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I'm in - baby shears due 14th September.  It already feels like the best thing thats ever happened to me!

Congratulations. I hope you like giving foot rubs and making hot milky drinks.

Thank you - I live for that stuff.

Congrats. Are you still living in the middle of nowhere?  ???

Up here we call it north Shropshire.  So yes.

Congrats!

Great stuff.

I certainly didn't anticipate a TEF baby boom when I became the first member of the 'I'm having a baby club' last year. How many's it been since then? Bushey, Leggett, magic, Ardiles and now Billy?

Ahhhhhh lush
2 of my friends have got engaged this week too

I think Im never likely to take a husband!

I forgot Dan as well.

My wife is also carrying our first child......shes 13 and a lazy bitch! :D

P.S. Congrats!

Where exactly?  My Dad was stationed at Shawbury in the late 1970s/early 1980s.  Have very fond memories of that part of the world (except Telford).

PS  Many congratulations!

Congratulations. Your life is over. :)

Whitchurch - although I work in Telford!

Im feeling that! Foot rubs are the most boring thing ever!
My wife is now 26 weeks, its going fast as fuck!

Easily done :)

congrats mate :)

Congratulations you must be well excited!!!

may be joining the TEF baby club soon. My Mrs thinks she is pregnant (she already has a kid) so will see what happens with that. Too early to do a test (can do one 4 days before.... so can do it on the 15th) says she has the same signs as before, using the toilet, stomach cramps, feeling sick, tired etc. So fingers Crossed, Dad of her other kid wants nothing to do with her so I am effectively her Dad (according to my mrs, her parents and family and mine so...) even though the baby is only 16 months old as I am always there etc so I am hopeful. It's a great feeling being a step-dad but to have one of your own I would be over the moon! 

congrats fella.
i've 6 weeks remaining and i just can't wait.

this thread is sickening.

Fucking hell, I thought I had that bug that's going round. Turns out I'm pregnant!

This thread makes me want the snip

I hope I never join this stupid "club"

Paedo

congrats billy.

who will be next? my money is on charlotte.

Charlotte as in me?????

No, Charlotte as in sonicyouth ::)

Eugh Ive just lived with a  3 year old boy for 3 weeks
I was volunteering to have my womb removed!!!!

A woman without a womb is a massive plus point in my book...!

No womb or a Wez brown baby - you decide!!

children shouldn't be allowed ever

My little boy is due on sunday. (In the style of Sam from Quantum Leap when he leaps into a new body at the end of an episode) oh boy.

and you think you'll have time to fanny around on football manager? Good luck!

I'll find time. If he comes on time, I have a month of work. Woop!

This is the sort of thing that sickens me....when my kids were born, there was no entitlement to any time off, so I had a couple of days by ringing in sick...exhaustion etc.

The missus got plenty, which was fair enough as she did the hard work.

I needed the overtime mind as parenting is a mighty expensive business, and carries on, I've just stopped paying for my kid at Uni approx 5k pa.

I've often thought there should be some sort of parenting licence to pass, a bit like a driving licence as so many people give it very little thought, and it isn't easy to bring up well rounded socially useful individuals.

Actually young reg, I get two weeks paternity leave (one full pay, one statuatory pay) and two weeks of my own holiday entitlement. So NERRRRRRRRR :-P

2 weeks is still better than 0 weeks 0 days.

I quite liked it when my kids were babies as the missus got some fit bird  from the College to come round, who was doing a course in child care or something...she had to observe the baby, I got to observe her which was nice as women go off shagging a bit when they've just dropped a sprog or two.

My Gosh, its babyville here but congrats to all!

I'm totally petrified about having kids....heres hoping my thoughts on it change when im almost 30!

Mine is due at the start of the world cup! Great timing on my part!

If you don't want kids then don't have any :-)

For once we agree.....

Congrats Billy, and good luck to y'all. I'm sure Sam will agree with me that its the best feeling in the world, but its bloody hard work.

Most definitely.

Your fiancee's in for a shock then  ???

I don't have a fiancée?

Not that you know about...

Oh really...? :)

What?? You lot are weird?! If someone had given me a big blingy ring don't you think I would have been showing off about it by now?  :)

Thank you all for your messages of goodwill.  I am starting to think I have a real problem on my hands.  I've always believed in supporting your local team.  My dad is Swindon born and bred and a season ticket holder for 40+ years.  I'm also a Swindoner and went to every home game from 91-2007.  However, real life took over and I now live in north Shropshire and am going to be a dad, hence this thread.  My problem is this: do I make my first born a Swindon fan because that's what I want him/her to be, do I urge it to support its most local football league club (Crewe), or do I let it make its own decision?

Haha

It.

Make him a Town fan before he's old enough to realise he has a choice. He can sue you for abuse when he grows up, but like as not he won't kick the habit.

I think Leggets baby may have arrived?!

Yes, it has.

Well done Leggett and Mrs Leggett

well done kids

Congrats to the pair of you x

cheers gents and gent-ess!!! :)

Town no other choice, My daughter was born up here, and should by rights support palace, (although everyone else round here is Chelsea) Have taken her home and away this year and she loves it, particularly telling the other kids, who have never heard of swindon, half the class "support" us now, there must be some very confused Chelsea supporting parents round here!

Congrats

I agree.

I have no intention of joining this club.

P.s I use the toilet does that mean I am up the gut?

Just to let you know baby Jackson arrived yesterday at 4 am! Mother and Baby are both well!
Im dead chuffed!

congrats

You called it Jackson?

(congrats ! :D )

Have you worked out what sex it is yet? Does it look like Winston Churchill? Congrats!

nice one, congrats to you and the missus!

night time births are good, they stop the in-laws becoming a fucking nuisance for at least a few hours! :P still didnt stop my in laws turning up 30mins before visiting hours and hanging around outside like a bad smell...

Congratulations xxx

Did not get much sleep last night....loads of burping done. She is called isabelle and looks a bit like herthab but with more hair:)

Poor child (if she looks like Herthab).....but congratulations nonetheless.

Ha ha Poor baby!

Congratulations Mr Jackson :)

Congrats!

Were you burping lots because you'd drank lots of bubbly to celebrate the birth? You need to be more responsible and treat your body right so that you can look after your new daughter! All night parties are not on the agenda anymore!

Congratulations.

if only! Those days are long gone my friend

forgot to update this (8 weeks late). Baby magic was born on 22nd April @ 11:20am

Mother and baby are fab.

Have named her Annabelle

nice one mate! I am getting no sleep at the moment! Proper hard work this baby lark!

congrats magic.

it gets easier on the sleep front. but they seem to make up for it in other ways!

but its all good. the best thing I did over the weekend was go on a bike ride with my eldest. happy days.

Annabelle is now sleeping from 9:30pm till 4am and then again till 8am. Hopefully wont be long until she sleeps through till 7am.

i'm lucky that the Mrs does the feeding at night as she says i go to work so she'll do the feeds as she can relax during the day.

My little one's been sleeping from 7.30pm to 7.00am for a month or so now. Bliss.

Not that I hear her when she wakes up now anyway, I seem to have become immune to it.

How old is your little one sam?

We got Jacob into a bedtime routine from about 6 weeks old, bathtime at about 6.30pm, bottle straight after and then asleep by 7ish. Took a few nights of an hour or so of crying himself to sleep, but he's out like a light now. From 10 weeks we moved his Moses basket from our room into his cot in his room, and last week we started putting him straight into hiscot. He sleeps through to 5ish, then has a bottle, and then sleeps til 7ish. Bonus!

19 weeks (nearly 5 months).

here's hoping for a quite night tonight! Im glad I have a month off for pat leave!

Thanks for working that out for me ;)

My little one sleeps straight through. Unless he's had a late bottle (or two).

Mind you, he is 20.

Any room for another member?!!!

congrats mate !

No, sorry. Can you send it back?

Congratulations, Sippo!

Congrats!

Many congratulations.  Which brand/model have you got?

We did have one go to the big man upstairs, but thankfully this one is 'going well'. Saw the heartbeating away, kicking it's legs! Watch out world, a little sippo is on its way!!

nice one sippo! my little one is nearly 6 months old! mental how quick it goes! I miss lie ins so much

I just hope that your kid doesn't become a rebellious student sippo ;)

Congratualtions!

Congrats Sippo

Sorry mate. Thought you were celebrating a birth rather than conception, hence the jokey comment. Been in the same position w/r/t losing one - Not nice. Good luck with this one.

Only just seen this. Congratulations :)

Start saving for the university fund ;)

Thanks all.

Nice one fella. Are you going to find out what flavour it is?

Congrats Sippo.

No don't think so. Although the wife changes her mind on a daily basis!!

 All the best Sippo....maybe one of each :eek:

We didn't and with hindsight it was the best decision.

My cousin for example found out the sex of the baby and named it and everything before he was born.

Ahhhh great news congratulations xx

Congrats danny dyer

Congratulations Mr and Mrs Sippo, enjoy lie-ins while they last.

Thanks guys.

Miss B was born at 4.05am this morning weighing in at 8lbs!

Chuffed to bits!

Congratulations.  Enjoy.

congrats!  all the best

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. sippo

Congrats.

Get used to the 4am mornings  :)

Congrats xx have you named her yet?

Superb news mate, best thing that will ever happen to you!

Happy Birthday Miss B!!

Congrats Sippo.

Congrats Sippo!

That's wonderful news!  Congratulations to all 3 of you.

Nice one Sippo.

Well done to you all mate.

Congrats

No not yet. Undecided... Either Betsie May or Aoife Lily.

Congrats Sippo!

Nice one Sippo, congrats to you and your missus!

Congrats. Go for the former or she'll spend her whole life telling everyone how to spell and pronounce her name!

Lily May. HTH.

Congratulations to you all.

Finally went for Aoife Lily Robyn. Already had 'how do you say that!!'

Very Irish.

Congratulations.

is there a competition?

Tell the Mrs its ee-fah ;)

Yes, Sippo has won the name your kid the most Irish sounding name.

Nah, my original post wasn't worded at all well.

Congratulations Sippo, all the best. 


I have to ask - how do you say that?

I bet she gets called Alf her whole life :)

I knew someone called aoife.  Apparently its pronounced ee fa.

Ee fa elephant.

Best hope she isn't a chubby kid Sippo!

What like her dad?!

Oh and it's pronounced ee-fa

I can confirm that i am in the TEF baby club.Baby is due on the 12 of November.

Very excited and happy,although being pregnant isn't much fun.I have been suffering with sickness all the way through,was violently sick when i got home after the game last night.Must have been the shock of sitting in the same room as the team and PDC,turned my belly.

Congratulations :)

congrats :)

Congratulations.  Is it your first?  My wife suffered very badly with sickness (hyperemesis).  I can only empathise to a point, but I do know that it doesn't last forever!

The next 4 months will fly by.

Congratulations! I thought you'd put on some weight but didn't want to be rude ;-)

Well done larwood and Spencer_White. Congrats to both of you.

Congrats!


For those of us that don't know, is that the same baby we are talking about or separate ones?!

Ooh, is this the first baby by two TEF members?

I reckon it'll be yeo and jayohaitchenn next, I know they've been trying.

Same!

:-[ Probably should have realise Spence is Mr Larwood . Doh!

Cliques!!

(I'm only joking.)

Ahhhhh amazing news congratulations
Wow bet Larwood has beautiful maternity wear? :)
I feel old and baron :(

I thought Larwood was a bloke!

Huge congrats to the pair of you.

Congrats guys!

Only 3 weeks left for here.

Congratulations to all - tis an excellent club to join.

Congrats.  Spencer, its a piece of piss.  Doesn't hurt at all.  Except when they squeeze your hand too hard.

Baby Dazzza aka Charlie arrived 21 days ago so please share the love.

21 days? 21 days? Why has it taken so long to tell us, hmmm?

Congrats Dazzza.

What's Charlies favourite cheese?

Congrats Daz

On the subject of babies, has anyone else had IVF? me and mrs are going through it at the the mo.

I think the drugs are making her a bit mental?!

Congrats Daz! My 2nd one is on the way! I must be mental!

Congrats to Larwood & Spencer White and Mr & Ms. Dazzza.


Keep up the good work folks. Who is next?

you and your good lady, Sonic? :D

Congratulations Dazza.  Boy Charlie or girl Charlie?

And best of luck, tans.

Well done,all the best to you.

My best friend - & yes she went a bit Mental!!
But after 2 try's Lilly was born and I almost cried a bit when I got sent her "first day at school" picture on Thursday
It's pretty horrible but I would imagine completely worth it

Thanks all from Charlie, who is a bloke Charlie.

No sign on cheese preference yet but will keep you updated.

 

IVF can be a horrible ordeal. A friend has spent a fortune on it. No guarantee and can be a real heart wrencher but on the other hand can be the best thing.

Good luck fella.

Cheers chap.

Hoping it works out ok...

My little girl, 8 months old on Wednesday has already expressed a liking for stilton. we're doing baby led weaning and she's loving a little taste of cheese at the moment.

Will pm you.

Well that worked    :(

Time to start saving again and try again next year

Sorry to hear that (genuinely). I'd offer to help out, but am a jaffa.

Second time lucky!

keep at it mate, even if you'd rather be smashing ralphy, keep at it

Deepest sympathies tans. Its a loss, whatever way you look at it; take time to grieve, make time to support each other physically and emotionally, then plan carefully your next move. I wish you both good luck!

Sorry to hear that Tans.

To keep up with the trend. My little sweet daughter is just over 3 weeks old, born hours after our 4-0 win over Barnet. :)

Congrats VV, and on the arrival of your daughter, too.

Bet she has a good head of hair ;)

Congrats.

Congrats VV and Mrs VV

How lovely.Congratulations to you all!

Can i be cheeky and ask what you called her?We have really struggled for a girls name so i'm always on the look out for any ideas :)

I've got a month to go STILL and am huge already.Think i'm going to have a big one.

Call it John Kane.

Thanks very much.
we called her Bella, the wife choose it and to be honest we found it hard with girl names.

Going to call the next one Donna ?

I always thought Bailey would make a good name for a girl or boy. Call her that. Or Dajve (Dave), like that girl in Nathan Barley.

There is a Labrador on my round called Bailey.

How huge? Post a picture of the bump!

Talking to one of the ladies I work with yesterday. Her unborn son must have been flipping somersaults at the time. Was really weird when the baby decided to shift to one side and looking at her, the bump was totally off centre.

Not a particularly cool thing to say, but I find pregnancy absolutely fascinating.

Ahhhh it's ace one of my bezzies is due in 3 weeks sat next to her in a meeting this morning could see the little feets poking out of her belly!!

Perhaps she should've gone to the hospital if that was the case.

congrats to thread starter doore who got married yesterday. Fuck knows if he still posts under whatever name?

That made I chuckle

Billy Shears innit?

Baggins

My friend had her baby yesterday :)
Any news on Larwood??

Is she from calne jfw?

Arh,great news.

I'm still pregnant.Not surprised.But oh so bored of it now,just want to meet the him or her and be a mum!

Yes - and her fiancée!!

Keep us updated Larwood hope him/her comes soon

Good luck mate be anytime soon  :) We only got 6 wees left ourselves

Pregnancy can take a heavy toll on a lady's body :)

good luck all.

Is his name Phil?

It looks like I should be getting some time off for the Euros next year :)

Really? Congratulations!  :)

Yep, really.

Congrats and impeccable timing!

Congrats Sam!

Superb news!  He shoots, he scores!  Congratulations.

congrats mate, I did this for the world cup :)

Congratulations Sam!

Are you still waiting m'dear?!

Congrats Sam!!!

Cheers all.

Nice one, Sam!

Congratulations Sam.

nice one Sam and Mrs Sam :)

Congrats Sam

Congrats Sam, piss poor timing tho

How so?

Congrats!!! How come you get two babies and I get none?? :(
Been with baby Finley tonight & very broody!
Is baby Larwood here yet?

You need to invite Sam round to fix the plumbing/clean the pool ;)

:D

No.I'm still pregnant.Think even a morning wandering about at Westonbirt Arboretum isn't going to encourage him/her out.

Baby is obviously aware that we will have only the basic idea of what we are doing,best to stay where it is!

We have a baby sippo on the way. Due in march. The little rascal can save me from a house of women.

Baby Chubbs due mid feb

Congrats to you both!

Congratulations Sippo and Chubbs.  I love a bit of baby news.

Congrats Sippo.

Blimey Chubbs, you are doing all the big things at once aren't you?  Chuffed for you bud.  I bet it will come out with ginger hair, tattoos and specs! :)

Delicious...

I mean congratulations!

All things going well, I join TEF Baby Club in July  8)

As stated on FB, congratulations to the both of you.  Good to know a mixed marriage can work.

Can we bulk buy STFC baby grows?

Cheers. I've already told the missus' side that they can buy as many Bristol City baby grows as they want, he/she won't be wearing them. Not on my watch.

don't knock em, there is always the chance you'll run out of firewood in the winter..

He/she should be allowed to wear them.


As nappies.

I think you're missing a trick here. Given a choice between an STFC nappy and a Bristol City nappy, which one would you rather have your kid shit in?

Oh, and congrats and all that.

Congrats Rich.

As one of the first members of the TEF Baby Club, it's quite scary to think my eldest will be 5 in 4 weeks time.

I felt obliged to quote this from page 1.

:D

Contests rich & mrs rich

My eldest is 11 in august and starts secondary school in September. He keeps beating me at Fifa too  - free advice:thrash them at it while they are young.

Ha I was waiting for that

Sorry jayo, I couldn't resist

You weren't the only one:

Hahaha Batch!! Cheers for that!!

Baby due in 2 weeks or sooner if I get diagnosed with cholestasis!

Congratulations!

And good luck, JFW.

Congrats to jfw. Cross yer legs love. Two weeks early x

Ooh congratulations JFW, didn't know you were expecting.

My third will be 5 weeks old on Monday.  She came 3 weeks early.  Hope all goes well.

Congratulations as well to you Rich.

Well done JFW and Rich.

Echoed

So baby Billy arrived 2 weeks early of his own free will! Slightly scary as had a bit of an unexpectedly quick labour and ended up having an unplanned home birth but it's all good and we are totally smitten! He's happily snoozing through his first swindon game now!

Congratulations :)

Brilliant story! Hope you and baby are well. Club shop has some great STFC baby stuff.

Congrats. After Paynter?  :sherlock:

congrats xx

Brilliant news, very happy for you, you'll be a great mum!

I dont know why but with that name he sounds like a town player already.  Congrats to you all.

It's gotta be after 'Paynter' or 'the fish', surely?

Billy Sfuturewife? Gonna struggle to fit that into a song.

Thanks guys - we've both always liked the name Billy and I liked the idea of having a name that was kind of matchy with our surname! Guess it is a tad footballerish?
Back in hospital at the mo as Billy's lost too much weight so looking to you guys for some entertainment!

Congratulations. Like the name too.

Good traditional name, some of the poncy modern names the kids have these days are ridiculous

The hospitals are (understandably) buggers when it comes to first babies and making sure they feed properly. My eldest was kept in for nearly 3 days, he was lazy and wouldn't latch on properly. With the youngest they chucked him out after 8 hours! Best of luck with mini-JFW :)

Thanks - managed to get discharged this evening - although the staff were friendly and kind and my milk supply is sorted now there's no way on earth you can ever get any sleep on a ward?

The women in the bed next door to me birth story has literally mentally scarred me for life!!!  :eek:

My mrs had to stay in for a few days too. We paid for a private room.

We tried to get one but they were all full the whole time - I kinda knew my chances of getting one were slim when a lady on my ward who's epilepsy was brought on by lack of sleep couldn't get one!

The bath rugby player & his wife managed though??  :sherlock:

Haha just glad to be home and getting in our own routine! Hope it's all going good for you guys too? It's all such a blur!!! Nice blur though!!

My grandson was kept in last night because he had a slight cough & wasn't feeding properly, they have had to feed him through a tube, he is 5 weeks old today.

Yeah it's been great thanks, he's feeding well and putting on weight. Sometimes sleeps for up to 5 hours though the night too. Only downside is I have to go back to work soon.

Hope it all goes smoothly from now on - wait until you get your midwife visits and they tell you what you are doing wrong as a new mum...I remember it with our first so well (now 6)

Haha I'm signed off by the midwives now and the health visitors not so bad! Used to stress and upset me at first but learnt to just nod and agree then do whatever we think best now!

Spent the afternoon sorting through all Billy's gifts -.SO overwhelming - people are so generous!

I hoping that means 6 kids!

If so you should bottle your swimmers and earn a few a quid

Glad to hear he's in good hands.  Sounds like a temporary problem, but no doubt you'll be relieved he's getting the attention he needs.

He is all back to normal now, he was back out next day. I can't believe he is 2 months old next week. He takes after me though, cute, beautiful & can burp on cue.

**awaits another hilarious comment from the Flash**

Frigby Daser became a Dad last night!  And made me a very proud uncle.

Little boy and his Mum both doing really well.

congrats frigby.

Indeed. TEF is positively fecund of late

Aging population.

Boosting the population

Am happy to announce that we have number two on its way. Due in September..

Nice one chubbs, hoping for a little girl this time?

I don't know really. A 2nd boy would be cheaper that's for sure :-)

Fair shout

Yay just saw on Facebook congratulations 👶🍼❤️

Congrats Chubbs.

Congratulations.

Take it from me that the answer to "it's not that difficult with one, how bad could it be with two?" is exponentially more.

Nice one Chubbs. And what Samdy said .....

Well in Seb! Nice one buddy.

And what Paul and Samdy said. Very much so!

Cheers, I know I have my work cut out.

try having two at once   :(

The 'terrible twos', eh?

Oh the joy of joys, my mind is fried.

Zzzzzzzzzzzz That is all I want to be

Bit random but didn't really want to start a new thread as people might not think it's really the place!

I'm after some advice from other parents really?
I'm going back to work in Sept - only part time 3 days a week - one of those days my husband is having off to have my little boy and as we have no family close enough we are looking at child care options for 2 days a week (term time only)
My first thought was a nursery and I went to look at one Friday and it was VILE! Filthy dirty and members of staff that looked like Jeremy Kyle rejects.

I know not all nurseries are like that but it's given me real anxiety
I don't even know where to start with a childminder, I pulled up a,list on the council website and there was pages and pages of them.

What kind of child are options did/do any of you guys use?
Just after some opinions really

Eldest went to a chilminder from an early age part time (6 months). Mrs searched in local area, we met her and it felt right. Lots of daytime clubs, children of her own, etc.

Then nursery when we moved to Swindon (aged 2), because it was attached to Smiths where the Mrs was working there. Obviously we were comfortable.

Then eldest and youngest went to another childminder in Swindon, again local search but also we sort of knew her  as her son went to eldests school.

Youngest went to nursey/preschool for a bit too, but we weren't impressed so took him out. Mrs went back to teaching and there was a pre-school attached to the school she had a contract at so he went there instead (it was better too).

And lastly both went to chilmider before and after school for a bit.

All three child minders gave up. The boys either broke them, or hopefully it was just the OFSTED load being too much.
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I think we got lucky based on gut feel and location on where the Mrs jobs were .

Which nursery was that out of curiosity.

We looked at a couple in swindon and were pretty happy with them. One was the co-op right next to the hospital and the other was in windmill hill (i think this is the one Samdy's wife works at) both we would happily have sent our little boy to but after doing the math sending him to nursery was just too expensive. Luckily we were able to arrange it that family look after him, which was tough on him at first as he goes to 3 different places over the course of a week but he's used to that now.

Hope you manage to sort something out.

I live in Melksham so was one near my house

I used a childminder for around a year for 2 days a week.

I registered on  www.childcare.co.uk website and placed an ad with my requirements (I needed school drop off and pick up for my oldest as well). A number of childminders then messaged me and I went and met a few of them.  Like Batch said, one of them just felt right.  It then turned out my neighbour had used her, so I spoke to her and she highly recommended her.  I only stopped needing her because my mother in law reduced her work hours and had the boys on those days.

If you look on the website, you can search for all childcare options near to you and read profiles for childminders etc.

Alot of my friends use nurseries and are happy with them, but it's a more expensive option.

The other recommendation I would make is ensure they take childcare vouchers. You pay for them from your wages tax free.

Thanks I've just made an account on the website - great tip much appreciated

Baby Costanzalette has arrived.

She took her time and gave us a couple of frights but all is well.

 :) and phew.

Congratulations

congrats rich and Mrs rich.

now enough TEF, get the town baby grow on her before she gets turned to the dark side.

Congratulations how exciting can't wait to see photos

Congrats!

Might as well bring this up again before someone else does.

Congrats Constanza!

Congrats

Nice one Mr and Mrs costanza. Welcome too the club.

Can we chip together for a shipment of the things? And potentially some Bristol City nappies (best worn inside out)

Congrats to both of you!

How many TEFers are not in the club yet?

 Not me, yet. Working on it!

Congrats Mrs & Mrs Costanza.

Congrats, surely the Dad gets to decide the punishment of which football club the kid supports?

Congrats

 
 :bye:

I've already told the in-laws and Bristol City supporting friends that any BCFC baby clothing will be used as nappies... Or used to clean up.

I've never been more serious about anything in my life.

Good man.

I said similar about england merchandise. And they took notice, didnt waste their money. Dads wishes should be respected.

Our second should be making an appearing in the next 6 weeks.

This one has really been giving the wife some jip, especially in the back and hip department.

baby chubbs number 2 made an appearance 2 days ago. now lads, serious question. whats getting the snip like?

Piece of piss, had mine done on a Saturday in Carfax street then back to work Monday.
Walked out of the room normally, Mrs thought hadn't had it done.
Bit swollen for a few days but not an issue

congrats.

snip =   the idea of it is worse than reality for me. couple of days sore then all good

Congrats on baby number 2 though!

Why why why? This will be like PPI in a few years, browbeaten men forced into something unnatural. Unless you like getting male genital mutilation I suppose.

Congrats Sebedee

Im not blowing my own trumpet or anything but my goods are fucking good. Worked first time every time. Any more kids and i might as well file for bankruptcy :-)

 

If you could do that then you wouldn't be in this bother in the first place.........

I've put it off for long enough, however Ginginho Jnr is due 17th April :)

Congrats.

Congrats!

Yay! Babies are ace

Congratulations :)

Congrats Phil

You gonna call him Ben?

Congratulations.

Nice one.  Enjoy the ride.  Actually you've already done that, enjoy the experience thats what I mean.

Ha. Cheers all :)

Congratulations Ging, chuffed for you! Your life is effectively over though :)

Many congratulations !

Excellent! Something to look forward to :)

Early days yet, but am set to join the club  :toocool:

It's the size of a peppercorn at the moment, apparently.

Nice one !

Congrats Mr. Reeves

Well done Harry

Congratulations.  :)

Is that the app telling you about the peppercorn? That app made the nine months fly by.

It is, yeah. It's making it all a bit real. Apparently it developed a heartbeat around today!

Cheers all. I can tell parenthood will be glamourous, had to leave work early to clean up my wife's car after she vomited all over herself when driving home from work. Good early practice for a future of piss, shit and vomit!

That's a bit harsh on yourself.

Congratulations.

Congrats Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeves!

Haha, I did think of that afterwards. There's no 'apparently' about that!

Don't take her out for a while. My wife was at the same stage and we were out in London. She felt sick at Victoria and sat on her coat whilst I went to get some water, some plank dropped 20p on her coat thinking she was a drunken derelict..

Wow hurray how exciting!!
....... Says the lady that's still sat up at twenty to 12 as her one year olds decided he doesn't want to sleep tonight!!!

It's mostly lush I promise

It's like a good night out with fb. Congratulations, hardest job you'll ever have but definitely the most rewarding. Except financially, of course. It's all bad news, there, I'm afraid

Well done. Hopefully it looks like it's mother.

Well nobody wants their child to be disadvantaged in any way.

Ginginho jnr arrived today :)

Congrats.

Nice one.

Congratulations 😤

Congratulations, Ginginho!

Congrats Ginge

Our daughter arrived Wednesday morning by emergency c-section. Not a fun experience at all, but, the pay off so worth it.

congratulations ibmr and Mrs ibmr

congrats, is it your 1st?

She is, yeah. Experience doesn't seem to have dampened wife's enthusiasm for more, the mad cow.

throughout the whole pregnancy of my second, my wife said she's never doing it again. We had barely got home and the hints of wanting  a 3rd started. No chance.

Congratulations to both of you. Clearly you have to name her Timi :)

Congrats, welcome to the club.

Congratulations

Congrats

Well done fella.

In case anyone's mildly interested I'm popping out another one in July!

congratulations!

Congratulations. Mind you, the bairn is already too old to play for STFC.

Congrats :D

Congratulations. How old is your little boy now?

Congrats! Cureton the father again?

Congrats JFW

Nice one, JFW!

Congratulations JFW

Well done

Congrats JFW.

Any bloody excuse to not have to watch this shower of shite.



PS   Congratulations JFW

Thanks everyone - it's definitely just all an elaborate excuse to no longer attend the CG

As most (some?) will have already seen on Facebook

Dalton Arthur Vowles was born Wednesday 29/08/18 @ 16:15. Weighing in at 8lbs 13oz

Congrats

Congratulations to you both!

congratulations DV and Mrs DV!

Congratulations DV.

Good stuff.....

Congratulations DV

Never thought I'd see the day when DV was a father...

Big congrats mate! Hope all the fam are well

I remember when I joined the TEF baby club. He was 14 last month. I hope that makes some of you feel as ancient as I do!

Just FB to go and the whole world will implode :-)

Disclaimer: FB, i think you would make a great dad if that's what the future holds.

My eldest is 5 this year. Starts school Thursday. Yes, i will be posting photos on facebook of him in his uniform and i dont care :-)

Blimey! Congratulations! Your life is now over :)

I've just waved my eldest off to his 1st day at college. So yeah, I feel if anything more ancient.

This makes me feel old. I remember him when he was really tiny!

Imagine how it makes me feel!

Congrats DV!

Little Miss Ginginho is due around 2nd December.

I might actually call her that :)

I wouldn't, I can barely look after myself. But it was a nice thing to say.

Congrats DV

Yes, I feel the same.  Middle son started secondary school this week as well!

Congratulations Dan.  Welcome to the world of parenthood!

Congrats Dan

Well done to you and the other half!

Continuing the mumsnet theme, does anyone know owt about these trampoline places that are popping up everywhere?

The one near us seems to suggest that we would have to go in as well with our five year old is this the case as it would fuck my knees and it seems steep to pay a tenner to do so.....

As mentioned in the Trivial things thread... Darlo Child #3 coming June 2020!

Congrats - Clutching at straws but what division were we in when Darlo 2 arrived

Thanks!!

So, Darlo 1 arrived near the beginning (November) of the 2010/11 season. The season we went down to League 2 bottom of the league on 41 points having won 9 league games all season.

Darlo 2 arrived at the end (April) of the 2017/18 season.. we finished 9th in League 2.

This one will be arriving in June, once we've gone up to League 1 as champions.

Lets hope Darlo 3 bucks the trend. :-)

3rd time lucky...

Someone on another forum I frequent is expecting his second child in 4 weeks.

He supports Leicester and last time his wife gave birth Leicester City won the league.

Here’s hoping lightning strikes twice....

2 children in 4 weeks? Fuck me that's impressive.

Seems to be par for the course round here?

I'm going to be a Grandad next month for the first time  :D.  Dad is a West Ham fan & Mum obviously Swindon although they live in Norwich.  I'm in danger at the moment of seeing the poor kid in claret & blue every time I visit unless I can find anywhere that sells STFC baby stuff...any ideas?!

Congrats! I’m into my 3rd year of grandad-ness. Got to be careful what I say now. Farts are always funny.

Little Swindon crest tattoo on the arm?

congrats Sleaford!

Tell the dad Swindon is the anti-GSB choice. All my West Ham friends hate them enough that it would probably work...

Many congratulations!

Sit yourself in a armchair with a West Ham scarf around your neck putting the world to rights and you could be the next Alf Garnett  :pint:

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments....what about STFC baby stuff, I could learn to knit  :no:

Only place you're likely to get STFC baby kit is the club shop

Congratulations, being a grandad is great, I have a 5 year old grandson and a 3 year old granddaughter.
You can ply them with loads of sugary snacks and when they start to get hypo give them back.
If they start getting a bit bored pretend to hurt yourself, they find it hilarious.
I would say try the club shop for Swindon gear.

RP Jr. is due in mid-October.

So far, so good.

Congrats Rich

congrats!

Congrats Rich, I hope all goes well - born with a mic in their hand..

Congrats, look forward to first podcast appearance.

Congratulations!

Congratulations.  Just don't call the wee one Loathed Stranger.

I'm in - Lily was born on the 2nd of August 2021. Everyone okay, and can't believe how quick the first (nearly!) month has gone!

Congrats - enjoy while she can't move. Gets tricky then!

congratulations crispy, Mrs Crispy

Congrats Crispy. Lavington needs more youth.

Many congrats, Crispy.

Congrats, Crispy.

Fucking hell, you're still about 14 in my mind.

My son was born a month ago, so we're getting reacquainted with sleep deprivation again after a 9 year hiatus.

It's yoof.

Thank you! Lavington is spared - back to sunny Devizes.


27. Scary isn't it!


Thank you all!

Mayenne Place?  ;)

Congrats buddy.

Congrats to you and the Mrs.