>>>Are you Tracy? ;-)
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>>>Wow, this is a new one...usually people wonder if I'm JVP....
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>>>Last time I checked, my hair was very short, my military experience amounted to a great imitation of the drill instructor in "Full Metal Jacket", I had a beard, and my daughter was 1 month old, not 17 or 18 years old
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>>Another tangent - do you ever really feel ready for the baby? Last night my wife told me she had an odd feeling and for a second I thought it was time. I had a moment of pure panic.
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>Seriously, Mike, don't worry about it. There probably aren't many dads who feel ready. We worry that we're too selfish, or think about what we will be giving up. Then the second you see him or her the first time that thought is gone forever. Then you're ready. That's it.

Well, except for when they let you take that helpless baby home and there's no instruction manual. <bg>

Seriously, Mike, having a first baby is such an incredibly life-changing thing that no, I don't think you could possibly feel ready in advance. But if you're committed to doing your best to raise a happy, healthy, productive child (as I believe you are), you're as ready as you need to be.

Tamar

Tamar