Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
The main entries from That Poore Baby that chronicle having a baby, being a new dad and learning how to parent on the fly.
There are lots of firsts for a newborn, in fact, everything is a first. First breath, first sound, first outfit, first poop in first outfit. The list goes on. So the first bath is a momentous occasion and a perfect opportunity to embarrass future-Popeye. I’m picturing him mouthing off around…
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If you watched the video above, you may notice that Popeye now has an official name. The birthing center told us that they had to file the birth certificate with the State of Texas within 72 hours of the birth. Apparently Saturday and Sunday contain no hours as far as…
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The first night was basically no sleep but right now he’s literally sleeping like a baby. He constantly wants to eat so Heather hasn’t gotten any rest and the delivery was fast and furious so she’s beat physically and mentally. Other than that he’s pretty alert, makes some eye contact…
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Full disclosure: Before you go wondering how I found the time to compose a coherent post at a time like this: I wrote it ahead of time. With all signs pointing to an inevitable birth, I decided to plan ahead and have this post ready to roll (I’ll try not…
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I’m usually a little late… I don’t have much of an excuse, I just have an easier time leaving at say 9 instead of planning to arrive right at 9. Something about leaving at an odd time to arrive at an even time doesn’t sit well in my brain. On…
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I like to know stuff. I realize that there are some people out there who wear their ignorance as a badge of honor. They happily boast that they don’t know how to cook or proudly state that they don’t even know who the vice president is. I suppose that’s all…
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It’s bottom of the ninth… 2 minute warning… The final countdown (where’s GOB when you need him?)… I think that’s enough sports analogies for now, you most likely get the point. It’s been an interesting transition to go from being pregnant to expecting – it’s no longer this thing in…
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Knock, knock? Who’s there? A fucking baby, that’s who! –A fucking baby In school a 95% on a test meant you aced it and while it was not quite 100%, for all intents and purposes it was pretty much the same. It’s not quite that way with pregnancy progress though,…
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The nursery is really starting to come together as we hit the home stretch. There’s a few things left to do, like building and installing some shelves and finding a spot for the baby monitor camera, but all the big stuff is in place. It’s pretty much ready for it’s…
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While not knowing the gender of the baby can make it difficult to decorate and prepare, we haven’t had too many problems. We were never big on a sporty theme for a boy or a princess-y theme for a girl, we really like the idea of raising them in a…
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We thought it would be fun to upload our photos into a few photo merging sites to see what our future baby might look like. A seemingly harmless endeavor guaranteed to get some free awwwww’s. What could possibly go wrong? So I found a few straight on pics and trimmed…
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It may be the year of the horse in China but in this particular house in Austin, it will most definitely be the year of the poo. Seeing that we’re taking the natural approach to childbirth by using a birthing center and midwife, it stands to reason that we are…
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