OMG BABY!!!

[flere-imsaho]

On Friday morning, August 22nd, at 7:49 AM, my wife & I were blessed to bring young Samuel Micah into the world. Mother and boy are both healthy and doing well. Daddy is seriously sleep deprived and now knows the fear of dirty diapers.

Photos Here: Photos (http://picasaweb.google.com/kamilewicz/SamuelMicahKamilewicz)

[JPhillips]

Congrats!

My only advice: Diaper Genies aren't worth the hassle.

[TCY Junkie]

Congrats

[DaddyTorgo]

congrats!!!

caught your mention of it in the other thread - was hoping everything went well and we'd get a thread soon!

[Chief Rum]

Woohoo! Yay, Micah! Yeah flere (& wife)!

I hope he is featured in your first NFL in Pictures. ;)

[Lathum]

congrats

[JonInMiddleGA]

Diaper Genies aren't worth the hassle.

Bite your tongue.

Greatest invention of the past, eh, decade.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Congrats flere ... although I have to tell you that the first thing that went through my mind when I saw the thread title & who posted it was "oh crap, it was twins!" :D

[MikeVic]

Grats!

[Galaxy]

We need a flere diagram......

Congrats!

[Marc Vaughan]

Many congrats :D

[Honolulu_Blue]

Congrats!

[Fonzie]

Congratulations flere!

[Mac Howard]

Only 55 pickies, flere-imsaho? Make use of your PC while it still has storage left (or add a few terabytes of hard disk memory) particularly when young Samuel learns to use a camera and the PC. :)

Congrats!

[duckman]

Congrats, man!

[PurdueBrad]

Congratulations!!!

[johnnyshaka]

Congrats!

[Dutch]

Congrats!

[stevew]

Diaper genies suck. Don't believe the hype.

Congrats and good luck.

[Lorena]

Ditto on diaper genies.

Grats flere, you're in for a heck of an adventure :)

[Tasan]

Bite your tongue.

Greatest invention of the past, eh, decade.

Agreed, if you get the Genie II. I was ready to give up on them after a sucky I, but the II was smell proof until its filled, then you just take it all out anyway.


Oh and CONGRATS! That second pic on the list up there is one every mother gets, and its always adorable! Take a tiny bit of advice and change every dirty diaper for about 2 weeks, and your wife will love you forever and sing your praises to everyone forever.

[Radii]

congrats :)

[JAG]

Congrats flere.

[Thomkal]

congrats!

[Schmidty]

Congratulations!! :)

[Kodos]

Congratulations on your healthy boy!

[PackerFanatic]

Many congrats to you and your family!

And I also agree on the distaste of Diaper Genies.

[CleBrownsfan]

Congrats man!!!! My little girl was born in Feb of this year - I still can't believe she's already six months!

Cherish every moment you have with him!

[MizzouRah]

Congratulations Dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fidatelo]

'Grats!

[RendeR]

Congratulations Flere, welcome to parenthood you poor misguided bastard ;)

May you learn to suffer and rejoice as we all have.


Ren

[JonInMiddleGA]

And I also agree on the distaste of Diaper Genies.

The trick seems to be to prevent the mistake I made on our first Genie - if you ever let it mildew then the smell lasts forever. When you clean it, make sure it's dry before closing it back up & reloading it. I pretty much rendered the first one we had unusable with that mistake, the second one lasted for the rest of our need without any more problems.

[EagleFan]

Congrats!!!

Also, don't waste your money on the diaper genie. Huge waste of money.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Agreed, if you get the Genie II. I was ready to give up on them after a sucky I, but the II was smell proof until its filled, then you just take it all out anyway.

Super ditto on this. I'm guessing that most people complaining about the Diaper Genie had the original version. Genie II is a gift from God himself.

[Icy]

Big congrats!!

[albionmoonlight]

congratulations

[Telle]

Congratulations!

[oykib]

Congratulations. Glad to hear they're doing well.

[stevew]

Super ditto on this. I'm guessing that most people complaining about the Diaper Genie had the original version. Genie II is a gift from God himself.

I probably just had Genie 1 then. I wasn't sure whether or not genie 2 was backwards compatable or not. Genie 1 sucked worse than Shaq Fu.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Excellent news Flere!

Congrats to all of you!

[Raiders Army]

Congratulations!

[flere-imsaho]

Thanks for all the congrats, folks! :D

I've now had approximately 19 hours of sleep in the past 5 days. Not horrible, but I basically didn't sleep at all last night (the first night home).

Little Samuel and Mom are doing well, and we'll probably have some more pictures at the link above soon.

As for diapers - right now we're using disposables and just throwing them in the trash as they don't smell (that comes later). Once things settle down, we'll be switching over to *gasp* cloth diapers. A move I resisted, sure, but my wife was adamant. So that'll be a whole new level of exciting.

Oh, and I've changed all but one diaper so far. :D And little Samuel's favorite sleeping position is on Daddy's chest while Daddy slumps in the couch watching Sportscenter. Each. And. Every. Sportscenter.

:D

[JonInMiddleGA]

And little Samuel's favorite sleeping position is on Daddy's chest while Daddy slumps in the couch watching Sportscenter. Each. And. Every. Sportscenter.

http://images.cafepress.com/product/160566447v1_350x350_Front.jpg

[DaddyTorgo]

what's the diaper genie?

[MacroGuru]

Thanks for all the congrats, folks! :D

I've now had approximately 19 hours of sleep in the past 5 days. Not horrible, but I basically didn't sleep at all last night (the first night home).

Little Samuel and Mom are doing well, and we'll probably have some more pictures at the link above soon.

As for diapers - right now we're using disposables and just throwing them in the trash as they don't smell (that comes later). Once things settle down, we'll be switching over to *gasp* cloth diapers. A move I resisted, sure, but my wife was adamant. So that'll be a whole new level of exciting.

Oh, and I've changed all but one diaper so far. :D And little Samuel's favorite sleeping position is on Daddy's chest while Daddy slumps in the couch watching Sportscenter. Each. And. Every. Sportscenter.

:D

The cloth diaper route takes some serious dedication...my friends wife was all pro environment and such...but in less than 4 weeks she was like....screw this, disposables it is.

[SFL Cat]

congrats. Your life has changed forever.

[SegRat]

Congrats. My wife and I also had our first child on Friday night. He was 4 weeks early. But he is very healthy and the wife is doing good also.

[flere-imsaho]

Congrats SegRat! :D

[Glengoyne]

Congrats Flere.

[chesapeake]

Congrats to both of you.

Bold move with the cloth diapers. My commitment to environmentalism disappeared when physical and olfactory contact with feces became involved.

[MIJB#19]

Congrats!

[stevew]

Thanks for all the congrats, folks! :D

I've now had approximately 19 hours of sleep in the past 5 days. Not horrible, but I basically didn't sleep at all last night (the first night home).

Little Samuel and Mom are doing well, and we'll probably have some more pictures at the link above soon.

As for diapers - right now we're using disposables and just throwing them in the trash as they don't smell (that comes later). Once things settle down, we'll be switching over to *gasp* cloth diapers. A move I resisted, sure, but my wife was adamant. So that'll be a whole new level of exciting.

Oh, and I've changed all but one diaper so far. :D And little Samuel's favorite sleeping position is on Daddy's chest while Daddy slumps in the couch watching Sportscenter. Each. And. Every. Sportscenter.

:D

Using cloth diapers sounds really cool, until you try to do it. Good luck though, maybe it will be better for you. Got to watch the dog doesn't start digging for buried diapers, that could be a bad time.

[Telle]

We use cloth diapers, and it's really not a big deal. The only "yucky" part is putting them into the washer since you generally have to touch the soiled diapers a little. If the baby is breastfed you basically just take the diaper off and toss it in the diaper pal, just as you would with a disposable. Then once they start solids we used flushable liners.. so you just open the diaper over the toilet and the liner and poop fall off and then just toss the diaper into the pal.

We also used disposables during the meconium stage. That stuff will stain the cloth diapers something awful.

[flere-imsaho]

We have two sets of friends who have been using/used cloth diapers. Aside from environmental concerns, one of the big plusses is that apparently you can potty-train your kid a lot earlier. The reasoning is that since disposables are now so good at wicking the moisture away, kids don't really get the "discomfort" part of diapers. Whereas with cloth they're ready for the change.

We'll see.

Anyway, what's with this "flushable liner"? I don't think we have those - and I'm interested in learning more.

[JPhillips]

It's still hit and miss on potty training. My niece was in cloth diapers and they had the opposite effect. She was used to being wet and didn't care when she had accidents.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

It's still hit and miss on potty training. My niece was in cloth diapers and they had the opposite effect. She was used to being wet and didn't care when she had accidents.

Yep, that happens just as often. They now have disposable diapers that create the same 'wet' feeling, so that's available with both diaper options. I've had two different friends that both decided to do cloth diapers. Neither lasted more than a month.

[Fidatelo]

I've got some friends that went the cloth route, and the other benefit beyond environment is cost. The initial outlay is pretty large, but over the 2-3 years that they are in use you save a lot of money versus disposables. Plus if you have more than 1 kid you can probably re-use a lot of them for the next one, reducing the cost even more.

[Telle]

We have two sets of friends who have been using/used cloth diapers. Aside from environmental concerns, one of the big plusses is that apparently you can potty-train your kid a lot earlier. The reasoning is that since disposables are now so good at wicking the moisture away, kids don't really get the "discomfort" part of diapers. Whereas with cloth they're ready for the change.

We'll see.

Anyway, what's with this "flushable liner"? I don't think we have those - and I'm interested in learning more.

We use these liners Diaper Liners, Flushable Diaper Liners - Diaperaps Diapers & Covers (http://www.diaperaps.com/home/dp1/page_9/Flushable_Liners.html) You just lay it on top of the diaper when you put it on the baby. If the baby wets it can go right in the wash with the diapers and will go through about three or four washings before it degrades to the point where you have to throw it out. If the baby poops then as i said you just take the soiled diaper to the bathroom, open it up over the toilet, and let the liner fall in with the poop. It might not get ALL of the poop but the rest will just come off in the wash.

What kind of cloth diapers are you using? What kind of covers? We're just using plain old prefolds with a snappi to hold them together, and then we have some Bummis and some MotherEase covers and prefer the MotherEase.

The main reason I wanted to go with cloth is because most everybody in my family has VERY sensitive skin. I actually get a diaper rash from disposable feminine products. And I figured if I can't go a week with that stuff against my skin, how are my babies supposed to go a couple of years? And so we went with cloth, and we hardly ever have to deal with diaper rash (not counting the fact that Aemon's butt with will get seriously sore if you don't get him out of a poopy diaper immediately.. but that's not something that a disposable diaper would help with anyways).

[flere-imsaho]

What kind of cloth diapers are you using? What kind of covers? We're just using plain old prefolds with a snappi to hold them together, and then we have some Bummis and some MotherEase covers and prefer the MotherEase.

Thanks for the tips, Telle. We're mostly going to be using plain old prefolds with a snappi, though we have some, I think, FuzziBuns, which is like cloth with a plasticky outer shell.

We'll take a look at those liners, though.

[RomaGoth]

Congratulations!! It is the best thing in the world, being a new dad. Or an old dad for that matter. :)