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Well, my brother's wife's water broke in the wee hours of the morning.

***The Story***
***My Thoughts***

***The Story***

The wife was supposed to have a c-section in this Friday, & the baby was due in the 3rd week of this month. I feel better knowing that the baby was brought out after the water broke. Water breaking seems to imply to me that the baby is ready to come out.

The baby was born @ approx. 11:11a, & weighed in @ aprrox. 7 pounds 10 ounces. It never occurred to me to ask if the baby was healthy, because the numbers all sounded the good.

We'll see.

***My Thoughts***

Well, I was kind of nervous about having another member join the family. I hate disruptions. However, the most recents changes have been going smoothly, & we haven't had any major changes for a while.

1 of the things that concerned me was whether or not we would have to put up with a bratty ankle biter.

However, the wife politely commented on her sister spoiling her son [in other words, the nephew of my brother & his wife]. She made a commitment to not let the baby cry to get what she wants. Frankly, I believe her, because I see the way that they raised the cat.

As for me being an uncle, I don't know what to say. I've never corrupted a child before, & I'm looking forward to getting my hands on her & showing her all the evil things that she can get away with. ;^) Seriously, I don't forsee any major problems in the next little while. I suppose the only dilemas will happen if she asks me those deep questions about life which aren't fun to answer: doctrinal issues & political issues. I figure that as long as I always encourage her to tell her parents what we talked about, then almost anything is fair game. After all, she should be allowed to get opinions from other people.

In fact, if I get a kid, then I hope that I can encourage him to talk to other people. I figure that it isn't my job to shape the child's belief system. I believe that I'm supposed to let the child make up his own mind @ all ages, while I make the rules for behaviour. He won't have to believe in God, but will have to go to church [I feel like a hypocrite for saying that because I haven't gone in over a month, but that's another journal entry]. He won't have to believe that I know what I'm doing, but he'll still have to do what I say.

Eh, whatever. I'm just going to wait to see what happens.

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  • Eugene- have you ever been diagnosed with a PDD? Your reaction to having a new member in the family sounds slightly autistic to me for some reason- and I'm willing to bet that your brother and his wife are going to be MUCH better parents to this girl than they were to the cat- if nothing else than a baby will demand all sorts of time.

    Take it from a relatively new father (mine turned 15 months a couple of weeks ago) this kid will be the ultimate experiment in artificial intelligence if you spend enough tim

    • Eugene- have you ever been diagnosed with a PDD?

      Not that I know of. Do I go see a psychologist? I wouldn't be surprised if I were autistic, because I heard that most nerds tend to be autistic. I have always had the most difficult time in dealing with people & I heard that autistic people tend to have difficulty in dealing with people, so maybe that's why.

      Regarding the kid & the cat, I only compared the kid to the cat, because I've never seen my brother & his wife spend time disciplining anythin

      • High functioning autism- yes quite possibly. I've got Asperger's myself, and I was 31 before I got a proper diagnosis. Migraines are the worst of my symptoms- due to overstimulous. Basically, the way the doctor explained it to me is that my nerves are running at a different speed than my brain- therefore people are far too wierd and too much input for me.

        On the kid & cat- if they're anything like my brother & sister-in-law, being lax on rules will end up with them getting angry and being far mor
  • Congratulations, Eugene. Being an uncle is easy. I'm and uncle 6 times over, and a great uncle 1.5 times over. It's kind of like being a grandparent, but with much less responsibility. Spoil the kids. Give them gifts that will annoy the parents. Send them home. Hope you don't have kids who get the same from the parents you're tormenting. I can give you more details as they're needed.
  • I've been an uncle now for about... 5 years. I don't get to see her all that often, since I'm 300 miles away, but it's great every time. This last time, I was the jungle gym for her and my newest neice, her new 2-year-old sister (by way of marriage 4 months ago).
    My parents were a large influence on her for her first few eyars, so I wasn't too concerned, overall, with the parenting - I knew that, in the end, she had good principles that were being instilled by my folks.

    But just enjoy it - I'm continually

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