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[Henry Ford]

Newbornwatch sucks. I frankly don't get the fascination with babies. They are just a whole lot of noise and work with little payoff. My 3 year old is literally my favorite person on the planet, don't get me wrong, but if there were a service where I could just ship them off when they're born and welcome them back to a huge first birthday party, that would be ok in my book. I'm certain it wouldn't fly with Mrs. O anyway...



I for some reason volunteered for the nightly 3am feeding slot after Mrs. O was sleep deprived and sort of losing her #### with a baby who cries A LOT. Which of course ends up involving a lot more than just feeding, because the burping makes a spit up mess and she ends up crapping on me and so I have to open up the mummy wrap my wife has her in (seriously includes boots and gloves, she's got more gear than that moon man carrying the MTV flag), change the diaper, change all the wet clothes, reconstruct the moon man costume (which I never get right), and all the while she's teetering on the brink of meltdown and endangering the toddler's sleep and my wife's. I then finally get it together and bring her back in the room and I have no idea where the pacifiers are hidden (hint: NOT somewhere sensible like oh say the nursery), so now she's screaming again and I'm fumbling around in the dark without my contacts in looking for these stupid things and it turns out a whole lot like an Easter egg hunt because Mrs. O wakes and tells me to go to the kitchen to find one, and it's in the kitchen alright, so long as I would have thought to look in the cabinet, in a plastic bucket, underneath a bunch of bottles and caps, to find exactly one (1) clear colored rubber pacifier (with all the crap we buy in this house, we really can't spend the $3.99 for say buy oh I don't know I've more package of these things?). Except I don't have xray vision and so I dont find it and instead start turning on all the lights and wandering the house like I'm trying to find a jumbo jet in the Indian ocean until Mrs. O comes down to show me the really sensible place where we keep our one (1) pacifier, and now everyone is fully awake and fully annoyed and the baby is in fit mode which I'm left to tend to since it's my shift. And as such what should be a 15 minute feeding process turns into a 3-5am block of time, the conclusion of which leaves me wide awake and wondering if it's really worth trying to go back to sleep for one hour. Of course 5 hours a night when you have to go through a miserable commute to a job with miserable people every day is not sustainable over a prolonged period.

T&P ammiright??

So now everyone else is sleeping peacefully but me. #### it, I'm going on Amazon to re-up my Prime for 99 bucks (they could have charged me double) and order a pallet of pacifiers.

Just imagine Trace Atkins singing "You're Gonna Miss This" all day at work.

 

[YSR]

YSR, our first was a dream. So easy. I dint think we fully appreciated that. We used to walk around and brag about how easy babies are and proclaim to reach other in private that everyone else is weak and a bunch of whiners.

The chickens have come home to roost.

The first one tricks you into having the second. It's a cruel conspiracy.

I'm already tired because my wife gets up every 2 hours to pee and then plops back into bed and takes 10 minutes to get comfortable again. It's going to be a long 18+ years.

Yeah, you're screwed. There's always a light sleeper and a deeper sleeper. If you're waking up because she has to pee, congrats, you're the light sleeper. That also means you'll be the one getting up the most often in the middle of the night for the next 3 years.

I'm the light sleeper.

 

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[Captain Quinoa]

YSR, our first was a dream. So easy. I dint think we fully appreciated that. We used to walk around and brag about how easy babies are and proclaim to reach other in private that everyone else is weak and a bunch of whiners.

The chickens have come home to roost.

The first one tricks you into having the second. It's a cruel conspiracy.

I'll 3rd (4th?, 5th?) this as well.

Kid #2 is now 11 and still frequently a pain but he's pretty awesome too.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

:( Sorry to hear. #1 has been a dream for us (though, admittedly, I'm up with her now), but we've got #2 coming in August and a fussy baby who doesn't sleep through the night is a nightmare of mine.

Have you picked a year yet?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

 

[mr roboto]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist. One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

I'm still communicating with my doctor. I'll always want somebody that knows me and my medical history.

 

[mr roboto]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

I'm still communicating with my doctor. I'll always want somebody that knows me and my medical history.

Sorry, I should have clarified. Yes, you will still need a GP, but the cost of consulting with him or her will be reduced. Like what you are using - virtual e-visits.

 

[Otis]

YSR, our first was a dream. So easy. I dint think we fully appreciated that. We used to walk around and brag about how easy babies are and proclaim to reach other in private that everyone else is weak and a bunch of whiners.

The chickens have come home to roost.

The first one tricks you into having the second. It's a cruel conspiracy.

I'm already tired because my wife gets up every 2 hours to pee and then plops back into bed and takes 10 minutes to get comfortable again. It's going to be a long 18+ years.

Brother, that's the easy part enjoy it while you can..

 

[Otis]

Newbornwatch sucks. I frankly don't get the fascination with babies. They are just a whole lot of noise and work with little payoff. My 3 year old is literally my favorite person on the planet, don't get me wrong, but if there were a service where I could just ship them off when they're born and welcome them back to a huge first birthday party, that would be ok in my book. I'm certain it wouldn't fly with Mrs. O anyway...



I for some reason volunteered for the nightly 3am feeding slot after Mrs. O was sleep deprived and sort of losing her #### with a baby who cries A LOT. Which of course ends up involving a lot more than just feeding, because the burping makes a spit up mess and she ends up crapping on me and so I have to open up the mummy wrap my wife has her in (seriously includes boots and gloves, she's got more gear than that moon man carrying the MTV flag), change the diaper, change all the wet clothes, reconstruct the moon man costume (which I never get right), and all the while she's teetering on the brink of meltdown and endangering the toddler's sleep and my wife's. I then finally get it together and bring her back in the room and I have no idea where the pacifiers are hidden (hint: NOT somewhere sensible like oh say the nursery), so now she's screaming again and I'm fumbling around in the dark without my contacts in looking for these stupid things and it turns out a whole lot like an Easter egg hunt because Mrs. O wakes and tells me to go to the kitchen to find one, and it's in the kitchen alright, so long as I would have thought to look in the cabinet, in a plastic bucket, underneath a bunch of bottles and caps, to find exactly one (1) clear colored rubber pacifier (with all the crap we buy in this house, we really can't spend the $3.99 for say buy oh I don't know I've more package of these things?). Except I don't have xray vision and so I dont find it and instead start turning on all the lights and wandering the house like I'm trying to find a jumbo jet in the Indian ocean until Mrs. O comes down to show me the really sensible place where we keep our one (1) pacifier, and now everyone is fully awake and fully annoyed and the baby is in fit mode which I'm left to tend to since it's my shift. And as such what should be a 15 minute feeding process turns into a 3-5am block of time, the conclusion of which leaves me wide awake and wondering if it's really worth trying to go back to sleep for one hour. Of course 5 hours a night when you have to go through a miserable commute to a job with miserable people every day is not sustainable over a prolonged period.

T&P ammiright??

So now everyone else is sleeping peacefully but me. #### it, I'm going on Amazon to re-up my Prime for 99 bucks (they could have charged me double) and order a pallet of pacifiers.

Just imagine Trace Atkins singing "You're Gonna Miss This" all day at work.

Pretty much the only way my life could get worse right now is if I had to listen to Trace Atkins all day at work.

 

[T Bell]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

I'm still communicating with my doctor. I'll always want somebody that knows me and my medical history.

Yeah, teaching someone else all that stuff at this point would seem overwhelming.

 

[bentley]

O - totally agree on newborns. They are awful. AngryWife and I were both on the verge of emotional breakdowns when Yuke decided to start sleeping through the night. And he was only 5 months old. The big snip was a super easy decision.

Now that he's 2.75 years old, he's awesome.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

I'm still communicating with my doctor. I'll always want somebody that knows me and my medical history.

Yeah, teaching someone else all that stuff at this point would seem overwhelming.

It really would be.

 

[Henry Ford]

Just imagine Trace Adkins singing "You're Gonna Miss This" all day at work.

Pretty much the only way my life could get worse right now is if I had to listen to Trace Atkins all day at work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBDN8yWyNYU&feature=kp

 

[bentley]

Just imagine Trace Adkins singing "You're Gonna Miss This" all day at work.

Pretty much the only way my life could get worse right now is if I had to listen to Trace Atkins all day at work.

One other way I knew I was in an emotionally fragile state was when It Won't Be Like This for Long by Darius Rukcer came on while I was diaper shopping in Target and I started to cry. And not just because all Darius Rucker music is awful (except for his Burger King ad).

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Whatever happened to the Blowfish?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Whatever happened to the Blowfish?

Bad accident at a Sushi place in Columbia

 

[Drifter]

When my son was born, my mother told us that she'd rather wait a few months to come out, despite this being her first grandchild, because "They are pretty boring at first". She was partially joking but there's a lot of truth in that.

 

[T Bell]

When my son was born, my mother told us that she'd rather wait a few months to come out, despite this being her first grandchild, because "They are pretty boring at first". She was partially joking but there's a lot of truth in that.

Put me in the camp that says newborns are pretty boring. All they do is sleep, cry, piss and poop.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Kids are pretty terrible in general.

 

[Drifter]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

I can't tell you how mad these ignorant mother####ers make me. As the father of a son on the autism spectrum it just cranks up my frustration. Unfortunately, my brother and his non-married wife are in that camp with my nephew. My sister, who has a newborn wouldn't even go visit them because of the risk their disease carrying monkey presented to their unable to be vaccinated yet baby.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

I can't tell you how mad these ignorant mother####ers make me. As the father of a son on the autism spectrum it just cranks up my frustration. Unfortunately, my brother and his non-married wife are in that camp with my nephew. My sister, who has a newborn wouldn't even go visit them because of the risk their disease carrying monkey presented to their unable to be vaccinated yet baby.

Yeah, I think there's arguments to be made for altering the schedule of vaccines, but in general I'd say the last 60 years are pretty ####ing conclusive on their effectiveness.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Drifter - any update regarding what I PMd you?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

I can't tell you how mad these ignorant mother####ers make me. As the father of a son on the autism spectrum it just cranks up my frustration. Unfortunately, my brother and his non-married wife are in that camp with my nephew. My sister, who has a newborn wouldn't even go visit them because of the risk their disease carrying monkey presented to their unable to be vaccinated yet baby.

They infuriate me as well.

Like people need another reason to dislike Jay Cutler.

 

[T Bell]

I can't wait for the first lawsuit against someone who has refused vaccinations. Start allowing them to be held liable and that'll turn things around.

Jenny McCarthy needs to die in a fire.

 

[Drifter]

Drifter - any update regarding what I PMd you?

Working on it. Got something of a lukewarm response to sending it over but I'm hitting him again.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Must read story about insurance scam.

Forgive and forget

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Drifter - any update regarding what I PMd you?

Working on it. Got something of a lukewarm response to sending it over but I'm hitting him again.

appreciate it

 

[General Malaise]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

Any publicly traded companies in this space I can look at?

 

[General Malaise]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

Yeah. I think I'd have to un-root for this guy, GB.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

Yeah. I think I'd have to un-root for this guy, GB.

I'm really, really torn.

 

[Tiger Fan]

Tanner - where did yall stay in downtown vegoose? did you happen to check out the grand by any chance?

 

[Drifter]

Tanner - where did yall stay in downtown vegoose? did you happen to check out the grand by any chance?

I checked it out. It's okay - Golden Nugget quality.

Best value downtown is Main Street Station IMO

 

[heckmanm]

Must read story about insurance scam.

 

[kevzilla]

TF> sports book at Downtown Grand not up to your standards. But it does have a walk - up window, so there's that.

They are sending me two free night offers every month, and if they still are in September, we'll see.

 

[Limp Ditka]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONT CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE (about whooping cough)

Oh lord. This is terrible.

Yeah. I think I'd have to un-root for this guy, GB.

I'm really, really torn.

Giving up my season tickets this year. This may only be 0.0001% of the reason why, but its the straw that broke the camels back.

I don't need that disease riddled kid coming to watch his dad play and infecting 65,000 people.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Tanner - where did yall stay in downtown vegoose? did you happen to check out the grand by any chance?

We either stay at The D (formerly Fitzgeralds) or Golden Nugget. IMO The D is always a good bargain. The Nugget is usually a little pricier but nicer.

We walked through the Downtown Grand and it looks like they've done some nice work. I'm not a huge fan of the location though. I read some of the reviews of the Grand and it looks good so far.

 

[Tiger Fan]

TF> sports book at Downtown Grand not up to your standards. But it does have a walk - up window, so there's that.

They are sending me two free night offers every month, and if they still are in September, we'll see.

did you stay there and that's why they're sending you the offers? Also, assume the offers are for Sun-Thu nights?

 

[BigJohn]

Heads up, Tanner.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Heads up, Tanner.

wtf

Actually doing a wedding tomorrow. I'll ask the bride if she got her gown from Uhaul or the carpet store.

 

[kevzilla]

TF> sports book at Downtown Grand not up to your standards. But it does have a walk - up window, so there's that.

They are sending me two free night offers every month, and if they still are in September, we'll see.

did you stay there and that's why they're sending you the offers? Also, assume the offers are for Sun-Thu nights?

Just got a slot club card and played a little. And the offers include Friday/Saturday. They're willing to offer comps way out of line with your play because they're trying to build a player base.

 

[Tiger Fan]

TF> sports book at Downtown Grand not up to your standards. But it does have a walk - up window, so there's that.

They are sending me two free night offers every month, and if they still are in September, we'll see.

did you stay there and that's why they're sending you the offers? Also, assume the offers are for Sun-Thu nights?

Just got a slot club card and played a little. And the offers include Friday/Saturday. They're willing to offer comps way out of line with your play because they're trying to build a player base.

wow. i'll definitely be giving them a call then. Did the hotel look ok?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

TF> sports book at Downtown Grand not up to your standards. But it does have a walk - up window, so there's that.

They are sending me two free night offers every month, and if they still are in September, we'll see.

did you stay there and that's why they're sending you the offers? Also, assume the offers are for Sun-Thu nights?

Just got a slot club card and played a little. And the offers include Friday/Saturday. They're willing to offer comps way out of line with your play because they're trying to build a player base.

That's pretty decent.

 

[mr roboto]

Hard to believe my kid#2 will be 7 tomorrow.

I think I've also managed to give myself a severe sinus infection due to not cleaning my CPAP machine. I'm such a ####### idiot. Of course you knew that.

My doctor has e-visits though which flat out rules. I paid $35 for an "office visit", spent 10 minutes online and I'm getting drugs.

I work with a couple stinking wealthy guys who are in health care tech. They claim in less than 5 years the general practitioner will be obsolete. Everyone is trying to reduce costs to go get checked out or get referred to a specialist.One of these guys is the CEO of a company who gets 10-20 million in VC to play with.

Any publicly traded companies in this space I can look at?

I wouldn't know much more than a simple Google search might tell you. I do know the company name of the gentleman that I work with. He is actually an investor in the company that I work for, and has spent 20 or 30 years in tech VC. They work primarily with a certain segment of the population that is unwilling to go to the doctor. Most of these companies are working a specific disease or need, trying to then push it out from that angle to the wider market.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Must read story about insurance scam.

Good and terrible.

 

[Frostillicus]

YSR, our first was a dream. So easy. I dint think we fully appreciated that. We used to walk around and brag about how easy babies are and proclaim to reach other in private that everyone else is weak and a bunch of whiners.

The chickens have come home to roost.

The first one tricks you into having the second. It's a cruel conspiracy.

Yep, tricked us as well.

 

[Annyong]

YSR, our first was a dream. So easy. I dint think we fully appreciated that. We used to walk around and brag about how easy babies are and proclaim to reach other in private that everyone else is weak and a bunch of whiners.

The chickens have come home to roost.

The first one tricks you into having the second. It's a cruel conspiracy.

Yep, tricked us as well.

My 2nd one is kind of a ######## as well.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROTECT MY TENANT FROM FIRE. #### ME, RIGHT?