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Happy to announce the arrival of our first child - baby boy born shortly before 2pm last Wednesday.  He and his Mum both fine.  He did have a little jaundice, so didn't make it home until yesterday afternoon.  But he's a smasher.  I'm just delighted to have them both home, and now fully understand the term 'proud father'.

The opening home game of the 2013/14 season has already been marked in the calendar by his uncles and me for his first game.

That's great news, congrats fella  :D

Congrats Ardiles.  :beers:

Top news Ardiles. Congratluations!

Ace. Nice one dude.

Eccellente!!

Well done Mrs Ardiles, although well done to you too Mr A.

Yay! Well done Ardiles and family.

My little boy had some jaundice too, but halfway through the second week it was all gone.

Its hard to believe that one day, my little boy and your little boy may be discussing the merits of Town signing veteran striker Theo Walcott on this forum.

 :)

Or being the next Theo Walcott! Who knows!

Well played sir, hope to catch you a few times next season still.

Congrats Ardiles, and welcome to the club.

Congratulations to you all  :beers:

Congrats to you and your missus Ardiles! :beers:

Thanks for all your best wishes, chaps.  Much appreciated.  If you find any 4am posts from me during the next few weeks, at least now you'll understand why.

And glad to hear all going well with your little lad, magic8ball.  I'll be on to you for advice if we need it!

Congratulations Ardiles and Mrs Ardiles and Ardiles Jr. Best thing you'll ever do.

Just enjoy it, and remember things do get easier! He's already sleeping better, and we're finding him easier to read i.e. when he needs feeding, when he needs to sleep.

The wife is knackered today, so she's gonna get an early night.

Me and the boy have got a date with the footy. I've got a few cold beers in the fridge, and his breast milk is being chilled to perfection  8)

congrats ardiles to you and the mrs.
i suggest go for a year earlier to get the boy to his first game.mine went a week short of his 4th birthday

Good work fella.

Trying to manufacture a mini-bo at the moment  :o

Congrats to you both - enjoy the sleepless nights (apparently!)

Probably best not posting right now then ?

 You want to avoid that sort of shit mate, that's what mothers are for.  Nature provided them with the necessary apparatus for keeping babies happy and us with the perfect apparatus for sleeping through it.....namely legs to  take you to and from the pub.

congrats Ardiles, Reg - step out of the fifties. actually don't bother, too late for you!

congrats ossie!!

Well done Ardiles et al. Oh and Magic8Ball whose big news came as I was away for a couple of weeks. Good luck.

Congratulations.

 Nought to do with the 50's mate....if you're a bird you can have a vast wedge of time off for maternity leave, with most reputable employers, if you're a bloke maybe a week to a fortnight.  If society considers this an equal arrangement how come blokes don't get the time wedge?

  This, however, is better than the Thatcherite 80's, when I had to phone in sick when my kids were born, as there was no paternity leave.

because the bloke doesn't give birth.  :-))(

I have taken two weeks' leave, the first of which is fully paid while the last week is being paid at the statutory rate of £100 odd (ie a lot lower, but better than a kick in the knackers.)  I have no complaints with the arrangement.

I am sure that once I return to work next week, Mrs Ardiles will deal with the lion's share of the night time feeds.  But for now, I'm happy to share the burden equally - not least because she's still very tired and I'm still in complete awe of what she went through last Tuesday and Wednesday.

    :roll:

Well, Reg will be pleased to know that all that is due to change shortly, when the maternity leave entitlement will become some kind of parental leave entitlement that can be shared between both parents. Fathers will then be able to take a few months of paternity leave if the mother returns to work.

I took a week off when my son was born.

Luckily the first four days were quiet, as mother and baby were still in the PMH. The last three days were a bit of a bastard though. Every time she got up for him she insisted on switching the light on.

Inconsiderate bitch, no wonder we got divorced..............

Id like a ickle baby

I fear I am barron

Stand by for loads of offers JFW............

I wasnt looking for offers

Im just getting old and broody

Old ?

Aren't I right in thinking that you are 20 something ?

Stop taking precautions and trick your fella into it. It works in the soaps...

what about our pact???? mwuhuhhu!!

I'm still game if you are? :D

They have sperm donors for that sort of thing.I cant believe you get paid to donate sperm.

When i think of the amount of money i have let slip through my fingers

Literally...

whoop ginger babys ahoy

I'd hope your dominant brunette gene will prevent that...

my hair but your eyes then?

I hope you have "good at sports" genes I want a child whose good at sports so they dont get bullied

I am good at water sports if that helps.

Yeah that works...

Erm, no. I'm a bit fat, and can only do football and racket sports.

hmmm I kinda OK at swimming so if we mixed that with raquet sports and football we might get somewhere near???

   That's how it should be,  I tried to skank a fortnight of paternity leave last year, with a bird who was being a surrogate mother.  Management didn't know about the surrogacy,  I wanted her to tell the management I'd got her "in the family way"  :D