Any other recent/to be new Dads?

[sloose]

My wife is 39+ weeks and is ready for our boy to make his appearance. I can't wait to meet him and to become a dad!

Any other recent or to be daddy's (or mommys even) here? How have you adjusted? Beer intake suffering?

Babies and toddlers don't understand hangovers, that being said I don't drink a drop of beer when on daddy day care duty... Otherwise I can brew whenever I want, and we do group brews at my house pretty regularly, my kids love the extra house guests.... Aged 4 & 1 ... The 4 year old loves to color the capped bottles with her markers

 

[kpr121]

Well he's a little over a week old today, and swmbo already let me brew on Saturday! 15 gallons of miller lite clone (figured a lower abv beer would be good to still get a taste of homebrew).

Its funny how all dignity was lost when he came... now my wife's and my idea of a "nightcap" is us both sipping on an IPA (i read somewhere, maybe here, that hoppy beers are good for breast milk, my wife enjoys that!) while she is pumping her breasts and I'm sitting in the recliner, spit-up on my shirt, and rocking my baby to sleep.

It is freaking awesome though!

 

[40watt]

My parents let me taste beer at that age and let me drink half-pints around the age of 10 on up during special occasions. Unlike a lot of my peers I have never had issues with DUIs or alcoholism.

I learned and I was taught from a very young age that beer can be responsibly consumed at a certain threshold and enjoyed like any beverage... Drinking a beer or two at most during mealtime is a normal thing. Drinking a glass of water or iced tea at mealtime is a normal thing. Drinking 5 beers or 5 iced teas or glasses of water at mealtime is sorta weird. Don't do it.. Duh. That is the essence of moderation and that is why we have such an epidemic of BINGE drinking in the United States. Drinking that much of ANYTHING is really, really dumb and unhealthy.

As far as hard alcohol is concerned it was approached as something consumed only during special and rare occasions. I think that is a different topic from what I was getting at and because I really don't drink hard alcohol at all I'm probably not the best person to espouse it's responsible consumption.

Seems reasonable. Regarding liquor, while my kids have noticed daddy drinks beer with regularity, it is only on rare occasions he has a whisky or two.

I figure your example will go further than your words ever will. They have never seen me drunk. I have told my daughter that things can go very badly veey quickly if you drink to much alcohol.

 

[HokieBrewer]

Wife is 12 weeks. I vacillate between totally excited and terrified

Good call on filling up the pipeline. 10 gal double batch days from here out.

 

[JohnnyO]

Well he's a little over a week old today, and swmbo already let me brew on Saturday! 15 gallons of miller lite clone (figured a lower abv beer would be good to still get a taste of homebrew).

Its funny how all dignity was lost when he came... now my wife's and my idea of a "nightcap" is us both sipping on an IPA (i read somewhere, maybe here, that hoppy beers are good for breast milk, my wife enjoys that!) while she is pumping her breasts and I'm sitting in the recliner, spit-up on my shirt, and rocking my baby to sleep.

It is freaking awesome though!

Couldn't agree more. Congrats on what sounds like a good adjustment to the insanity of early parenthood.

I remember taking my son home, walking in, setting his carrier down on the kitchen counter, and having this overwhelming feeling of "WTF do I do now?! Why would they let me just walk out of the hospital?! What do I do for the next 18 years?"

lol

Other than an initial celebratory "I'm home from the hospital with my son" beer, I don't think I had one for 2-3 weeks. Far too exhausted.

You'll settle in, establish routines as best as you can and you'll adjust to operating to little to no sleep.

 

[Ondori]

My lady is being induced Feb 1st if it doesn't happen before that. Any day now. I am pretty excited!

 

[fifthcircle]

This is a great thread that has started. Time for more pictures though!

My son, Ryder, 20 months. Yes, he's hitting the "terrible two's"...this is gonna be fun

 

[mthompson]

Other than an initial celebratory "I'm home from the hospital with my son" beer.. .

My father-in-law/brewing partner brought me a growler of homebrew and some cups to the hospital that night.

Six months later, Pike has already got his kindergarten "deny everything" look down pat.

Teacher- "excuse me, did you just say you brew beer?"

 

[patthebrewer]

Well he's a little over a week old today, and swmbo already let me brew on Saturday! 15 gallons of miller lite clone (figured a lower abv beer would be good to still get a taste of homebrew).

Its funny how all dignity was lost when he came... now my wife's and my idea of a "nightcap" is us both sipping on an IPA (i read somewhere, maybe here, that hoppy beers are good for breast milk, my wife enjoys that!) while she is pumping her breasts and I'm sitting in the recliner, spit-up on my shirt, and rocking my baby to sleep.

It is freaking awesome though!

Sing it brother

 

[terrapinj]

here's my 3+ month old Diva Evie

I haven't brewed since before she was born but mostly because I just haven't motivated myself

 

[JoeShmo]

My 14 mo old Nolan, (he's 12 mos in the pic) in his first real snowstorm

 

[kpr121]

Thanks everyone for sharing your stories/pictures!

Although I am only telling the wife about you guys who are still brewing.... everyone else doesnt exist to her other than the pictures!

 

[Patro]

My baby is 9 mo old now. I've been brewing just as much as before but brew days are rushed occasionally.

 

[MonkHeDo]

Here is my little helper brewing her own beer with Daddy. That's her steinbeer with a rock in it. (Note the burner is off; so I still retain my Father of the Year award.)

 

[highgravitybacon]

My wife is 39+ weeks and is ready for our boy to make his appearance. I can't wait to meet him and to become a dad!

Any other recent or to be daddy's (or mommys even) here? How have you adjusted? Beer intake suffering?

Absolutely not. It's about priorities. Beer came before kids, therefore beer comes first. I had hopes that my son would be the beer protege. But that has not come to fruition. Now, I have a daughter. She is the next hope. My retirement plan is for her to learn to make great beer, marry a dentist who invents some sort of multibillion dollar implant device, and then I'm set for life.

 

[highgravitybacon]

Here is my little helper brewing her own beer with Daddy. That's her steinbeer with a rock in it. (Note the burner is off; so I still retain my Father of the Year award.)

WTF? Get her an oil barrel full of oily rags or an old Coleman camp stove.

 

[fifthcircle]

Absolutely not. It's about priorities. Beer came before kids, therefore beer comes first. I had hopes that my son would be the beer protege. But that has not come to fruition. Now, I have a daughter. She is the next hope. My retirement plan is for her to learn to make great beer, marry a dentist who invents some sort of multibillion dollar implant device, and then I'm set for life.

LOL!!! Good luck with that.

 

[pulfson]

I have a 16 month old son. He has yet to join me in a brewing session but he goes nuts by the smell of hops for some reason. IPA lover in the making.

 

[fifthcircle]

BUMPing up the thread, since I had my new little princess yesterday.

 

[kpr121]

BUMPing up the thread, since I had my new little princess yesterday.

CONGRATS! You look alot more confortable/less scared than I was when they handed my little one to me 3 weeks ago!

 

[kellysrepairs]

Have a 20 month old, beer intake went down simply because my wife could not drive a stick and I needed to be alert if something happened also my friend got a dui a wile back, bac was .274 dam. have a brand new car now (automatic)wife can drive now, but will only have more than a few if I know i'm not going anyware for the night. I love my daughter more than anything. And have you tried changing a diaper bomb buzzed, mine as well just start the shower for you both. bottom line fatherhood is amazing congrats.

 

[fifthcircle]

CONGRATS! You look alot more confortable/less scared than I was when they handed my little one to me 3 weeks ago!

Second time for me. The first one was a bit more scary! He still is... :cross:

This is a week earlier, before Ryder was officially a BIG BROTHER.

 

[kpr121]

And have you tried changing a diaper bomb buzzed, mine as well just start the shower for you both. bottom line fatherhood is amazing congrats.

Ha! I actually did do this on Sunday sometime around the Superbowl blackout. I think I ended up using about half a pack of baby wipes and he needed a change of clothes.

 

[MyNameIsPaul]

6 Weeks to go over here, you guys are doing great at motivating me that brewing is still possible after a kiddo comes in the picture! I'm currently working on the nursery, so PINK is everywhere! No time to brew =(

 

[Gduck]

We just had our second on Monday. Brought him home today. His three year old brother is bringing him all kinds of toys to tell him all about them. We'll see how long this affection for his brother lasts, but for now we'll take it!

 

[mxpx5678]

I have a 2.5 year old Boy and we are having a girl any day now. Rushing like crazy to get my brew stand done so brewing will go smoother and quicker (hopefully).

 

[abandonhope16]

We have an 18 month old girl and a boy due in April; we didn't intend for them to be that close. Whoops. I really got back into brewing about 6 months ago after a couple years hiatus. I found that it was a nice hobby that I could have to get "away" but still be home to help out. I assume that consumption will decrease when the new one arrives since there will be frequent wake ups that I will need to help with. But I hope to still have time to brew and just share more with family.

 

[pmhildreth]

I have an 17 month old daughter (future brewmistress). Going to start All-grain next weekend, so hopefully I'll have a brew partner in a few years. She gets a baby sip of whatever I'm trying at the moment, loves Victory Ale Hop Devil.

 

[megalomani]

Twins (boy and girl) on the way in March. The wife is 32 weeks. My brewing has actually picked up in the last month. It is beginning to feel real and I realize it will be at least a few months before I can get to it again once the little ones arrive. I may start taking a few vacation days a year to get some sessions in.

 

[Rys06Tbss]

I have a three and a half year old and a 6 month old. My three year old helped me make some cider a few weekends ago. Now every time I open my pantry, he says look at the beer dada? He looks at the fermenters and goes cool. Kids are awesome