In all seriousness, I have 3 kids and 1 extra that we call our surrogate son... so to put it in Montoya's terms, we bought into the kids thing 14 years ago, got our first DLC 12 years ago, ended up with somebody else's kid 7 years ago, then acquired our third DLC 5 years ago.
In short... you're a Dad and Husband first! As others have said, in the early days it's sleepless nights but gaming won't be a challenge. My 14 year old spent nights being held in one arm as I learned to play what is now known as Vanilla WoW with one hand. As they grow older your time will become more sparse, they'll want to be with you... and you better not let a video game or an org filled with a bunch of drunken fools keep you from that. Nothing's better than hearing my 5 year old say "Dad, do you know why I love you? Because you play video games with me all the time!"
As for being scared AF... don't worry that's normal w/ your first. You'll wanna wrap them in bubble wrap, sterilize the ground they're about to walk on and the first time they bump their head you'll feel like a hardened child abuser. By child number 3... it's a bit different, when they bump their head you glance over, if they're not crying (and by now you speak cry), passed out or gushing blood you keep doing what you're doing. If you catch them eating glue, you make a note to buy more later. In the end it will come to you, hold their head while they're brand new, no sudden movements... they love to be held, anybody who tells you otherwise is an idiot and should be shot. If you're having a boy, get eye protection, if you're having a girl get plenty of wet wipes.
Not sure what else to say, Mom will go through a billion different emotions, just support her. If you don't already learn how to cook or order in. If she's breast feeding keep in mind what she eats the baby eats. FYI breast milk will give the kid the strongest immune system possible while they're in their infancy... just don't do what my Wife did and let it go on too long. She finally stopped when my son walked up to her with a stool and said "I'm hungry." Yes I laughed... and slept in the basement for a week.
In short... you're a Dad and Husband first! As others have said, in the early days it's sleepless nights but gaming won't be a challenge. My 14 year old spent nights being held in one arm as I learned to play what is now known as Vanilla WoW with one hand. As they grow older your time will become more sparse, they'll want to be with you... and you better not let a video game or an org filled with a bunch of drunken fools keep you from that. Nothing's better than hearing my 5 year old say "Dad, do you know why I love you? Because you play video games with me all the time!"
As for being scared AF... don't worry that's normal w/ your first. You'll wanna wrap them in bubble wrap, sterilize the ground they're about to walk on and the first time they bump their head you'll feel like a hardened child abuser. By child number 3... it's a bit different, when they bump their head you glance over, if they're not crying (and by now you speak cry), passed out or gushing blood you keep doing what you're doing. If you catch them eating glue, you make a note to buy more later. In the end it will come to you, hold their head while they're brand new, no sudden movements... they love to be held, anybody who tells you otherwise is an idiot and should be shot. If you're having a boy, get eye protection, if you're having a girl get plenty of wet wipes.
Not sure what else to say, Mom will go through a billion different emotions, just support her. If you don't already learn how to cook or order in. If she's breast feeding keep in mind what she eats the baby eats. FYI breast milk will give the kid the strongest immune system possible while they're in their infancy... just don't do what my Wife did and let it go on too long. She finally stopped when my son walked up to her with a stool and said "I'm hungry." Yes I laughed... and slept in the basement for a week.
