Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
Most of the learning that I did in preparation for having a child revolved around the pregnancy and the delivery. Perhaps I did not want to jinx the delivery by learning how to actually deal with a little human that arrives with a skill set that contains precisely zero skills….
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When we were in the pregnant stage of babydom and were making some of the big decisions on how we were going to proceed, mama said she wanted to use cloth diapers. Now in my mind, cloth diapers were literally pieces of white cloth that you folded origami-style into a…
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Once Popeye has a job and is out on his own (they’re good to go around 5 years old right?), he can accidentally forget about special occasions, like Mother’s Day, and then face the wrath of Mom. Until that time, I will help him remember the important dates and together…
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We have successfully reached double digits! Our ragtag little family has hit yet another milestone and Popeye is still in one piece. I believe this calls for a round of parental high fives. We have not been shy about dragging the little man all over our fair city and thankfully,…
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If you understand the title to this post… congratulations you’re old! For the younger among us, Encyclopedia Brown was a boy detective who solved cases for 25 cents plus expenses (he may have been good at deduction, but at finance, not so much). It was a book series that was…
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Well, blow me down, Popeye is two months old! When you have a baby, you enter this strange vortex where time flies except when he’s crying. At that point, it’s like the climatic ending of The Hudsucker Proxy – time literally freezes (umm, spoiler alert?). There are other things that…
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Baby milestone alert! Popeye had his 2 month checkup and was the lucky recipient of his first round of infant vaccinations. This included vaccines for Hepatitis B, Polio, Pneumococcal Disease, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Rotavirus and Hib. Luckily, they are able to combine some and the final tally was 3 shots…
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Rarely is the sequel better than the original. For every great one like Empire Strikes Back, there are 47 bad ones like Dumb and Dumberer or Babe 2: Pig in the City. Sometimes, the sequels are done to cash in on the popularity of the original. Other times, I think…
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I knew the time was coming but it was always in the future. If that sounds familiar then thanks, you been following along at home! It’s widely known that the U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not mandate paid maternity leave. In fact, most offer at least 3…
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Obviously, having a newborn is a huge challenge and any item within your grasp becomes the most important thing in the universe at that moment in time. That being said, there are a few things that keep popping up that have become the all stars of our household. Here are…
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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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