Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of. ~ Ann HeckerlingEveryone warned I would be “tired.” They did mention “work.” And I heard the admonition “sleep when the baby sleeps” ad nauseum. Did I heed? Not really. The scope of the advice did not sink in until after baby […]
Safety Pins No More!
Everyone thinks I’m crazy. Well… they pretty much did anyway, but now that I’m going to go the cloth diaper route, they actually come out and SAY I’m crazy! It’s okay – being crazy is kinda fun most of the time… But this begs the question of why do I have to defend my diapering […]
DAD’S LOG: Name Bracket-ology
Some people say that having a child is a big decision. I say naming the child is even bigger! Although there was time for me to think and reflect about names, I soon learned of my glaring deficiencies. You see, my wife had spent some “time” thinking about names too. If you call developing and […]
What They Never Tell You About Breastfeeding, or, Why I Have Grated Potatoes In My Bra
Okay – the pictures in the books and magazines have it all wrong. The peaceful mother, serene of face, warmly wrapped in a fuzzy robe with shiny hair cascading gently down her shoulders is gazing lovingly down at her babe-in-arms, who nuzzles contentedly against her, calmly feeding in that “au naturale” state – breast-feeding. Supposedly, […]
DAD’S LOG: A Dad Ramble
Dad…the final frontier…this is the continuing voyage of And Baby Makes Three: Dad’s Log. Had to throw out a little homage to Star Trek, the real one. Not that the others were bad, but James Tiberius Kirk is the standard. As a matter of fact, Tiberius was a top name choice…….I wish, never saw the […]
Getting to know you…
Jeremiah 1:5 – …Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee… Shortly after our little boy was born, as most new moms do, I experienced that rush of emotions which inevitably leads to inexplicable bouts of tears and weepiness. One of the strangest things I found myself crying over was the fact that […]
Baby Talk I
Today, I found myself doing what every parent and googly-eyed baby-lover does when they hold a baby. I asked him questions.Now, besides the fact we KNOW the baby can’t answer back (even if they potentially understand us, as some claim)… but I realized not only do we ask the baby questions they can’t answer, but […]
Rest Your Head Close to My Heart
Baby Mine, close your eyes… I held our baby boy last night, wooing him to sleep, amazed at the complete trust he had as I cradled him close to me – being held about 5 times his height above the floor, he lay in my arms, closed his eyes and drifted off to dreamland. I […]
A Year With Mom & Dad
Much like one of our favorite book cum musicals, “A Year with Frog and Toad” we have decided to have our blog address be “A Year with Mom & Dad.” Like Frog and Toad, we (Mom & Dad) are two very different personalities who happen to be best of friends – and married! Just like […]