7/4 Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Cool. Enjoy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congratulations, Jim! Since you're a new Daddy, I'm going to go gentle on your BFT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Hearty congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Dye Posted March 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Thanks everyone! Actually, this is our second. We have a 20-month-old who was 11 lbs, 6 ozs.! Rest assured, both babies were delivered by cesarian section. Benjamin was delivered 4 weeks early because mom had pregnancy induced hypertension, or in other words, high blood pressure. Her doctor, named McGriff by the way , thought it would be best to go ahead and deliver. She was right. Everyone is fine! I can't imagine how big Ben would have been had he been full term . Sincere thanks to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congratulations! I hope you don't start to resemble your avatar after a few night feedings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congratulations!!! He's a cutie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congrats! If this is your first, I'll give ya a little tip -- make sure that when you leave the hospital you get a nurse to snag 4 or 5 of those small milk/formula bottles that they use in there and send them home with you. The things hold about 3 or 4 oz. and are about 1 1/2 inches in diameter -- easy for small hands to get a grip on. Unless things have changed over the past 5 years, most places will sell only the heftier 8 oz and 10 oz ones. You'll want those small ones and will use them for quite some time. I'm with Weizen on this one - once you see the hospital's/Dr's/anesthesiologist's/etc. bills, you'll really think you DESERVE a token of their appreciation! By the way, my daughter was born here in Texas, and my son was born in Germany. The cost of having my son was literally HALF (about $10K versus about $5K) of what it was here in the U.S., and Germany isn't exactly a third world country. Something's out of whack with medical costs these days!! Enough of that - CONGRATULATIONS, Pop!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Lightning Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congrats, now you can do double duty(doody!) on the diapers!!! Enjoy and best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Congratulations, Jim, and with those birth weights, my condolences to your wife. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 My congrats! Those Dyes really do deliver!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 When we had our twins - both of whom, I might add, together weighed less than Ben - the nurses tried to give us as much free hospital swag as they possibly could. The "rule" at the hospital was that you could only take from the room what would fit in a diaper bag, but we ended up with enough formula and supplies to last us nearly a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Congratulations to you Jim, and to your family. I'm sure that you all feel like you're the luckiest people in the world, and you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftab Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Congrats to your family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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