Comments on: We're doing fine http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/ Keep track of the new kid Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: badgerbag http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-683 badgerbag Tue, 07 Dec 2004 03:07:19 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-683 I'm so hoping you have backup by now - friends or paid babysitters who can come give you a break for a couple of hours! So crucial! I know it's months later! Stick out those tentacles, meet some people at the playground, etc. if you can. This is why you do "playgroups" when your baby is way too young to play... right? p.s. I love your site and recommend it to people all the time. Everything I wanted to know about being a parent but is this information anywhere in parenting books? Nooooo. Anyway, thanks. -- Liz I’m so hoping you have backup by now – friends or paid babysitters who can come give you a break for a couple of hours! So crucial! I know it’s months later! Stick out those tentacles, meet some people at the playground, etc. if you can. This is why you do “playgroups” when your baby is way too young to play… right?

p.s. I love your site and recommend it to people all the time. Everything I wanted to know about being a parent but is this information anywhere in parenting books? Nooooo. Anyway, thanks.

– Liz

]]> By: Scott http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-682 Scott Tue, 11 May 2004 15:37:56 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-682 Ben, Allow me to gush. 1. Trixie is adorable. 2. Your site is beautifully designed. 3. The stats are just mind-boggingly cool. Which reminds me: during my first few weeks of fatherhood, when my wife and I had to keep track of diapers, feedings, sleeping, etc., I had wished I had some software do keep the paperwork (perhaps something I could run on my Palm Pilot). Never did I imagine something like what you've put together for this site. Kudos, congratulations ... huzzah! Ben,

Allow me to gush.

1. Trixie is adorable.

2. Your site is beautifully designed.

3. The stats are just mind-boggingly cool.

Which reminds me: during my first few weeks of fatherhood, when my wife and I had to keep track of diapers, feedings, sleeping, etc., I had wished I had some software do keep the paperwork (perhaps something I could run on my Palm Pilot). Never did I imagine something like what you’ve put together for this site.

Kudos, congratulations … huzzah!

]]> By: benmac http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-681 benmac Tue, 11 May 2004 04:50:13 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-681 Sheila: Thank you for the head's up and your comments. I always try to keep a sense of humor about the site. Hannah: Your reputation as the toughest, quickest to the draw, when it comes to putting out the flames is reaching epic proportions. Charlie: Makes sense to me. Dave: Don't worry. The fear gives way to confusion once the sleep deprivation kicks in. Also, congratulations! (And I'm glad the site was helpful to you.) Sheila:
Thank you for the head’s up and your comments. I always try to keep a sense of humor about the site.

Hannah:
Your reputation as the toughest, quickest to the draw, when it comes to putting out the flames is reaching epic proportions.

Charlie:
Makes sense to me.

Dave:
Don’t worry. The fear gives way to confusion once the sleep deprivation kicks in. Also, congratulations! (And I’m glad the site was helpful to you.)

]]> By: Dave http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-680 Dave Tue, 11 May 2004 03:52:29 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-680 Ben, I'm impressed. A little nonplussed, but... Anyhow, I've just spent about 3 hours totally fascinated by your data collection efforts as I try to figure out how I am to survive impending fatherhood. You've certainly given me the information I crave without actually allaying my fears. Ben, I’m impressed. A little nonplussed, but… Anyhow, I’ve just spent about 3 hours totally fascinated by your data collection efforts as I try to figure out how I am to survive impending fatherhood. You’ve certainly given me the information I crave without actually allaying my fears.

]]> By: Charlie http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-679 Charlie Mon, 10 May 2004 23:23:52 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-679 Nanka, your statement that "Infancy is something we all want to keep behind us" is pretty disturbing in and of itself. I suggest you discuss this with your therapist, or at least your parents if possible. Nanka, your statement that “Infancy is something we all want to keep behind us” is pretty disturbing in and of itself. I suggest you discuss this with your therapist, or at least your parents if possible.

]]> By: hannah http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-678 hannah Mon, 10 May 2004 20:56:06 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-678 Just a note to Nanka - it is a shame that Trixie's bubble will be burst now - she will no longer be able to think she was Trixie the shit-less wonder! And she'll also found out that she - gasp - breastfed. Not to mention peed. Oh my god, she'll find out she's just like the rest of us with all of our humiliating intake and output needs. Just a note to Nanka – it is a shame that Trixie’s bubble will be burst now – she will no longer be able to think she was Trixie the shit-less wonder! And she’ll also found out that she – gasp – breastfed. Not to mention peed. Oh my god, she’ll find out she’s just like the rest of us with all of our humiliating intake and output needs.

]]> By: Sheila http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-677 Sheila Mon, 10 May 2004 20:51:14 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-677 Your site was posted on a childfree board here: http://www.fred.net/turtle/kids/kidrants.shtml. While I expected to find someone excessively enamored by their child's poo, I instead found a well-written journal. Your daughter is adorable and your writing about your normal days as a stay-at-home father is very humorous. I narrowly avoided spitting out my drink when I read Trixie would reach the 800 lb. mark by her first birthday. Your site was posted on a childfree board here: http://www.fred.net/turtle/kids/kidrants.shtml.

While I expected to find someone excessively enamored by their child’s poo, I instead found a well-written journal.

Your daughter is adorable and your writing about your normal days as a stay-at-home father is very humorous.

I narrowly avoided spitting out my drink when I read Trixie would reach the 800 lb. mark by her first birthday.

]]> By: nanka http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-676 nanka Mon, 10 May 2004 20:20:20 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-676 This site is pretty disturbing. Please, for the sake of your child, stop the obsessive recording before your kid is old enough to remember. I'd lose my mind if I found out that my parents kept an extensive record of everytime I pissed or pooped or breastfed of all of the humiliating things I did as a baby. Infancy is something we all want to keep behind us. We all know we used to crap our pants, but we don't want to remember that. It isn't a very flattering time of life. This site is pretty disturbing. Please, for the sake of your child, stop the obsessive recording before your kid is old enough to remember. I’d lose my mind if I found out that my parents kept an extensive record of everytime I pissed or pooped or breastfed of all of the humiliating things I did as a baby. Infancy is something we all want to keep behind us. We all know we used to crap our pants, but we don’t want to remember that. It isn’t a very flattering time of life.

]]> By: Doug http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-675 Doug Mon, 10 May 2004 06:00:16 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-675 I feel your pain. My wife is headed off tomorrow morning for a jury duty assignment that she's already blown off twice, so it'll be nonstop toddlerdom for the next three days or so. Teething: My estimable, progressive pediatrician recommended "Grandma's remedy"--dipping my finger in scotch and rubbing the boy's gums. Worked like a charm, though it may have set the stage for some alarming habits down the road. I feel your pain. My wife is headed off tomorrow morning for a jury duty assignment that she’s already blown off twice, so it’ll be nonstop toddlerdom for the next three days or so.

Teething: My estimable, progressive pediatrician recommended “Grandma’s remedy”–dipping my finger in scotch and rubbing the boy’s gums. Worked like a charm, though it may have set the stage for some alarming habits down the road.

]]> By: benmac http://trixieupdate.com/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-674 benmac Mon, 10 May 2004 02:35:34 +0000 http://www.trixieupdate.com/wp/2004/05/06/were-doing-fine/#comment-674 teething questions: We use all of the suggested above. But ice cube in a washcloth beats all for quick relief. kristen: thanks for writing. It's good to hear from you. I sent an email your way. teething questions: We use all of the suggested above. But ice cube in a washcloth beats all for quick relief.

kristen: thanks for writing. It’s good to hear from you. I sent an email your way.

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