Comments on: Houston Meetup

Houston Meetup

fandango_matt — Sun, 01 May 2005 23:45:37 -0800

Houston, do we have a launch confirmation?

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sun, 01 May 2005 23:46:47 -0800

Congratulations, Matt and Kay--and happy birthday, Fiona!

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Sun, 01 May 2005 23:49:17 -0800

please to fix the link.

By: Steve_at_Linnwood

Steve_at_Linnwood — Mon, 02 May 2005 00:03:01 -0800

Congrats!

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Mon, 02 May 2005 00:54:32 -0800

I hate that baby and what it's done to Matt and this site.

Mazel Tov!

By: stray

stray — Mon, 02 May 2005 00:56:03 -0800

Yay!

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Mon, 02 May 2005 01:18:52 -0800

Good luck. As long as we're here in MeTa, I'm predicting she's going to want a pony at some point.

By: peacay

peacay — Mon, 02 May 2005 01:53:31 -0800

Um...it's still a pre-baby isn't it? G'luck to your wife.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Mon, 02 May 2005 02:15:05 -0800

You'll be needing a Burley trailer to tow behind your recumbent.

By: gleuschk

gleuschk — Mon, 02 May 2005 04:24:38 -0800

Good luck, congratulations, and happy birthday!

By: taz

taz — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:01:56 -0800

We're at "8cm, pushing soon" so it looks like it's good for go. Yay!

By: yoga

yoga — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:03:53 -0800

*CLINK*! Toasting the newest MeFi's arrival!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:05:46 -0800

i just like saying stork.

By: graventy

graventy — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:07:44 -0800

Cigar's all around! Well, we should probably wait until she actually arrives...
*makes pancakes*

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:15:56 -0800

*paces from blue to grey to green to grey to blue to grey to green...*

By: PY

PY — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:15:57 -0800

I think I could use an epidural too. Hope it's all over (and ends well) soon.

By: rocketman

rocketman — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:19:36 -0800

Totally sweet.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:37:22 -0800

Congratulations. Matt's a lucky man -- an fine and growing family, and no need to purchase pabulum for the baby, seeing as how so much is posted here for free. ;)

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:52:20 -0800

Congratulations, and ponies all around!

By: terrapin

terrapin — Mon, 02 May 2005 05:58:52 -0800

Congrats to the entire Haughey clan.

By: fionab

fionab — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:02:34 -0800

Happy Birthday little Fiona! It's not too early to ask for ponies. Congrats Matt and Kay! You have the best name, truly!

By: mdn

mdn — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:18:55 -0800

already? aii... why, it seems like only yesterday...

congratulations/good luck / whatever's appropriate at this stage :) !

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:30:56 -0800

Push him out! Shove him out! Waaay Out!

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:35:24 -0800

Fiona Haughey's Amazon Wishlist

By: I EAT TAPES

I EAT TAPES — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:47:05 -0800

"i just like saying stork."

I see she's wearing a smock.

By: livii

livii — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:48:18 -0800

Congratulations!

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:51:59 -0800

That was a fast nine months, wasn't it? Congrats, Haugheys!

By: ..ooOOoo....ooOOoo..

..ooOOoo....ooOOoo.. — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:54:18 -0800

Woohoo! Congrats and best wishes.

By: anapestic

anapestic — Mon, 02 May 2005 06:54:42 -0800

Sadly, the time between 8 cm and birth can be quite lengthy. Good luck!

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:10:30 -0800

no new flickr pics up for an hour...sounds like he is busy. Wow.

i can't even imagine.

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:19:55 -0800

This is so much better than waiting around for a new pope. Good luck, all!

By: sugarfish

sugarfish — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:23:04 -0800

Yay, hooray! Congrats to new mama and daddy.

By: Staggering Jack

Staggering Jack — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:34:49 -0800

Congratulations! May all your family live as long as they want and never want as long as they live.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:57:39 -0800

Congratulations on the n00b, Matt and Kay! Wish you joy of every minute.

By: dfowler

dfowler — Mon, 02 May 2005 07:59:57 -0800

fandango_matt made a great pic of #1 from the recumbent bike which Matt won't have free time to enjoy any more. Babies are cooler than bikes anyhow. Congrats, Haugheys.

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:03:06 -0800

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:03:36 -0800

Babies are cooler than bikes anyhow.

It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

By: ubersturm

ubersturm — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:05:54 -0800

Congrats!

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:06:42 -0800

jonmc, but they come with their own built in sirens!

Babies rock, my little boy grounds me in ways I never even thought possible.

Congrats to the #1 Family!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:08:48 -0800

Babies rock, my little boy grounds me

He grounded you? That's one strict toddler. Whadja do, stay out all night?

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:09:52 -0800

Oh my! Time does fly, doesn't it?

Here's predicting Fiona's born with a headjack.

Congrats. Couldn't have happened to nicer people :)

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:16:23 -0800

Yay! Our Dear Leader's spawn is beginning to emerge!

Congratulations!

By: Ms Snit

Ms Snit — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:37:53 -0800

Congrats, all round! *Gets ice cream for the pancakes*

and Psst. blasdelf, don't use the word spawn to mark poor mathowie jr. (it reminds me of bad horror movies like the Spawn of Chuckie)

By: naxosaxur

naxosaxur — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:41:54 -0800

OMG I can't believe the day has arrived! This is truly awesome! Blessings and kindest wishes to the new family!

By: spaghetti

spaghetti — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:44:36 -0800

I can't possibly imagine what it's like for you guys, but I'm guessing this may be as good as it gets.

Best wishes to all 3 of you.

By: asok

asok — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:55:02 -0800

Best wishes.

Don't forget, for new parents each hour of sleep counts for 3 hours of sleep for normal people.

At least that's what you have to tell your self!

By: quasistoic

quasistoic — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:55:44 -0800

I love that I'm not the first person to add the RSS feed to bloglines. (Frykitty and graventy beat me to it.)

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:10:23 -0800

If she had waited two more days she would have arrived on my birthday! Congratulations to everybody - May is the best month to be born - and Taurus women ROCK.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:14:31 -0800

See also, also.

Congrats, Haughey family!

By: freebird

freebird — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:17:32 -0800

May the seeds and sprouts of your intertwining lives continue to bloom and climb skyward.

By: jasper411

jasper411 — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:18:58 -0800

We're all rooting for you! Congrats!!

By: clevershark

clevershark — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:27:06 -0800

But is she gonna have to shell out $5 to register? :-)

Félicitations!

By: kenko

kenko — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:27:53 -0800

Great name, but I thought we had agreed on Jrun Pancake Haughey?

Congrats!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:28:25 -0800

She's here!

Welcome Fiona. The world is a confusing and amazing place. I hope that when the confusion fades, the amazement will stay with you forever. Congratulations and all the best Matt & Kay.

By: sninky-chan

sninky-chan — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:30:53 -0800

Congratulations #1!

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:31:38 -0800

Yippee! Things just interesting!

By: DaShiv

DaShiv — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:34:45 -0800

Happy birthday, Fiona! (warning, poetry)

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:45:47 -0800

Why the hell is there meconium smeared all over Meta?

Oh, the baby's here. Cool.

Congratulations!

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:46:42 -0800

Doh! Things just GOT interesting. Dang.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:51:17 -0800

MAKE IT SO #1

gratz again!

By: Dean King

Dean King — Mon, 02 May 2005 09:52:34 -0800

From one May 2nd-er to another, welcome to the world and happy birthday!

By: sebas

sebas — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:06:09 -0800

Get the girl a pony!

Congratulations Matt.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:09:04 -0800

Congratulations, best of luck, and may she have a long and happy life!

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:10:24 -0800

Can we call her FiHa?

Huge congratulations Matt and Kay. Be prepared to feel love like you've never felt it before (nature's way of getting you through the next couple of years without any sleep). All the best. And don't worry about Mefi; quonsar can run things while you're busy.

By: sciurus

sciurus — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:10:25 -0800

Congratulations on proving your evolutionary fitness.

By: matteo

matteo — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:14:48 -0800

MetaFiona?

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:21:40 -0800

w00t! Congrats to all. Let the sleepless nights begin!

By: beth

beth — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:26:58 -0800

Epidurals may seem to "rock" but so often they interfere with breastfeeding, I am sad to say. A baby with drugs in its system is often quite groggy and has trouble feeding.

Make sure you have a good lactation consultant. Every baby deserves the best: mama's milk.

Congrats etc.

By: swordfishtrombones

swordfishtrombones — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:35:39 -0800

Congrats!

By: fvw

fvw — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:40:13 -0800

Congrats Matt and Kay! And Fiona: Our sincerest apologies for the state of the world you've come in to.

By: grateful

grateful — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:42:59 -0800

We've trained you well. Now go be an excellent father. Congrats to you and your wife!

By: caddis

caddis — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:50:38 -0800

She's beautiful. Congrats to mom and dad, and welcome Fiona.

By: page404

page404 — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:55:06 -0800

Congradulations Matt & Kay, welcome Fiona - best wishes.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:01:31 -0800

Aww!

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:06:53 -0800

Congratulations, Matt!

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:13:37 -0800

Congratulations and blessings to your family.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:18:36 -0800

Speaking of birthdays, today is my MetaFilter birthday. I am four years old. That means that I can form simple sentences and I'm less likely to crap myself.

Yay, me!

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:19:01 -0800

That's right. I'm stealing thunder.

Hey! Look at the cute baby!

By: tizzie

tizzie — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:29:55 -0800

I cried a little. Mazel tov, Haugheys!

By: turbodog

turbodog — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:30:42 -0800

Congrats! And the next PDX meetup need to be at baby-compatible locale.

By: klausness

klausness — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:38:45 -0800

Congratulations!

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 02 May 2005 13:41:39 -0800

Never MetaFiona I didn't like.

By: brevator

brevator — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:32:22 -0800

mazel tov.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:33:25 -0800

Look at that baby! So cute! Congrats!

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:40:55 -0800

Make sure you have a good lactation consultant.

There are consultants? Like Accenture? Doesn't the kid just know what to do?

By: grouse

grouse — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:44:48 -0800

So cute!!!

I hope you save a printout of this page for the kid.

By: tonelesscereal

tonelesscereal — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:46:08 -0800

Awww She is precious. Congrats

By: tcp

tcp — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:46:58 -0800

Congratulations!

By: whatideserve

whatideserve — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:47:57 -0800

Congrats Matt and familiy! She's adorable!

By: casarkos

casarkos — Mon, 02 May 2005 14:58:21 -0800

she looks brilliant. congratulations!

By: beth

beth — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:03:33 -0800

There are consultants? Like Accenture? Doesn't the kid just know what to do?

It is common for newborns to just clamp down on mom's nipple any old way, and end up hurting mom and / or not getting enough milk. A good latch is essential. The baby's mouth needs to be wide open, and its lips need to cover a fair amount of areola as well to properly depress the milk sinuses and squirt the milk into its mouth.

I read tons of breastfeeding books and so forth, but even I had latch problems and needed a consultant. Then we got thrush. Ugh, the pain! We finally got over it and things went swimmingly. Many women give up and start feeding formula without really giving breastfeeding much of a chance to really get going.

Breastmilk has so much amazing stuff in it, they don't even know what all of its ingredients are, or how they work. Mother's milk has custom-made antibodies to bacteria and viruses that the baby is exposed to, among many many other things that formula simply can't match. Also it changes composition throughout the feed, becoming fattier as baby suckles. As time passes, the milk composition changes to suit the age of the baby, as well. Toddler milk is quite different from newborn milk.

The baby formula industry is very well-funded and determined to thwart breastfeeding at every turn, doing everything from giving free samples even to breastfeeding mothers to creating shitty breast pumps that hurt women, all to make a profit. There's tons more if you start looking into it.

Breastmilk is one of the coolest things on earth, and is one of the best things you can do for your baby. I nursed my daughter til she was nearly two, and enjoyed it thoroughly.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:06:46 -0800

FionaFilter!!!

yippee! : >

breastmilk is best--especially the colostrum, but don't feel guilty if you don't breastfeed--most of us were formula babies and we turned out fine.)

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:07:36 -0800

congrats matt.

By: ramix

ramix — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:08:50 -0800

Awesome! Welcome to the world Mefi...or is it Fihowie?

By: deborah

deborah — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:10:40 -0800

Awww, how sweet! Congrats, Kay and Matt! And hoppy burfday to Fiona!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:10:58 -0800

(Oh, and congrats!)

By: fionab

fionab — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:13:55 -0800

HiFi! BabyFi! She's so cute!

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:19:26 -0800

congrats...

By: vignettist

vignettist — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:23:12 -0800

Excellent news! Congratulations!

By: Alylex

Alylex — Mon, 02 May 2005 15:56:54 -0800

Awww... such a cutie - congrats!

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Mon, 02 May 2005 16:13:35 -0800

congrats matt.

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:01:27 -0800

yeah, yeah, congradualtions. Is there a Baby's First blog?

(don't really bother with the link - it's just the highest google link for baby's first blog)

By: eustacescrubb

eustacescrubb — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:06:16 -0800

Congratulations, Matt!

By: nelleish

nelleish — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:21:43 -0800

Woohoo! Fiona is such a great name, and she picked a most excellent day to be born. I've always loved May 2 as my birthday ;)

Congrats to Matt and Kay, she's wicked cute!

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:35:00 -0800

our very own Mefia Princess!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:38:54 -0800

Congratulations, Haugheys!

By: moonbird

moonbird — Mon, 02 May 2005 18:33:19 -0800

Woo-hoo! Bubbly and cigars for you both! And goochie-goos for Fiona!

By: dhruva

dhruva — Mon, 02 May 2005 18:41:12 -0800

Congrats!!!

By: catachresoid

catachresoid — Mon, 02 May 2005 18:55:41 -0800

Huhray!

By: kindall

kindall — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:58:58 -0800

I say, congratulations!

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Tue, 03 May 2005 11:30:05 -0800

This is good, indeed. Congratulations!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:07:30 -0800

Fabulous! Congratulations to the whole family.

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:09:31 -0800

Congratulations Matt and Kay! I most sincerely wish you and little Fiona all the best in the world.

...because she's got 23K+ surly and mind-bogglingly opinionated quasi aunts and uncles.

By: squealy

squealy — Tue, 03 May 2005 14:53:01 -0800

Congratulations Matt and Kay.

By: dg

dg — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:05:26 -0800

Congratulations.

You know this means your life is over, though, don't you?

By: ph00dz

ph00dz — Tue, 03 May 2005 18:15:10 -0800

Congrats, d00dz!

By: jennyb

jennyb — Tue, 03 May 2005 18:29:40 -0800

Wonderful baby greatness! Congratulations, Matt and Kay! That's one cute kid you've got there.

By: stirfry

stirfry — Tue, 03 May 2005 19:56:39 -0800

What a good thing! Welcome Fiona. And congrats to mom and dad.

By: Bdave

Bdave — Tue, 03 May 2005 22:58:41 -0800

Mmmmm. Baby. Good lookin' one too. Congrats. Your world is now so much richer (and not to mention turned nutty on its head).

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Wed, 04 May 2005 18:33:11 -0800

BabyFilter. Congratulations.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 06 May 2005 11:07:26 -0800

Man, I just don't get to MeTa often enough these days.

Congratulations to the Haugheys!!

By: thedevildancedlightly

thedevildancedlightly — Sun, 15 May 2005 21:16:42 -0800

Don't give him a really generic name like David Thompson or he'll hate his parents for life.