Need Advice...

[MrSplitshot]

So, as some of you already know, my wife is knocked up...it's a little girl named Sara Beth...due January 6th.

Being our first child, we're pretty much clueless. I've received a ton of what I hope is good advice, but figure that it'll be like most things and we really won't understand until we're knee-deep in it. So it goes...

Anyway, I want to buy a camcorder so that I can take video of the little curtain-climber that I can torment her with in front of boyfriends in the future. I have never owned a camcorder. I'm assuming that I want HD now, but know next to nothing about them.

Anybody got one? Any advice? The HD models look dang expensive.

Thanks!

[DJD]

Man my thought process has always been go with the latest technology because in a few years it will be old news. I'm a fan of convenience so anything that can be hooked up easily to the latest hd sets would get my vote.
Stabilization feature is a plus.

[elnutsmalljaws]

I am not the videographer of the family so no advice there but I will give you a few words on raising girls. I have a 22 and 19 yr old daughters by my first marriage. Add in my 7 yr old son and I can say Girls are way more harder to raise than boys.

When they are little they step on your toes but when they are older they step on your heart

No Boyfriends

No Girlfriends

No serious relationship until you are 25 when you actually become human

The number 1 difference is with a boy you are worried about keeping 1 Johnson out if a trouble but with a girl you are worried about ALL Johnsons

[Chubminnow]

Man my thought process has always been go with the latest technology because in a few years it will be old news. I'm a fan of convenience so anything that can be hooked up easily to the latest hd sets would get my vote.
Stabilization feature is a plus.

My thoughts on the subject echoe what Don said, purchase the latest and greatest because next year it will be old technology. Personally speaking I've never been a fan of homemade video's, camcorder's and such...I prefer photographs.

Congratulations on the up coming birth of your first child.

[MrSplitshot]

Personally speaking I've never been a fan of homemade video's, camcorder's and such...I prefer photographs.

Me too....

BUT, then again I've never had kids to record either....so I don't know!

[bplgocards]

Me too....

BUT, then again I've never had kids to record either....so I don't know!

Go to the store and check them out. They may seem expensive, but these are the memories you'll have forever of your child, to me that equals priceless

[Tom523]

I am not the videographer of the family so no advice there but I will give you a few words on raising girls. I have a 22 and 19 yr old daughters by my first marriage. Add in my 7 yr old son and I can say Girls are way more harder to raise than boys.

When they are little they step on your toes but when they are older they step on your heart

No Boyfriends

No Girlfriends

No serious relationship until you are 25 when you actually become human

The number 1 difference is with a boy you are worried about keeping 1 Johnson out if a trouble but with a girl you are worried about ALL Johnsons

Ditto! I have 5 girls and 3 boys and the girls are so much harder especially when they hit high school. I have one in college, one in high school, one in middle school, one has a good job in Louisville, and one in Pittsburgh with with a good job and 3 kids. I found that when a boy asks one of my girls out, I have him meet me first and have a talk with him. You would be surprised how many chicken out and don't want to meet me. Then it's no date for them. There are some nice upstanding young men that have come and met me and we sit down and have a friendly conversation. I don't try to intimidate them because I give them credit for having the b###s to meet me. I think they have a strong character.

[bassin_bug]

"Need Advice..." Okay, here goes.

A prostitute gets knocked up because she is banging every 'One-Eyed Jack' in town.

A wife gets PREGNANT because she conceived a baby out of the act of love.

You need to stop using that Redneck statement when talking about your wife. She has made a commitment to give life to, and be the best, most loving mother she can be for the rest of her life. That's a 24/7/365 job that is worthy of the highest honor, to be called "Mother."

Congratulations to you and your wife.........and of course, the grandparents.

[DJD]

Ditto! I have 5 girls and 3 boys and the girls are so much harder especially when they hit high school. I have one in college, one in high school, one in middle school, one has a good job in Louisville, and one in Pittsburgh with with a good job and 3 kids. I found that when a boy asks one of my girls out, I have him meet me first and have a talk with him. You would be surprised how many chicken out and don't want to meet me. Then it's no date for them. There are some nice upstanding young men that have come and met me and we sit down and have a friendly conversation. I don't try to intimidate them because I give them credit for having the b###s to meet me. I think they have a strong character.

Great advice! I kinda been keeping my eyes and ears open for some advice on the upcoming years of dating with my teenager. I'll listen to all of it!

[Embrey]

i guess ill be a redneck for life!

[kygorski]

I dont know if this will help you or not,if you are able to, let the wife stay home to raise your child, its very hard to do now a days. My wife stayed home and raised our two children, both are college grads, and both were national honor students.There were a lot of things we did with out, but it was the best choice we ever made.My sons wife died of cancer when his daughter was just 10 yrs old, I'm amazed he was able to cope with a young daughter. He quit his very good job, became a teacher at her school, and this summer she graduated, she is going to college, with no tuition aide,and its made life just a tad easier on him. He also demanded to have her dates see him, some he told his daughter he wouldn't allow her to see a guy like that.

[MrSplitshot]

"Need Advice..." Okay, here goes.

A prostitute gets knocked up because she is banging every 'One-Eyed Jack' in town.

A wife gets PREGNANT because she conceived a baby out of the act of love.

You need to stop using that Redneck statement when talking about your wife. She has made a commitment to give life to, and be the best, most loving mother she can be for the rest of her life. That's a 24/7/365 job that is worthy of the highest honor, to be called "Mother."

Congratulations to you and your wife.........and of course, the grandparents.

Thanks Bug...my wife and I have a very easy-going sense of humor...and I guess we're a little red on the neck. LOL She refers to herself as "knocked up" all the time. Every time she adds something to my Honey-Do list right now, she also reminds me that she is carrying my "demon spawn." LOL It's all in good playful fun - We both have a ton of respect and love for each other.

But trust me when I say that we're completely aware of the commitment and job that is coming for us both. We had been trying for 10 years and had all but given up - All my wife has ever wanted to be was a Mother and she was crushed when we discovered that she had some issues that kept it from happening all these years. However, through some medical advances, a little cash, and some good fortune bestowed upon us by the Good Lord...the stick turned blue and a miracle happened. She's 36, so this was kind of like a hail-mary pass as the horn sounded that gets bobbled around and caught in the end zone.