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zukes · 10-12-2006, 08:33 AM

My wife is expecting our first child on May 6th!!! I can't wait to welcome the new Flames fan into the world, hopefully with a Stanley Cup when he or she is only a 1.5 months old.

Wish They Could Win · 10-12-2006, 08:35 AM

You're not the only one. One of our friends is due in December, another in January, and we are expecting a little Flames fan in March.

How old does a baby have to be before exposing it to the loud sounds of the Saddledome?

HelloHockeyFans · 10-12-2006, 08:36 AM

Congrats bud! Look forward to some sleepless nights!

burn_baby_burn · 10-12-2006, 08:50 AM

My wife and I are expecting in February.

How old does a baby have to be to be exposed to the dome? The people that sit beside had a friend at the Oiler game on Saturday that had her 3 month old baby there. They had ear muffs on the baby. Not sure how it turned out. In 2004, the Nashville brawl game, one of my wife's co-workers had his 5 month old baby at the game. We were in the Super Suites though and the baby got to stay in its Pram (or whatever you call that thing).

Nufy · 10-12-2006, 08:54 AM

Both of my boys were at games while still in the oven.

My wife said she could fel em kick when the noise got really loud.....

Frank the Tank · 10-12-2006, 09:07 AM

Welcome to the land of little sleep! Congrats though, you'll love it! (Fatherhood, I mean)

HPLovecraft · 10-12-2006, 09:10 AM

I want a kid!

I guess I need to get a girlfriend first, though.

Burn13 · 10-12-2006, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nufy

Both of my boys were at games while still in the oven.

My wife said she could fel em kick when the noise got really loud.....

Ha Ha! we had our first in April and the wife attended alot of last years games, she said the same thing, noise makes them kick like crazy!!

habernac · 10-12-2006, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

Welcome to the land of little sleep! Congrats though, you'll love it! (Fatherhood, I mean)

no doubt. We're going through teething right now and it's a real treat. Poor guy has busted out 4 of them in the last 2 weeks. He actually slept not too badly last night.

Congrats, zukes!

And my little guy is 8 months old and I haven't yet taken him to a game. I think it's a tad too loud. Maybe when he's 2 or 3.

return to the red · 10-12-2006, 09:18 AM

I want a little one too but my wife's like Kipper, wish she would pull a Cloutier.

Guess I'll have to spoil the sh*t out of the nephew

edit: guess I should say congrats as well!!

TimSJ · 10-12-2006, 09:19 AM

congrats.. Our little girl is 5 1/2 months old now. Sleeping through the night well though.. but the teething is staring..

Morozee · 10-12-2006, 09:32 AM

Got one by the goalie did ya? Congrats!

Stillman16 · 10-12-2006, 10:03 AM

When babies are younger, from my experience, the loud noise bothers them less. They tend to be able to sleep through almost anything, and have much quieter cries.

That being said, my advise is to not tip toe around your newborn when they're sleeping, make noise, vacuum, let them sleep in the living room with TV on at normal vloume, etc. It's the best advise we recieved. Our daughter is a heavy sleeper now, while friends who kept quiet when the newborn slept, have a very light sleeper.

Our daughter took in her first Flames game during pre-season, she loved it (Harvey the Hound actually), she was 19 mths old at the time.

Stillman16 · 10-12-2006, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Stillman16

When babies are younger, from my experience, the loud noise bothers them less. They tend to be able to sleep through almost anything, and have much quieter cries.

That being said, my advise is to not tip toe around your newborn when they're sleeping, make noise, vacuum, let them sleep in the living room with TV on at normal vloume, etc. It's the best advise we recieved. Our daughter is a heavy sleeper now, while friends who kept quiet when the newborn slept, have a very light sleeper.

Our daughter took in her first Flames game during pre-season, she loved it (Harvey the Hound actually), she was 19 mths old at the time.

Sorry, forgot the congrats!!!!!

Clarkey · 10-12-2006, 10:09 AM

Good job, congratulations!

zukes · 10-12-2006, 10:10 AM

Thanks everyone. Luckily I am not going into this completely blind as I had a hand in raising my niece and nephew, though I'm sure it's much different when it's your own.

Ironhorse · 10-12-2006, 10:13 AM

Congrats! We just welcomed our second little Flames Fan to the world last Thursday morning.

HalifaxDrunk · 10-13-2006, 10:00 AM

Congrats Zukes!

My little Flames fan is due Nov 23rd (6 weeks to go). Its pretty exciting, the time does actually go pretty fast.

I have used our little one to my advantage already. I ordered Centre Ice and justified it with my wife explaining how I would sit up watching Flames games with the baby (they are on late here in Halifax) while she could get some sleep.