Not really motoring I know but,
On Saturday my wife gave birth to our first child, Andrew was born at 7:30pm weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. Both Mum and baby are doing fine. :)
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Bought him a Mazda yet??
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No chance SW.
Apparently the driver's seat can't be pulled far enough forward to accommodate a 2-day-old child. This is a SERIOUS FAULT and the car SHOULDN'T be on sale in this country.
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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OP,
Congrats and best wishes to all!
Matt35.
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Congratulations OP!!
I am really pleased for you! I can remember becoming a Dad for the first time. It takes quite a while before the novelty wears off. Enjoy it while you can.
All the best for all of you!
Hugo
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Fantastic news and best wishes for the future
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And you thought oilchanges were messy?... ;)
Congrats! :)
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So pleased for you. Big G and I still trying. Give him lots of love:
Catrina aka GRowlette
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Congratulations. Pleased for you.
Have you bought a baby-carrier for the car yet? (Motoring link)
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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Congrats, great name thats what junior RF is called. Wait for the teenage years!!! Start putting money into childs bank account to pay for that all important first car insurance.
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Oh and get Mrs OP to join the NCT - National Childbirth Trust. Great support for new mothers (and dads)
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Congrats.
What a way to prove your not Old and your not.........
DVD
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A Jaffa? (as dell boy would say)
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many congrats.
i suppose that we will see you posting here at strange times of the night!!
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Congrats OP !
Remember when my first was born, about 6pm, so by the time I got out the hospital, went and got fish and chips from the chippie, walked down the road to the house eating it and stopping everyone who passed to tell them I was a daddy!!
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OP - great news. Now the fun really begins. NCT is definitely a good move, btw - don't forget their BF counsellors are always there to help if needed.
BobbyG - our first started at 3pm and finished at 10:30pm. Left the hospital at about 1:30am and realised I was seriously hungry. By 1:50 am I'd found the last open take-away and took its last serving, just before half a dozen yobs walked in - they were the only ones who didn't get the news as I thought discretion was the better part of valour...
a happy night...
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Congratulations OldPeculiar!
I hope the driver didn't find the journey too hard, and that the co-driver of the new-model is enjoying doing his share of the frequent oil-changes required.
These new models are high maintenance, and can never be traded in ... though you will find that with patience, regular upgrades can be applied along the way. Unlike other models, you will probably find that emission levels decline significantly after the first two years on the road.
The few years before the first MoT can seem like very hard work, with a lot of night-time driving required ... but most owners say it gets easier after the first twenty-five years or so of ownership {grin}
May you all enjoy many happy miles together, and be blessed with many further additions to the fleet!
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>>Remember when my first was born........
Oh how I remember that. Camilla was born at 1:15am. I was living in Rio at the time.
I called a friend at 1:30am and he drove out to the hospital. We sat on the kerb at the roadside drinking a couple of beers he'd brought with him. Some how I was surprised that for everybody else nothing had changed and they were carrying on as normal - didn't they realise my child had been born ??
All was right with the world.
Warmest congratulations OP, I know how happy you are and believe me, it just keeps getting better & better.
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Congrats, and what a good time for the birth,
Best wishes
Vercin
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What is it about children turning up at ridiculous hours? My daughter popped into this world at 01:19 and being a cold November evening in Dorset, beer at the kerbside was not an option.
Boy did I get some funny looks when I wandered into the local petrol station to pick up some redbull.... due in no small part to the gory evidence of new fatherhood, all down my shirt.
Congratulations to both Mr and Mrs OP
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Congratulations to you Old P. & Mrs Old P of course.
Andrew is also the name of Helicopter Jr ! I remember his birth as though it was yesterday - I was up in the air without the need for rotor blades!
Enjoy.
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My congratulations too.
Remember he has a loud noise at one end and no responsibility at the other. Sort of the opposite way round to a car.
Like a car I would recommend some good manuals.
Seriously, all parents are concerned about the slightest oddity especially outside normal hours. A quick lookup is very reassuring that there is no need to panic. No one manual covers all the common things, a bit like car manuals.
Enjoy your new role and write down your feelings NOW.
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I sense a new publication from Mr Haynes!
Congratulations! Is he to be known as 'Best Bitter'? (Notwithstanding the debate about spelling from a month or three back.)
Bad luck, you'll have to get rid of the 2 seater now. But when he's 21 you can buy him one, provided you insist on driving it whenever you wish. There's a really good toy car called the RX0.8 that you could buy him for his pram, to go with the F1.4.
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This one you mean?
The Baby Manual
By: Dr. Ian Banks
At last, a practical step-by-step manual on baby care written for men covering all models, shapes and sizes. Dr. Ian Banks, author of the best-selling Haynes Man Manual, this time combines his medical expertise with his experience as a father of four. His no-nonsense, down-to-earth advice covers all stages of infant development from conception to birth and on to 2 years old. Hints, tips and advice from real-life fathers and medical professionals, fault finding charts and illustrations in traditional Haynes style, with a touch of humour from cartoonist Jim Campbell, combine to make this a unique publication.
www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product...1
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Congrats OP - all other things taken into account, the most important fact is that the baby is fit/healthy and they're both doing fine.
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Congratulations and thank you for keeping the population going so that I don't have to!
PG (Still waiting for broodiness to kick in...)
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No child would be safe in your polo...........
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Bit like an episode of Dad's Army really aren't you, Renault Family? Mildly funny the first time, but looking distinctly sad, tired and unamusing by the tenth repeat.
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Bit like an episode of Dad\'s Army really aren\'t you, Renault Family? Mildly funny the first time, but looking distinctly sad, tired and unamusing by the tenth repeat.
On the subject of repeats (Trips to the body shop......)
I\'ll just leave my coat there and run for the door. I\'ve seen that look before and I want to be a long way away from it, as quickly as possible.
:o)
Actually, PG has a point. Many of us have offered tales of cars that we\'ve stuffed into various immovable objects, but only PG gets the stick. I\'m as guilty as the next backroomer. Can we call a truce on this one please?
ND
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Sorry PG but I just couldn?t let this go by: I feel an injustice has been done. I think you were somewhat harsh in your response to RF, given that you have posted many times about your relationship with your Polo and have yourself created the image of it being sometimes a challenge to be in (as in ?Polo tried to kill me again?) ? even though it is a car very special to you. Nor did I get the impression that RF was deliberately trying to get in a dig at you, merely indulging in the banter you have encouraged over the months, in relation to its foibles. OK so maybe it?s wearing a bit thin for you now ?but after all, you could say you started it, and you've always seemed to enjoy the banter up till now. And it?s not for me to say, I suppose, but I?m guessing RF didn?t intend to offend you at all ? no doubt he?ll post his own response at some point. Nor do I think you are the only one who gets the stick, either.
Anyway, I don?t want to detract from the happy tone of this thread, so I?ll just add my congratulations to OP too, and echo everything everyone else has said.
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So you didn't have to miss the Rugby then? :-)))))
I remember when our first daughter was born after 23hrs of labour (yes, TWENTY THREE) at 5am, that moment is as still as clear as if it was only this morning. In complete contrast our second daughter was born after only 20 minutes labour, just about managed to get Mrs R down to maternity. Won't forget that in hurry either but for slightly different reasons!!
Warmest congratulations OldPeculiar!
Best wishes to you and your (new) family.
Chad.
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Sorry I'm a bit late to this thread, but want to give all three of you my sincere congratulations, and a big welcome into the world for little Andrew.
Guess you can't be as old as your title suggests, OP.
As has been said, children are just ever so slightly more demanding than cars at the best of times, and need infinite more care. But they also bring with them more joy than the very best of cars will ever bring - sure they cause a good few problems too, snd might even end up costing you more than a TOTR Bentley, but the pleasure you will get is immeasurable.
Enjoy every minute - it's the best thing you could ever have achieved.
HF
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children are just ever so slightly more demanding than cars
Except an RX-8, apparently.
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I thought that was the demanding child demanding a demanding car. Probably a tie!
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I thought that was the demanding child demanding a demanding car. Probably a tie!
surely you mean the demanding child of a demanding father demanding a demanding car for thoroughly undemanding usage?
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Thanks for all the messages guys. Andrew's getting on fine and is ever so sweet. He's still at the hospital at the moment finishing a course of antibiotics (precautionary due to a long labour) so hasn't had a chance to sit in his new car seat :) but I'm spending lots of time there getting cuddles from him.
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And cuddles from your child mean everything! I'm lucky, I still get hugs from my two even though they are now 14 and 9 respectively. Different hugs than you can do with a baby, of course, but it means no less. I *did* get told a few months back by my older one that he no longer wished me to say goodnight with an 'I love you' theme, but I still get the hugs. And a few days ago, when he was in trouble, I actually got an 'I love you mum' type of comment from him.
You will never lose this with Andrew. Be there for him always, and you will never lose that feeling of cuddling him.
I wish you all well, and please do update us when he is well enough to come out of hospital.
Good luck OP,
HF
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