MN Transplant Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 More fun to read about the baby showers than the perpetual illnesses. I'll be joining the ranks in late August, so I'll either be posting a lot less, or at strange hours in the middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I think there's initial shock when the baby first comes home, but if you can deal with being tired the first 6 months or so are not that bad. They sleep a lot, so duties consist of changing them and feeding them. A bit more to worry about when they start crawling/walking. It's when they are closing in on 2 and are talking more, talking back to you, etc. that it becomes harder. That's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 More fun to read about the baby showers than the perpetual illnesses. I'll be joining the ranks in late August, so I'll either be posting a lot less, or at strange hours in the middle of the night. Congrats! You'll be our go-to middle of the night snow obs person during the epic winter of 14-15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I think there's initial shock when the baby first comes home, but if you can deal with being tired the first 6 months or so are not that bad. They sleep a lot, so duties consist of changing them and feeding them. A bit more to worry about when they start crawling/walking. It's when they are closing in on 2 and are talking more, talking back to you, etc. that it becomes harder. That's just my opinion. For the most part that is true. Our first was a preemie and had a 9 day hospital stay. Looking back it gave us time to get ourselves in gear, although wanted her home. When she did come home she was on the NICU schedule so we kept it and the first year was great. Now with the second she was early also but came home with no hospital stay. Thought we knew what we were doing until she developed colic. That was the roughest 8 mos. we have ever been through. Not until we found out about a sleep-sack did we finally get her on a regular sleeping schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I ended up giving a bunch of baby toys to a coworker whose kid is 6 months younger than mine. We exchange clothes all the time now, works out great. But yeah, B, there will be stuff you won't ever use. Return it, or hold on to it for friends. K scored big at Easter, lots of clothes, which is great, saves me from having to spend the $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 More fun to read about the baby showers than the perpetual illnesses. I'll be joining the ranks in late August, so I'll either be posting a lot less, or at strange hours in the middle of the night. Congrats! I'll expect Euro updates this fall, at 3am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Congrats! You'll be our go-to middle of the night snow obs person during the epic winter of 14-15. 36°, still raining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Congrats! I'll expect Euro updates this fall, at 3am My wife has fallen in love with one of the baby books that says to put the kid on a schedule immediately and follow it religiously. I'm thinking that the chances of that working are hovering right around the chances that it isn't hot and humid this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My wife has fallen in love with one of the baby books that says to put the kid on a schedule immediately and follow it religiously. I'm thinking that the chances of that working are hovering right around the chances that it isn't hot and humid this summer. Having read ALL the baby books, here's my best advice: Pile them up, pour gasoline on them, light a match, throw the match on the pile of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Having read ALL the baby books, here's my best advice: Pile them up, pour gasoline on them, light a match, throw the match on the pile of babies. fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris87 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My wife has fallen in love with one of the baby books that says to put the kid on a schedule immediately and follow it religiously. I'm thinking that the chances of that working are hovering right around the chances that it isn't hot and humid this summer. Our first daughter was born two weeks ago and "schedules" are a bit of a fallacy -- some days they work and others they don't -- if they make you feel better it's probably helpful but if I've learned anything over the last two weeks is that babies don't adhere to rigid schedules, they feed when they want, they sleep when they want.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 My wife has fallen in love with one of the baby books that says to put the kid on a schedule immediately and follow it religiously. I'm thinking that the chances of that working are hovering right around the chances that it isn't hot and humid this summer. Each kid is different, but mine is a sucker for routine. Has its pros and cons but for some kids a routine, set sleep times, eating, naps, etc are really helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Alright... who coined the term pollen vortex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Haven't posted much on here in the past few weeks as I've been wrapping up my last semester of undergraduate. However, It looks like I'll be going on to graduate school since I applied for two and got accepted to two. Not only that, but one offered me a full ride graduate assistantship plus ~half of living expenses. That said, I'll be flying out to Fargo, North Dakota tomorrow to visit North Dakota State University. 600a Flight out of BWI arriving in Fargo at 1130a with a stop over in Chicago. Weather in Fargo tomorrow is a few light rain showers and 40's with winds at 30 gusting to 45 mph. Be back on Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 ^congrats JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 ND will be awesome except for winter which is like 9 mo a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 ND will be awesome except for winter which is like 9 mo a year. That's the best part, when it snowed in Reno from like November to May during my Sophomore/Junior year, I was ecstatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 If I'm going to be in the cold for 2/3 of the year, I want more snow than what Fargo gets. The cold and wind is nasty, though. In January and February, they had 44 days with lows AOB 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Congrats JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Haven't posted much on here in the past few weeks as I've been wrapping up my last semester of undergraduate. However, It looks like I'll be going on to graduate school since I applied for two and got accepted to two. Not only that, but one offered me a full ride graduate assistantship plus ~half of living expenses. That said, I'll be flying out to Fargo, North Dakota tomorrow to visit North Dakota State University. 600a Flight out of BWI arriving in Fargo at 1130a with a stop over in Chicago. Weather in Fargo tomorrow is a few light rain showers and 40's with winds at 30 gusting to 45 mph. Be back on Friday night. Booo. NDSU sucks. (obligated to, UND alum) Congrats. Fargo is ok. Acts like a bigger city than it is because it is the only game around between Winnipeg and Minneapolis. You can get used to the cold, but the transition from one of the least windy to one of the most windy places in the country will be shocking. As is the flatness. Everyone jokes about KS or NE, but until you are in the middle of glacial lake Agassiz, you have not experienced flat terrain. Chasing is perfection though, gridded roads and little terrain or trees. You will also become very comfortable with the terms "ground blizzard", "engine block heater", and "flood plain". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I really liked everyone's wildlife stories. And tulip pics. Congrats MN and meddler! Alright... who coined the term pollen vortex? Lol, here we go. When it's sunny and blistering hot this summer, can Solar Vortex be far behind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Svr weenies have become as bad or worse than snow weenies. Talk about always running to the hugest possible potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Haven't posted much on here in the past few weeks as I've been wrapping up my last semester of undergraduate. However, It looks like I'll be going on to graduate school since I applied for two and got accepted to two. Not only that, but one offered me a full ride graduate assistantship plus ~half of living expenses. That said, I'll be flying out to Fargo, North Dakota tomorrow to visit North Dakota State University. 600a Flight out of BWI arriving in Fargo at 1130a with a stop over in Chicago. Weather in Fargo tomorrow is a few light rain showers and 40's with winds at 30 gusting to 45 mph. Be back on Friday night. Congrats and best of luck wherever you choose to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Looks like this weekends big severe threat isn't as big anymore, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 So... After spending 9 days busting my butt on rehabbing my Dad's house in BFE Florida, what did I miss? I missed you guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 So... After spending 9 days busting my butt on rehabbing my Dad's house in BFE Florida, what did I miss? I missed you guys!! It's been pretty boring. Nice weather but not much else. Pollen vortex was even a bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 So many ****ing dumb tweets about this weekend. I have to say it here because I know Ian et al has seen these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 What kind of tweets? Meh severe threat? The opposite, over the type, severe weather of the apocalypse, type tweets (for the weekend, Monday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 This is a hard core weather board. Damn nice O's comeback tonight. It was a very nice comeback. They seem to do better coming back then holding leads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 So many ****ing dumb tweets about this weekend. I have to say it here because I know Ian et al has seen these. Too much weather news these days. The pros have taken on the tweeting habits of the chasers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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