You were right about the amazing part - that is one good lookin' newborn!

I genuinely don't know whether you were joking or not. Congrats!

Congratulations to you and Mrs. Smooth. It's the most work you're ever going to love.

good job, good luck, and have fun buying little frilly stuff and playing tea party :)

Congrats. It's the best and the worst job you'll ever have!! This coming from a two-time daddy. Well, not two time, like..."oh, you two timing.." but like second hand dad...no wait! Second round dad, ack! Second-time dad...that sounds lame. Rats! Never mind.


Congrats on the new addition.

Congrats!
Has the wow factor wore off at all yet? :biggrin:

UN-possible! However, crying in the middle of the night (again) and stinky diapers can temporarily attenuate it. Good going to all of the smooth clan, and I wish you all well!

She eats every two hours. It takes me 5 minutes to get her up, changed, swaddled, and ready to eat. It takes her 30-45 minutes to eat. It takes me 20-30 minutes to get her burped and back down. It takes me 10 minutes to fall back asleep. So the math goes something like this:

0:00 Crying
0:05 Swaddled and eating
0:50 Done eating, burping and settling
1:20 Sophia to sleep
1:30 Dad to sleep

Thirty blessed, glorious, wondrous minutes of sleep before ...

2:00 Crying

She was born slightly underweight, and lost about 7 oz in the first 24 hours of being alive, so they told us to feed her every 2 hours, or as often as she'll eat, for at least the first week. Hopefully, once she's back up to her fighting weight, we'll be able to space that out a bit more.

But until then, pass the coffee.

They told us to do the same thing with our firstborn. (They all lose weight the first day or two.) I remember it really made me anxious, that we needed to be forcing her to eat. Like she would die or something. They even told us to try to keep her from falling asleep when she was eating, to make sure she ate enough. I was a nervous daddy. Turns out, she ate when she was hungry, and stopped when she was full. And gained the weight back just fine. She actually really took off. Grew like a champ. Nothing to worry about after all.

[whispers]Way to go, Dad. *quiet applause*

http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/coffee.gif and : pillow: and :babysling:

You're gonna do great.[/whispers]

Ok Smoothclan, it's been almost a month - update us when you have time please...?? Maybe even another picture...?

No time to update, busy changing diapers and rocking Sophia to sleep. Although she does have her own website now, at sophialee.com

I understand. I'll check out the website!

Well, heck. I don't know how I missed this.

Belated congrats, SM, and best to Sophia and Mrs. Moniker.

Awww! She is just too cute! Can I steal her? Just kidding. Congrats!