[jasonkester]

Congratulations! Step one: get launched and out of "build" mode well before the due date. Especially if you have a day job and this is a nights and weekends thing. Free time will be spent playing with the baby for the next several years. (That's a good thing!)

A couple thoughts on the actual mechanics of raising babies. First, breast feed. It's actually amazing that anybody would voluntarily put themselves through the hassle of dealing with bottles when there's this always-on supply ready to go. It's also the universal fix button. Plane's landing, baby starts crying? Stick a boob in his mouth. Sorted.

Cloth diapers vs. disposables. Cloth diapers are pretty impressive these days. They generally work, don't smell too bad, clean up fine, and are probably even cheaper in the long run. But here's the thing. Disposable diapers are made out of pure magic. You really have to see it to believe it. You know why we don't have Mars bases and hoverboards? Because every genius mind in the last 40 years has seemingly been working around the clock to make a single pair of Huggies Active Fit hold 15 gallons of urine without leaking. You can leave your kid in one for weeks on end if you feel like it. Honestly, it's the single greatest invention of all time, and they're like $0.25 per poop. Sorry cloth. Sorry environment. Disposables rule.

Good luck!

[reach_kapil]

Thanks for your advice.