I just found out that my wife is pregnant.

I am having a hard time picturing myself being able to play Skyrim with a newborn at home. I am not happy.

The pregnancy was not planned. Obviously, it is an honor to be a father.

Just wondering does anybody else get to play Skyrim with babies at home?

~shakes head~ too much info... ugh..

Just name you kid Skyrim, then you always be playing with it

First off congrats and welcome to fatherhood
Well i could not claim skyrim, but yes with newborns in the house I found plenty of time for gaming and this includes both me and my wife working. It does get hard and when you game does often get shifted around to while the child sleeps which is the best time. My kids when they were babies also liked being laid next to one of us just to be near so during those times it worked out great as they would just coo and look around while I played. If course I would take pauses to give my full attention to my children as even at the earliest of age giving your attention as often as you can is important for development.

You got 9 months... You will have beaten the game in 1 week... and have 8-months and 3-weeks to enjoy the rest of the game... If you don't mind repeating it 20 times.

Congrats on the news!

Oh come on. You don't even know what we look like, so it's not even like you can picture anything.

well, nobody said having kids was easy, i definitely think that you shouldn't spend 200 hours on a character.

Grats man but with a baby on the way I doubt you'll have little time for much as the day draws nearer. And after? Good luck doing anything you did before.#

That's just what I'm told anyway, but a baby > Skyrim imo.

one bit of advice you will hear a lot is "expect nothing" nothing ever goes exactly as planned and no matter how much you prepare you are never fully prepared just gotta roll with the punches so to speak. Also do not let people bombard your g/f with too many pregnancy horror stories as it causes unneeded stress which is never good. You will do fine.

This is exactly how I pictured it. I certainly hope that it works out this way!

I cannot even imagine myself being a dad. My wife and I are not parent material. The timing is horrible.

I realize that sounds selfish, but it is true. We had no desire to be parents. Now we are. Gotta live with it.

You can beat Skyrim?

@ OP

Grats man, you'll be spending lots of time at the pause screen when he/she gets here. My nieces and nephews pretty much live at my place, but it doesn't necessarily get in the way of my game time.

Football though... I really need to get a DVR.

I hope your son grows up to be a huge jrpg fan \o/.

It is people like you and your partner, who make the best parents... (No-one is "parent material"... until they have a kid. If Ozzy can do it.. so can you!)

Planned children are just a science-project... Something to fill a desire... like a pet...

Your kid is going to be a true creation out of love... as long as it does not hit the power-button on your computer while you are playing... it will be a keeper! JK...

You have plenty of time before it arrives. (That is all I was saying. It is not like you are going to be playing the game, hard-core, in a year.)

well you should definitely not think of your child as a burden, one day it will grow up and be the only thing that you look back upon and think it was worth it.
I would also say that you are afraid of change, like most people living a comfortable live are, but if there is one thing that you can count on in life, it is change, i say embrace it and make it part of your life.

I have one 2 years old and one 12 days old. Still have time to play Skyrim (when they slepp)

lol it is hardly ever planned out as people want it. We were not expecting our first she went in to get checked out for chronic kidney infection they drew blood and came back and told her she was pregnant. She told me and I froze up, spaced out, and walked off without any other word... Luckily she took that surprisingly well expecting me to go into shock. Right now you cannot imagine it, but the moment you see your child the first time it will be a mixture of excitement, fear, and confusion, but after a few months you will find it hard to imagine yourself as anything, but a father.

Exactly there is no definition to "beating" Skyrim.

It's funny because before we found out, I thought all of the time, "If I ever had a kid, I would really hate it if the kid got in the way of Skyrim."

I am 30 years old, and I was really REALLY enjoying life as it was. Now it is all gonna change....

and don't tell your son he wasnt concieved legitamently.. it will only lead to future embarrasment...

Incredibly encouraging words! Thank you so much!!

On the bright side, no more need for birth control for 9 months. Have fun.

On a side note, name the kid Dovahkiin. If it's a girl, nickname her Dovah. Dovahkiin sounds so exotic!

On another side note, congratz. I hope the kid is a blessing, God knows we need them. I pray the lad turns out to be nice/

Wow, it is awesome to have met someone like you with such perfectly fitting advice.

It is just very hard, because in all honesty, the last thing I wanted was to be a father. In my life, out of all of my aspirations dreams, being a father was at the bottom of the list.

But yes, I am hoping for a completely different experience than "expected."

You people are all so kind hearted. I love this forum.

Dovahkiin as a name. Now THAT is an interesting idea!

We agreed on Victor if it is a boy. If a girl - no idea, but I am strongly considering naming a girl after a Daedra Lord female, perhaps.

Only thing that will change, is your outlook on what is important, for you and your child... (as opposed to just you.) Skyrim will be your vacation, your "me time"...

lol.. Honey, I'll stay up late and listen for the baby... you go back to sleep... "Fous Roh Dah"... bottle... "Dragon"... bottle... "Undead"... dirty diaper... repeat daily.

no problem you will do great yeah some plans will have to be shifted about and you will have to adapt to plenty of changes and gain a whole new series of fears and aspirations. It's tough at first, but it does get easy and very enjoyable. My son is 5 now and turning into a gamer himself though we balance out his gaming time to outside play and learning of course, but im excited to see where he goes in his life and how we will bound with gaming. I am off to bed though so I will tag this thread and follow it when I can... Good luck and enjoy it especially while she is pregnant it turns into one hell of a roller coaster ride especially when their love drive goes into high gear .

I felt this way when I first had a kid, but it didn't last long..for a month or two I thought i'd never play another game heh.

You don't have to give up any kind of fun or happiness when you have a kid, anyone who says otherwise is full of it...you will be exactly who you are now, except with a kid.

I remember the first time I got back to playing games after my daughter was born..it was actually Balder's Gate 2, and she would cry all the time so I had to let her sleep on me in one of those baby carrier deals..so I was sitting there at the PC gaming with her attached to me lol, quite the sight.

I only had a couple month hiatus from normal life after the birth..then realized quickly that life hasn't changed as much as I thought. Don't sweat it, you will still be able to do what you want, and kids are actually are pretty cool, usually.