Do you have the baby on your lap?
In a bassinet next to your desk?
In the crib downstairs?
How do YOU do it?
Mudding with a newborn, how do YOU do it?
it's been some years, and she wasn't a newborn when i started mudding, but she was under a year old. I just kept her in her playpen by the computer :)
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" I"m built for comfort not for speed. " - Carl on Jimmy Neutron.
Be careful. She may creeping doom you to death while the rest of your rather sizable group lives.
At only 3 days old, my first had the dexterity of a halfling and managed to twist his way to the KB to hit enter (without hitting any other buttons) while my group was waiting to go on archie.
A warning to all parents!
The best position to hold my kids I found was keyboard up on the desk, baby on lap in a straphold device like a snuggli. Otherwise, you are gonna be putting her down over and over. :)
At only 3 days old, my first had the dexterity of a halfling and managed to twist his way to the KB to hit enter (without hitting any other buttons) while my group was waiting to go on archie.
A warning to all parents!
The best position to hold my kids I found was keyboard up on the desk, baby on lap in a straphold device like a snuggli. Otherwise, you are gonna be putting her down over and over. :)
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Adriorn Darkcloak
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Re: Mudding with a newborn, how do YOU do it?
Jhorr wrote:How do YOU do it?
It's in the help files.
Type 'help wife'.
I cast 'protection from spousal vengeance' before posting, it's okay.
I don't, really. Since my daughter was born, I've stopped raiding in WoW completely and I only do small-group instances when mom and baby are out somewhere. It's just not feasible to sit down for a multi-hour group committment when you may be called upon at any moment to change a diaper, clean up a mess, or give love to a screaming infant.
I picked up a DS and most of my gaming is done either solo in Warcraft, or in games like Puzzle Quest and FF3 that I can turn off or put aside at a moment's notice.
I picked up a DS and most of my gaming is done either solo in Warcraft, or in games like Puzzle Quest and FF3 that I can turn off or put aside at a moment's notice.
- Ragorn
Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
Naps.
Naps become your best friend.
Unless of course you're sleeping during them.
With my daughter, I just didn't mud much. I was working full time and spent the time off with the kiddo while daddy played. We only had the one computer anyway.
With my son I think I started playing after the midnight feeding, placing him in either the swing or bouncer. Swing usually had him back out after 10 minutes, but once I was up, I was up at least two or three hours.
Naps become your best friend.
Unless of course you're sleeping during them.
With my daughter, I just didn't mud much. I was working full time and spent the time off with the kiddo while daddy played. We only had the one computer anyway.
With my son I think I started playing after the midnight feeding, placing him in either the swing or bouncer. Swing usually had him back out after 10 minutes, but once I was up, I was up at least two or three hours.
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You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
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Tanji Smanji
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That'd explain why you haven't come out of the closet. You're locked in!
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Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
ive got kind of a belly, so i find that they sit well on my checst with their butt on my elly when i lean back. i used to do that with duards kid for hours and hours when i first started mudding. was the only way we could get gwen to sleep :P
i dont know what your problem is, but i bet its hard to pronounce
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Tanji Smanji
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Yasden wrote:That'd explain why you haven't come out of the closet. You're locked in!
You just lost 5 points for making a bad joke.
How to go from Waelos to Weylarii.
Weylarii group-says 'oh shit! my penis is stuck in the toaster. afk'
Corth ASSOC:: 'up to you.. need a ranger, but if you want to afk i can probably find someone else'
Weylarii group-says 'oh shit! my penis is stuck in the toaster. afk'
Corth ASSOC:: 'up to you.. need a ranger, but if you want to afk i can probably find someone else'
Tanji Smanji wrote:Yasden wrote:That'd explain why you haven't come out of the closet. You're locked in!
You just lost 5 points for making a bad joke.
You're only saying that because it was at your expense. :P
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Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
Top Mud Sites: http://www.topmudsites.com/cgi-bin/topmuds/rankem.cgi?id=shev
Why Nerox is jealous of me:
Nerox tells you 'man this thing is kicking my ass and i have blisters!'
Nerox tells you 'ok attempting it again put tape on my fingers for easier sliding'
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Tanji Smanji
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Ragorn wrote:Jhorr wrote:daggaz wrote:birth control...
As if people who MUD get laid....
Ok, NOW I'm confused.
It's a slang term for sex fool.
How to go from Waelos to Weylarii.
Weylarii group-says 'oh shit! my penis is stuck in the toaster. afk'
Corth ASSOC:: 'up to you.. need a ranger, but if you want to afk i can probably find someone else'
Weylarii group-says 'oh shit! my penis is stuck in the toaster. afk'
Corth ASSOC:: 'up to you.. need a ranger, but if you want to afk i can probably find someone else'
Tanji Smanji wrote:Ragorn wrote:Jhorr wrote:daggaz wrote:birth control...
As if people who MUD get laid....
Ok, NOW I'm confused.
It's a slang term for sex fool.
But... he started the thread... to ask how... he has a baby... I don't...
- Ragorn
Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
not saying I do it, or condone it, but a little nip off grandpa's medicine bottle, right into baby's bottle should get you through those tia trips without so much as a whimper...
Also get ya 5-10 w/ time off for good behavior.
On the 'real' side of things... I quit gaming in 2000 except for console gaming since I got married in 2000, then remodeled a house, then had the baby, then lost the house to a storm, then rebuilt and now that he's started going to sleep earlier (9:30) and staying asleep for most of the night, I have returned to Toril. Was surprised as heck to see Tral was still 'waiting' for my return.
Enjoying it all too much too... Wife seems interested, but will take a bit longer to convince her to play...
-tral
Also get ya 5-10 w/ time off for good behavior.
On the 'real' side of things... I quit gaming in 2000 except for console gaming since I got married in 2000, then remodeled a house, then had the baby, then lost the house to a storm, then rebuilt and now that he's started going to sleep earlier (9:30) and staying asleep for most of the night, I have returned to Toril. Was surprised as heck to see Tral was still 'waiting' for my return.
Enjoying it all too much too... Wife seems interested, but will take a bit longer to convince her to play...
-tral
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Arilin Nydelahar
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Arilin Nydelahar wrote:
That's when you give her a little something in her bottle. whistle.
*grin*
nah, she's willing, just slow to plunge headfirst into new games. Then theres the issue of her always being tired (long hours, 2yr old, aggravating husband, etc.)
She's played Baldur's Gate w/ me on the PC networked, DnD, BG 1&2, and a few other RPGs on the PS2 and Xbox so she's cool with the concept, and while she's OK w/ typing, she's self-proclaimed 'not that fast'. I'll need to set her up w/ bunches of triggers, alias', and have her on the laptop near me...
Maybe this weekend if we find extra time :P
-tral
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