind that it isn't easy. </p> We knew we wanted kids because we wanted a “FAMILY” together and to recreate all the fun we had when we were kids. I’m pregnant with #4 and our oldest is 5 yrs. We’re not Catholic (or anything like that) we just LOVE how our kids turn out and it will be very hard for me to stop at 4 (but 5 would be too much, I know my limit!!!). The kids have made us enjoy everything more and challenge us to be better people. This is definitely the craziest and the best time of my life and I don’t mind that it isn’t easy.

]]> By: thordora http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2320 thordora Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:20:15 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2320 <p>@ Carla-my tubal was a day surgery-yes, I was put under, but I was woken up and hustled out the door a hour afterwards. I don't see a ton of difference between that and a vasectomy. I don't know why people always make it seem like the tubal keeps you in hospital for days...</p> @ Carla-my tubal was a day surgery-yes, I was put under, but I was woken up and hustled out the door a hour afterwards. I don’t see a ton of difference between that and a vasectomy. I don’t know why people always make it seem like the tubal keeps you in hospital for days…

]]> By: Cindi http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2319 Cindi Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:57:54 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2319 <p>I have learned that those tiny little people do not come with a how-to manual! The love that I have for my sons is like no other. I love my parents, and 2 siblings and my husband and his family, but no one better mess with my boys. I do believe there are different bonds between fathers/daughter and mothers/sons. I am partly in the empty nest syndrome and it is not fun or easy for me! Cindi</p> I have learned that those tiny little people do not come with a how-to manual! The love that I have for my sons is like no other. I love my parents, and 2 siblings and my husband and his family, but no one better mess with my boys. I do believe there are different bonds between fathers/daughter and mothers/sons. I am partly in the empty nest syndrome and it is not fun or easy for me! Cindi

]]> By: Christina http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2318 Christina Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:16:02 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2318 <p>Before:<br /> Having kids meant passing on my wit and sarcasm, something the world can never have enough of.<br /> It also meant that I get to be silly and sing out loud and do little boogie dances and there is always someone there to think that I am amusing. Heck, I am the funniest person in the world.<br /> Also, I had kids so I could hear people say how polite my kids are because there are not enough people who say please and thank you and my kids were darn skippy going to have manners if nothing else.<br /> After:<br /> After my daughter was born my husband and I would just grin at each other and say "This is so worth it." And we would tell people that yeah, it is hard but it's also the most rewarding venture in the world. There is nothing greater than the smiles, the laughs, the milestones. I love hearing our daughter tell a knock knock joke or seeing our baby boy start to reach for his toys. Oh man, that's so awesome.<br /> I still like being able to be the funniest person around. My husband just doesn't appreciate my silly songs.</p> Before:
Having kids meant passing on my wit and sarcasm, something the world can never have enough of.
It also meant that I get to be silly and sing out loud and do little boogie dances and there is always someone there to think that I am amusing. Heck, I am the funniest person in the world.
Also, I had kids so I could hear people say how polite my kids are because there are not enough people who say please and thank you and my kids were darn skippy going to have manners if nothing else.
After:
After my daughter was born my husband and I would just grin at each other and say “This is so worth it.” And we would tell people that yeah, it is hard but it’s also the most rewarding venture in the world. There is nothing greater than the smiles, the laughs, the milestones. I love hearing our daughter tell a knock knock joke or seeing our baby boy start to reach for his toys. Oh man, that’s so awesome.
I still like being able to be the funniest person around. My husband just doesn’t appreciate my silly songs.

]]> By: Tiffany http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2317 Tiffany Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:32:42 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2317 <p>Before: my husband and I had been married five years, and were in our mid-thirties. If we were ever going to do it, it was time. We wanted a child, essentially, to be able to teach it- to able to show it how to read, watch the birds in the sky, pet the dog, run around the yard- all the classic "kid stuff" that we all remember from our (retrospectively) idyllic childhoods.<br /> After: Our son just turned two- and we're done with one, as we say. We love our son, and have determined that this is the right size for our family. Every family has its own perfect size- even if it does mean us answering well-meaning strangers when they ask when we're having another one-- "we're not". Our son is wonderful, and our lives have changed for the even better- we have to discuss issues, be more patient, think not only of ourselves and each other, but the family as the whole.<br /> And it's all wonderful when our son roars like a tiger, begs to go to the zoo to see the penguins, draws with chalk on everything in the back yard, and cuddles up for hours of reading every day. How many times can you read Dr. Seuss' "I can lick 30 tigers today"? At least a few thousand.... a week! We're so lucky to have our little tiger...<br /> </p> Before: my husband and I had been married five years, and were in our mid-thirties. If we were ever going to do it, it was time. We wanted a child, essentially, to be able to teach it- to able to show it how to read, watch the birds in the sky, pet the dog, run around the yard- all the classic “kid stuff” that we all remember from our (retrospectively) idyllic childhoods.
After: Our son just turned two- and we’re done with one, as we say. We love our son, and have determined that this is the right size for our family. Every family has its own perfect size- even if it does mean us answering well-meaning strangers when they ask when we’re having another one– “we’re not”. Our son is wonderful, and our lives have changed for the even better- we have to discuss issues, be more patient, think not only of ourselves and each other, but the family as the whole.
And it’s all wonderful when our son roars like a tiger, begs to go to the zoo to see the penguins, draws with chalk on everything in the back yard, and cuddles up for hours of reading every day. How many times can you read Dr. Seuss’ “I can lick 30 tigers today”? At least a few thousand…. a week! We’re so lucky to have our little tiger…

]]> By: My Boaz's Ruth http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2008/03/childthoughts.html/comment-page-1#comment-2316 My Boaz's Ruth Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:19:59 +0000 http://s54748.gridserver.com/baby/2008/03/what-does-having-a-child-mean-to-you.html#comment-2316 <p>It means being a mommy. It means new fears, and new joys. It means learning new things about the world, and new ways to depend on God. I always knew I wanted to be a mommy (I wanted a dozen kids growing up!). But the actuality -- is both more work and more joy than I ever expected. It means that my husband's family will go forward one more generation (perhaps even to the end of the world).</p> It means being a mommy. It means new fears, and new joys. It means learning new things about the world, and new ways to depend on God. I always knew I wanted to be a mommy (I wanted a dozen kids growing up!). But the actuality — is both more work and more joy than I ever expected. It means that my husband’s family will go forward one more generation (perhaps even to the end of the world).

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