Well done Judecatmad and Dave ... Welcome to James

[Nasty]

... and he was only 11 days overdue!

James Thomas Handley Taylor -arrived by c-section at 11.41 pm 15 January 2008. Weight is 8lb 12 (he has minor breathing problems and is in ICU but is otherwise a great wee man) ...

Pics are at http://www.taylz.co.nz/ - what a great looking wee man!

Jude is doing well - but will be stuck in Room 3 Hutt Hospital Marternity for the next five days - she would love some visits from any locals to help keep her entertained and show the lad off to!!!! :banana::banana::banana::baby::banana:

Welcome to the worth party to be announced soon!

[Trudes]

Awesome!!! Good work Jude and Dave, welcome to the world James:banana: (almost wrote, Welcome to KB James,...... soon, petal, soon!!lol) Finally eh, didn't pop, but good as, done is done anyway that it's done! Will drop in some time over the weekend!

[James Deuce]

Cheers Nasty, I was going to post, but you beat me!

I shall copy the text I received at 1:33am - goddamn excited new parents! :)

"James Thomas Handley Taylor has arrived by c-section. Born 15th Jan, weight 8lb 12."

Remember to ring before you go in, just in case they aren't in a state to receive visitors. Jude won't feel like beach volleyball for a couple weeks either.

[LilSel]

Awesome, Congratulations on your new arrival :2thumbsup

[sels1]

Congrats you two

[janno]

Hooray - new life!! congrats to all :niceone:

[RantyDave]

When my daughter was born I found myself off to get something from some corner of the maternity ward at about 5am. I met a woman who saw something in my eyes and said "yer first, is it?". I answered in the affirmative and she said "congratulations, now the work really begins".

She wasn't far wrong, either. But of all the things I've done with my life, these two kids are clearly the best. So, congratulations to Judecatmad and Dave - you're going to work your arses off :)

Dave

[Pussy]

Congratulations, Jude and Dave! :clap:

[chanceyy]

Wow congrats Guys .. geezzzz Jude when I seen you at Nasty's I thought you was about to pop then .. eekk 11 days over :gob: enjoy parenthood .. your life is now even richer:yes:

[Drum]

Well done guys. Nothing quite like it eh!

[vixter]

what a special little boy! well done you guys he will make you proud make you cry and be the most important thing in both your'e lives.. enjoy.... your lives will never be the same!!

[Stickchick]

Congratulations Jude!!!! Hope that Swiss Ball was of some use to you

[MSTRS]

Congrats to the happy couple....

[Pwalo]

Congrats, and that's a big boy!

[ManDownUnder]

Awesome awesome awesome!!!!

Congrats all...

[007XX]

:sunny: Congratulations Jude, and of course to Dave too!!! :banana:

Welcome to the world of parenthood. Big hugs to you Jude :hug: you did a great job, as he is quite a good looking little man, and I mean that honestly.

[Her_C4]

Awwwwwww - fantastic news, and the heartiest of congratulations to you both.

I was just talking to a (relatively) new father yesterday and the pride and love on his face and in his voice bought a tear to my eye.

Enjoy :niceone:

[yungatart]

Congratulations guys!
Awesome news!

[u4ea]

Congradulations!!!!!!..you will be able to have that beer soon Justcatmad!!!Hope Dave leaves you some after he's "wet the babies head"..:niceone:

[crashe]

Congratulations to you both...... well done.....



So we all know what his first xmas pressie will be.......
a little ride on motorbike!

[Lissa]

Congratulations!!!!! Enjoy the little bubs guys, I'm so happy for you both.

[Colapop]

Well I suppose congratulations are in order. While I am happy for you please, for the health of your baby, do not ask me to hold it... I mean... HIM. I will of course, offer the obligatory hugs (solely to the parents) at the appropriate time and place.... :bleh:

[vifferman]

Congratulations, Judecatmad and Dave!

I was just talking to a (relatively) new father yesterday and the pride and love on his face and in his voice bought a tear to my eye.
It's an amazing and life-changing thing, something you can't understand until you've experienced it yourself. Even though it's 24 years and one week (today) since I first became a father, I can still remember the feeling, like you're the most special person in the world, and the most fantastic thing has just happened to you.
Happy, happy day! :banana:

On an aside, we've been in the metric system for how many decades now?
How come the baby's weight is still an overwhelmingly imperial thing? :spudwhat:

Anyway, Happy Birthday, James!
<img src="http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~cam4/birth.gif" /img>

[Smokin]

Congratulations to all 3 of you, Great to see your all doing well.

[merv]

Congrats Jude and Dave - I guess now we've got to have a lunch to wet the baby's head and let Col catch up with his hugs.

[Hitcher]

Tah dah! Well done those procreators! Great photos too.

[Nasty]

I have just got home from the hospital ... and well mum is jetlagged ... dad is glowing .. .and the baby .... is doing what babies do well .... sleeping!

[Paul in NZ]

And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born it compels humility: what we began is now its own. ~ Anne Ridler

Congratulations - If there is one thing that gives me faith in the future of human beings it is when decent people can still bring themselves to produced treasured children.... Thank you...

Love him and life will be good.

Paul n Vicki

[riffer]

Excellent stuff Jude and Dave. The CPAP tubes certainly bring back memories of three years ago with Nicky spending three days in SCBU.

Get the sleep while you can.

Congratulations! Kids rock.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

At last lol. Congrats big time. Look forward to more photos as time goes by. Cheers

[Edbear]

Awwww! Ain't he cute! Congratulations! Like many here have said it brings back memories! All the best!:2thumbsup

[Hawkeye]

Congrats on the new arrival Jude (and Dave).
Do they do leathers for newborns?

[judecatmad]

Thanks guys, for all your well wishes :)

Am just logging on briefly at the hospital (techno-whizz hubby set me up so I could log on through the old cellphone which is why this is a BRIEF log on! LOL).

I'm doing really well. All the nurses are amazed that I'm up and about and asking for minimal help. The downside of that is that I think they think I'm in less pain than I am and they're a bit reluctant to dole out the pain relief exactly on the 4 hours!!!

James is still in Special Care Baby Unit. He's off the CPAP machine now but is refusing to feed, so he's now got himself a naso-gastric tube! He's healthy enough, just lazy, LOL. Sleeps LOTS too!!! I'm sure that will all change.....

He is, of course, as you can see from the photos, THE most gorgeous baby boy anyone has ever produced in the whole history of babydom - and I say that without a BIT of bias :rofl:

They're looking after me so well here. I'm very lucky. Nothing is too much trouble and everyone is so kind. I am looking forward to getting home tho.

There's some more photos going on our website tonight if anyone wants to take a look (are ya bored yet?? Oh, there's going to be LOTS more, and some video at some point! LOL).

Thanks Nasty for posting the announcement and thanks again to everyone for your well wishes. Hope to catch up with many of you soon :)

[judecatmad]

Am home now!!! So weird being home with a baby in tow. It's like life continues as normal, but not quite 'normal' ever again!

Will post a couple of pics as soon as I have time to fiddle around with file sizes....could be his 18th birthday at this rate, LOL!!!

[Lissa]

Am home now!!! So weird being home with a baby in tow. It's like life continues as normal, but not quite 'normal' ever again!

Will post a couple of pics as soon as I have time to fiddle around with file sizes....could be his 18th birthday at this rate, LOL!!!

Yay! Enjoy him Jude because before you know it he will be on the move (crawling, rolling etc) then you really have to have your eyes on him all the time. Take it easy, and dont do too much for a little while, just enjoy him.

[James Deuce]

Good point Lissa. Someone should also say that there's no manual, there are other people all around you who have done it before and they are all happy to help. Just pull the bits out of their advice on what "works" and apply it in a way that works for you.

It's difficult to make bad decisions too. You'll make mistakes, but so what? If you make him cry because you folded his arm bckwards putting it into his sleeve, he's not crying because he hates you, he's crying because it hurt and he wants you to fix it.

Babies only cry for three reasons.

1. Food.
2. Nappy change.
3. Attention.

You'll figure out what each cry means, if you haven't done so already. Try all three in the above order if he won't stop. Sometimes they want all three at the same time.

Dave will cry from time to time too, but it sounds like loud, shouty, rude words. Don't worry. he's not unhappy with his relationship with you, he's just pissed that he isn't number 1 anymore. Not that he ever was, but most chicks are clever enough not to say that out loud.

Hope it's all going well.

If Dave gives you a hard time at any point, send him out for takeaways & beer. It used to work with me.

[007XX]

Yay! Enjoy him Jude because before you know it he will be on the move (crawling, rolling etc) then you really have to have your eyes on him all the time. Take it easy, and dont do too much for a little while, just enjoy him.

Yep, Lissa's dead right... Also, don't turn away any help offered and try to get as much sleep as you can when the opportunity is given to you.

So good to know you're happy and well Jude. :hug:

[Kendog]

Congrats JCM.


If Dave gives you a hard time at any point, send him out for takeaways & beer. It used to work with me.

That works for me too and we don't have kids.

[jrandom]

Babies only cry for three reasons.

1. Food.
2. Nappy change.
3. Attention.

:yes:

Yes, that's a very important thing to remember.

I lost count of the number of times I'd be scratching my head over one of the kids bawling their eyes out in their cot, and then suddenly twig to the fact that I hadn't checked a nappy recently, or that sticking a full bottle in their face might be a smart idea.

On the whole, babies are annoying little pains in the arse. They're basically food-processing meatballs whose thought processes, as far as I've ever been able to model them, consist of a small, continuous buzzing sound between the ears. Looking after a baby is just the price you have to pay for the wonderfully rewarding experience of having your own children as they grow up into real human beings.

I like to think of raising babies as a longer-term version of listening patiently to a wife or girlfriend's pointless emotional instability so that you can get a shag later on.

:niceone:

This book (http://www.amazon.com/Poo-Bomb-Tales-Parental-Terror/dp/0740750453/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200958073&sr=8-1) is wonderful. The girl in it is four months older than my daughter, and I was reading the entries week by week as the author posted them on his website (http://www.ironycentral.com/) (they were taken off the web prior to the book being printed - he was one of those bloggers who gets an unexpected publishing offer).

[crashe]

Am home now!!! So weird being home with a baby in tow. It's like life continues as normal, but not quite 'normal' ever again!

Will post a couple of pics as soon as I have time to fiddle around with file sizes....could be his 18th birthday at this rate, LOL!!!

We all look forward to the hundreds and thousand pictures that every new mummy and daddy takes of the new baby...... :msn-wink:

Oh and YES the nine months are now up...... time to change it now..
see new mummies have the memory loss thing happening...

Enjoy the special time, as they do grow up fast.... all of a sudden they are off to school.......and its like where the hell did those last five years go.

Rest as much as you can....... turn off the ph, lock the door, put a sign up on the front door 'mummy and baby asleep' when ever the little one has his sleep. That stops people banging on your door when you are resting.

[Trudes]

Hey Jude, give me a yell if ya need a nanny!!

(then again, you know me, so you probably wouldn't want me looking after James!)

[apteryx_haasti]

Hi Jude and Dave and welcome James!

Good to hear that you're all home - now for the fun part!

Hopefully we can catch up sometime soon and I can meet the wee man in person.

All the best,

Fi

[judecatmad]

Oh golly, where to start....?!! Apologies for the one big reply but I've tried to reply to posts several times over the last 2 days and each time I start individual replies, I'm needed again!


Someone should also say that there's no manual, there are other people all around you who have done it before and they are all happy to help.

Babies only cry for three reasons.

1. Food.
2. Nappy change.
3. Attention.

You'll figure out what each cry means

I am open to any and all advice and am willingly trying new stuff out to see what works! Having no family around makes it hard - having to figure it all out from scratch.

And nope, I have no idea what any of his cries mean yet - I must be the worlds worst mummy! Even Dave has figured out his 'I'm full of gas' face and cry, but mummy...nope, totally clueless I'm afraid!!! I definitely understand cats better than my own species!! :rofl:


try to get as much sleep as you can when the opportunity is given to you.

So good to know you're happy and well Jude. :hug:

Sleep during the day is hard to come by - he's a hungry wee thing and is on almost hourly feeds most afternoons :( Hopefully that will change....

And I am happy, yes. After 9 months of complete ambivalence, it's good to feel this way :)

I am quite scared about next week tho - it's Dave's first week back at work and my first week on my own, totally on my own. He's been a wonderful help all this week - cooking, washing, helping with nappy changes and burping - nervous how I'll go on my own, with no adult contact from 7 to 5 each day. I hope it will be OK.....


:yes:

On the whole, babies are annoying little pains in the arse. They're basically food-processing meatballs whose thought processes, as far as I've ever been able to model them, consist of a small, continuous buzzing sound between the ears. Looking after a baby is just the price you have to pay for the wonderfully rewarding experience of having your own children as they grow up into real human beings.


Now you see, I've always loved babies - it's when they start to get a mind of their own and the ability to express it that I want to run scared! I hope I will find my own child easier to deal with that many of those seen on Supernanny!


Oh and YES the nine months are now up...... time to change it now..

Thanks for the reminder!


Hey Jude, give me a yell if ya need a nanny!!


We need to talk.....


Hopefully we can catch up sometime soon and I can meet the wee man in person.


I can't drive for 4 weeks, so visitors need to come to me at the moment - but do come on over, we'd love to see you :yes:

[Hitcher]

Is James talking yet?

[Kendog]

Is James talking yet?

"Gixxer" will be his first word:)

[Pussy]

"Gixxer" will be his first word:)

sem fiddy will be the second and third!!

[nudemetalz]

"Gixxer" will be his first word:)


Nah,...it'll be "Guzzi"...he's a real baby dude after all !!!

[judecatmad]

"Gixxer" will be his first word:)


Nah,...it'll be "Guzzi"...he's a real baby dude after all !!!

Well, if anyone wants to take him for test rides to try to influence his first word....... :D

(sssshhhhhh...just don't tell Dave, LOL)

[Skunk Control]

Congratulations guys. I'd be picking his first word would be bike though :woohoo:

[007XX]

Sleep during the day is hard to come by - he's a hungry wee thing and is on almost hourly feeds most afternoons :( Hopefully that will change....

And I am happy, yes. After 9 months of complete ambivalence, it's good to feel this way :)

I am quite scared about next week tho - it's Dave's first week back at work and my first week on my own, totally on my own. He's been a wonderful help all this week - cooking, washing, helping with nappy changes and burping - nervous how I'll go on my own, with no adult contact from 7 to 5 each day. I hope it will be OK.....


One day at the time, hun...One of the big things I've learnt when I had my lil' man is: "cross that bridge when you get to it!"

Over stressing about things in advance won't make it any easier, all the contrary. Don't expect yourself to turn into Super Mommy either...so what if the washing doesn't get done straight away? or if the ironning isn't up to scratch...

It takes quite a bit of time to get used to the whole routine, so concentrate on you and your baby and nothing else for a little while...baby steps! :niceone:

And I told you, I'm only a phone call away if you need to have a giggle...I'm just sorry I'm not down the line, cos I'm a mean burper aider!