Having My First Kid - It's a Boy!

[scloyd]

Congrats!

My daughter is 39, my sons are 36 and 30. Kids are great and they make life more interesting. Raising a child is the most important job you'll ever have and you only get one shot at it. As he gets older listen to him and praise him as much as you discipline him. Be a father first and a friend second.

Good luck.

 

[tkcolo]

Congrats man! I miss that time when my kids were babes sleeping on my chest. They are like little crack pipes, especially if mom breast feeds. Mine did all of the late night work!

 

[bullet08]

congrats! have two sons and i'm rather proud of them. i quit smoking for 6 months after my first son.

 

[mso489]

Congratulations! If you have kids, being without them, with all the work and occasional crises, is unthinkable. All best wishes on this new life on the way.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Congratulations! Children are an incredible blessing but also tremendous responsibility and work. Best wishes for a healthy and happy child.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Awesome! Congrats! I just had my first last May, a daughter. It's a whirlwind my friend, but a very fun one. And don't worry, the terrifying anxiety fades. Slowly, but it does

It is the hardest and best thing I have ever done.

 

[Spa32]

Congratulations! I have a son(22). My advice is to be patient and always be honest with him. As others have said, it's not easy but it's very rewarding.

 

[jttnk]

Congratulations! As a father of two boys 19 and 16, I’m also pushing be a father not a friend. That doesn’t have any meaner stricter, harsher requirements. It means lead by example, set boundaries and expectations and help them achieve them. There is such great pleasure (and pain) ahead enjoy it.

Also good father advice... treat your partner with respect and work together. Each of you brings something unique to the table. Stability is what they crave. Also you will show them to love and respect another person.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Congrats! Fatherhood is the best thing you can do.

 

[karam]

Congratulations, all the best!

I have two daughters aged 2 and 3.5, they're hard work but it's more worth it than anything else! Don't forget to always make time for them, but also set some boundaries and give them infinite freedom within them. Old school is not old fashioned, it works and got the human race where it did, the last 25-30 years have done more to destroy us than anything else in history.
And be honest from day 1, a spade is a spade, teach kindness, fairness, compassion but also standing their ground.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Congratulations!

The important thing with your son is to teach him on the first day of school to find the biggest kid in class and to hit him with a folding chair and beat him unconscious so that everyone learns not to mess with him....sorry...that's what I learned on my first day in prison. Flashbacks. Sorry.

What fatherly advice can I give you....hmmm.....oh. yeah. Kids are not at ALL like an Etch A Sketch! You can't just turn them upside down and shake them to reset them. I learned that one the hard way. My dad did that to me and I still occasionally turn to early and walk into walls.