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Old 09-28-2009, 09:46 AM   #8 (permalink)
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cheers cowman!

don't worry too much about baby-related specifics, just be there for your lady and you'll both be pleased to find how much instinct takes care of the rest.
if you aren't already, begin spending lots of time with her right away.. ie live together! women aren't the only ones to experience hormonal changes while becoming a new parent, and it'll be a whole lot easier for you to get in the zone of fatherdom if you are already behaving like a partner.. the details you'll pick up along the way.
you might end up feeling different about things than you ever thought you would.. you were never actually faced with the coming reality.. just roll with it! every kid is different, and unless someone else is living with you 24/7 they don't know what your family needs.

the early years are huge! lots of facetime, lots of laughs, lots of talking.. none of it can be replaced by a salary, cool presents & trips on the weekend. be a man, but take your emotional role seriously! be it a boy or a girl, they'll need different things from you, and they'll need lots of quality attention.. even when they're tiny, and it seems like all they ever want is a boob, you gotta be there to let them touch, hear, smell you..

just be the kind of good man it seems like you've always been, brother.. genuine, happy, and social. your kiddo will take after you, become a righteous dude, and sometime around 2028 yhka will be blessed with a bunch of fresh photos from the cabin!

once more.. congrats!!
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