By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
Commenter Jopeter explores the joys of trying to balance gaming with a newborn baby in today’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku. So I became a dad roughly a week ago and my initial thought was “YES. Free from work, the kid will sleep all day and I can finally complete some of the games I have acquired the last couple of months.”(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Of course I was happy for becoming a dad, and my newborn daughter is so beautiful and all that, but this is a gaming site so let’s stick to that. 🙂 It never occurred to me that I didn’t have the time to complete these games 
while my girlfriend was pregnant and needed me all around and everywhere all the time, so how the hell would I succeed now that this little spawn of mine needed one of us every 2-3 hours 24/7. Adding to that my girlfriend got pretty beat up giving birth to our treasure so she needs a lot of rest atm. In other words: GF = vending machine for milk and I’m doing all the other fun tasks.
So how can I game while still having to take care of my baby? My friend with two kids, former hardcore WoW’er, said it was impossible, but I really wanted to prove that even though you get a new family member you don’t have to give up on your hobbies or desires in life.
I found that the answer was divided. Yes, my baby needs me a couple of hours each day and also requires me on standby, so I could just forget about raiding with my guild in sbfplay wow and my character now has a well-deserved break from gear hunting. All other MMO’s or any other games that require you available and 100% focused for a hours is a no-go.
In other words: Games with a pause-button are pure win, so I stick to those for now. Since I just bought my PS3 I had a good amount of games to complete, starting with the God of War collection. Fantastic games and I just started God of War 3. After this I have Uncharted 1&2 and Heavy Rain waiting for my attention.
Where do I go with this? Well my friends said it was impossible to be a gamer and a parent, and I proved them otherwise. It also turns out that the lights and sounds entertain my baby and I could swear I heard her first “giggle” while ripping the head off a Gorgon yesterday. How do 
you combine gaming with kids? I’d love to know. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes what they have to say has nothing ufa747 to do with the stories we run. That’s why we have that little box on the front page of Kotaku. You know, pay69 slot ดาวน์โหลด the one with “Got something to say?” written in it? That’s the place to post anecdotes, photos, game tips and hints, and anything you want to share with Kotaku at large. Just make sure to include #speakup in your comment so 
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