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The Goon · 09-13-2011, 01:25 PM

It's Baby Goon's first birthday tomorrow, and it has been one long learning experience.

He had crazy rashes all over his body, and we only found through trial and error that he has a dairy sensitivity - when my wife cut out the dairy, he cleared up. I hope he grows out of it.

We've been lucky in some respects - he has been sleeping through the night since he was a month old, but unlucky in others - he is an awfully picky eater, and mealtime can be a nightmare.

There has been nothing in my life quite like how I felt the first time he looked at me and said "Dada". He is a very loving boy and a year later, I still can't believe he's in my life.

I would do the dad brag thing and post the first year retrospective video we made, but I'm under orders not to show anyone before his birthday party this weekend.

-Diapers - Pampers Dry Max
-We got a Graco stroller (Alano Flip-It, I think) where the top pops out and clips into the car seat. Very handy for transporting him around.
-You get a lot of clothes as gifts, but you go through a lot as well. Laundry seems like a never-ending task.
-Identify the deathtraps in your house and the moment the baby starts moving, get some gates and safety equipment up. Our guy is an incessant explorer and we are having to make adjustments almost every day.

09-13-2011, 01:25 PM	#212
The Goon #1 Goaltender Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada Exp:	It's Baby Goon's first birthday tomorrow, and it has been one long learning experience. He had crazy rashes all over his body, and we only found through trial and error that he has a dairy sensitivity - when my wife cut out the dairy, he cleared up. I hope he grows out of it. We've been lucky in some respects - he has been sleeping through the night since he was a month old, but unlucky in others - he is an awfully picky eater, and mealtime can be a nightmare. There has been nothing in my life quite like how I felt the first time he looked at me and said "Dada". He is a very loving boy and a year later, I still can't believe he's in my life. I would do the dad brag thing and post the first year retrospective video we made, but I'm under orders not to show anyone before his birthday party this weekend. -Diapers - Pampers Dry Max -We got a Graco stroller (Alano Flip-It, I think) where the top pops out and clips into the car seat. Very handy for transporting him around. -You get a lot of clothes as gifts, but you go through a lot as well. Laundry seems like a never-ending task. -Identify the deathtraps in your house and the moment the baby starts moving, get some gates and safety equipment up. Our guy is an incessant explorer and we are having to make adjustments almost every day. __________________ We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.